Super-8mm Home Movies VS Video Home Movies...

[Alex]

Ever noticed that one of the biggest differences between Video home-movies and Super-8 home movies is that practically every frame of the Super-8 home movie is cherished, whereas in video, it's a hit or miss operation.

There are incredibly beautiful moments in video home movies, but don't you find that the people in video home-movies are put on trial?

We end up judging the people in the video by their conduct. The un-edited home video becomes a battle between trying to appreciate the footage versus noticing who is being a snot and a spoiled brat, etc...

If a kid crys in a video-home movie because they want an ice-cream cone, judgements will be passed by everyone watching the home movie...if you view that same scene shot with Super-8mm, the crying will produce a different set of emotions, and the shot will be significantly shorter. [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img]

But the answer is not to turn off the microphone of the video camera, because the only thing worse than long video home-movies, are long silent video home-movies.

The answer is to understand that not all things benefit by being longer, and that is just one of the many benefits of shooting Super-8 film.

[Mike Buckles]

I totally agree...even my super 8 sound home movies are more interesting and more tightly edited (in camera) than my VHS and mini DV videos...the super 8 also provides a warmth and coziness missing from the videos...I did shoot some mini-dv on Xmas eve, and did set up one of my photoflood heads on a light stand, despite my soon to be ex's objections, and that did greatly improve the picture...but the super 8 is still more fun! MikeyB