Super 8mm – Models and Effects
Way back in 1991 Martyn and I shot two reels of Super 8 film using models. One reel was indoors on a set I built in my bedroom, mostly trying to do stop motion. The second reel was shot on the dunes at Newton. I built a special camera mount, something like a golf club and remote shutter release so that the camera could be flown very close to the surface of the sand. The effect looked pretty good. We also tied a model into a puppeteers style rig with fishing line so that it could be “flown” over the sand and perform banks and dives.
As soon as I find a Super 8 projector I will cine transfer these onto Mini DV video and into Final Cut Pro.
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Super-8 lives! You can actually get a high quality transfer at places like Spectra Film and Video, located in North Hollywood, California. Film and Video Transfers in Northridge, California is another good option.
You can also check out another of my websites http://www.super-8mm.com
There currently are many super-8 film stocks still being sold that cover the full gamut from black and white reversal, color reversal, and even color negative.
Cool looking stuff by the way.
Comment by Alessandro Machi — February 14, 2008 @ 7:10 am
like the Blog Ben
Comment by Damian — May 1, 2008 @ 3:38 pm