Title for Super8 book

**Actor** · August 4th, 2003, 01:39 PM

I think the world needs a new book about super 8. The ones I find in the library are hopelessly out of date. The most recent seems to be Super 8 in the Video Age by Brodsky & Treadway. S8VA was written when super8 sound film was still available. Much of its advice and information is thus worthless. I could be wrong but Brodsky and Treadway do not seem to have plans to update it in the near future.

So what would be a good title for a book about super8?
<ul type="square">[*]Super 8 in the Video Age. Taken by Brodsky and Treadway.[*]Super 8 in the Digital Age. Sounds too much like the above and is likely to be confused with it. Plus it may imply an association with this forum that is non-existent.[*]Super 8 in the 21st Century. I like this one but doesn't it still sound too much like S8VA?[*]Filmmaker's Guide to Super 8. Taken.[/list]Any other suggestions?

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**Alex** · August 4th, 2003, 02:46 PM

I don't mind being associated with a book with a similar title. A book would be cool. "Super-8 filmmaking in the Digital Age" sounds good to me.

The problem as I see it is it has to be done by someone cool and successful, like Roberto Rodriguez! [img]tongue.gif[/img]

**cameraguy** · August 4th, 2003, 02:49 PM

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How bout something like:

"Super 8 Filmmaking: 1965-2005"

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**cameraguy** · August 4th, 2003, 04:24 PM

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**BolexPlusx** · August 4th, 2003, 05:10 PM

-Whew!

Good thing, I plan to be shooting Super-8 in 2005 and afterwards if possible.

It's kind of like that old commercial: "No cat ever walked away from Friskee's Buffet" Is it irresistable or just fatal? [img]graemlins/film.gif[/img]

**Greg Crawford** · August 4th, 2003, 08:17 PM

Originally posted by cameraguy:
How bout something like:

"Super 8 Filmmaking: 1965-2005"

I don't think your suggesting 1965-2005 R.I.P.

**Actor** · August 4th, 2003, 08:38 PM

The problem as I see it is it has to be done by someone cool and successful, like Roberto Rodriguez!

That's Mr. Roberto "There's nothing to love about film. It's a terrible medium" Rodriguez?

**Alex** · August 4th, 2003, 08:45 PM

Yes, that's why I put the silly icon at the end.

I actually know someone who knows him. Hey, let's make him apologize for his anti-super-8 comments! [img]tongue.gif[/img]

**Actor** · August 5th, 2003, 12:05 AM

Hey, let's make him apologize for his anti-super-8 comments!

What exactly did he say?

Are we talking about this passage from Rebel Without a Crew?

I tried to shoot a regular movie with my friends using the super 8 camera but it was completely discouraging. We'd shoot a $5 roll of super 8 film that lasted 2 1/2 minutes, wait several days for it to get developed, spend another $7 on developing, and then I'd view it, I was always disappointed. The footage was too rough looking, the automatic exposure was usually off, the footage looked primitive, and it up set me. Waste of money. I did it only a half dozen times more before hanging it up. It seemed that making movies required too much money. Money I didn't have.