Another How To Shoot Super 8

Motion Picture - Super 8 Camera

I am all set to expose my first roll of Super 8 using my grand fathers more than 40 years old camera. It is exciting to get back to old technology.

So far I could not find a decent manual for the camera I have.

Using old gear sometimes needs some explanation.
Here a "How to use a Super 8 Camera"

Shooting Documentary Films on Film

Dream Ride - Mountain bike ride through stunning landscapes

DreamRide from Juicy Studios on Vimeo.

SUPER 8 - Contemporary 8 mm film movie makers

Have a look at this short documentary on todays SUPER 8 film movie makers.

Also here people are following a hybrid process. The movie is shot on film, film gets developed and finally scanned image by image and edited in a computer.

As this seems to become more and more a common workflow Kodak already offers the most of the process as a service. And many people love it.



"The 8mm Revolution" - SUPER 8 Movie Featurette from Cinelicious on Vimeo.

KODAK SUPER 8 :: THE DIGITAL ANALOG HYBRID CAMERA

Kodak is Bringing Back the Super 8 as a Film Camera with Digital Features: While other photo brands are busy announcing their latest and greatest digital cameras, Kodak has a rather unusual unveiling: it's bringing back the legend

A very interesting an not anticipated move. Will this camera business model be successful?

Ted Forbes on this surprising announcement of Kodak:


The new stuff explained by Kodak CEO Jeff Clarke:

Movies Shot on 70 mm Film - Ultra Panavision 70

Recent Quentin Tarantino movie "The Hateful Eight" has been shot on a film format that has not been used for decades. Since almost 50 years this is the first cinema theatre movie to be released in Ultra Panavision 70.

This is a ultra wide panoramic format with an aspect ratio of 2.76:1. Given the fact that respective film recording equipment as well as film projection setups were expensive this iconic format was not further used after the release of a few movies in the 1960's.

Now with the release of "The Hateful Eight" there is a roadshow across the US showing the movie in original projection format: http://screencrush.com/the-hateful-eight-70mm-roadshow-theaters-list/

To show this movie in theatres can be complicated. It involves gathering the old material for projection, making changes to screen and cinemas in order to match the ultra wide format:
http://www.npr.org/2015/12/25/461005635/old-school-projectionists-appreciate-hateful-eight-in-70-millimeter

Films shot in Ultra Panavision 70 are - according to Wikipedia:

• How the West Was Won (1962) – selected scenes only in Ultra Panavision.
• Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) – credited as Ultra Panavision.
• It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) – filmed in Ultra Panavision. Also projected using the single-projector Cinerama system.
• The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) – credited as Ultra Panavision.
• The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) – filmed in Ultra Panavision. Also originally projected using the single-projector Cinerama system.
• The Hallelujah Trail (1965) – filmed in Ultra Panavision. Also originally projected using the single-projector Cinerama system.
• Battle of the Bulge (1965) – filmed in Ultra Panavision. Also originally projected using the single-projector Cinerama system.
• Khartoum (1966) – filmed in Ultra Panavision. Also originally projected using the single-projector Cinerama system.
• The Hateful Eight (2015) – Directed by Quentin Tarantino, first film shot in this process since Khartoum. Filmed in Ultra Panavision 70 and projected with the single-projector Cinerama system in selected cheaters.

Despite the digital dominance of todays visual entertainment industry there is still a number of cinematographic productions being shot on film. As mentioned above this is not Ultra Panavision 70 film, but for example on Kodak 35 mm film: http://motion.kodak.com/motion/customers/productions/default.htm