Title for Super8 book

**BolexPlusx** · August 5th, 2003, 03:11 AM

How about something lighthearted:

"What?, you still use that?!"

or

"Why don't you just use a camcorder?"

(Eh!, maybe those would be better titles for the first chapter)

"Super 8 Filmmaking: 1965-2005" sounds like a tombstone (Cameraguy: do you know something the rest of us don't?)

But Seriously Folks:

how about:

"Super-8 Filmmaking for (or at, or beyond) the Millennium"

[ August 04, 2003 12:51 PM: Message edited by: BolexPlusx ]

**Alex** · August 5th, 2003, 03:56 AM

I didn't think of cameraguy's idea as a tombstone until you mentioned it! Perhaps it's a glass half-empty, half-full situation. I saw Cameraguy's title as the 40th anniversary of Super-8.

**Mike Buckles** · August 5th, 2003, 12:25 PM

Title suggestion: "The Super 8 Guide To Excellent Filmmaking."

**BolexPlusx** · August 5th, 2003, 01:05 PM

The Super-8 Experience: Real Filmmaking for Everyone.

(When we finish making the title, is someone going to write a book to slip behind it?)

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**Actor** · August 5th, 2003, 11:33 PM

The problem as I see it is it has to be done by someone cool and successful

I don't think anyone "cool and successful" would be interested. Oliver Stone or Steven Spielberg would be naturals. Stone has actually used super8 in some of his mainstream films and Steven made his early indie films on double 8. But why should they spend time writing a book that might make them a few thou' when they could be writing a screenplay that will make them a few million.

When we finish making the title, is someone going to write a book to slip behind it?

I thought it was obvious from my first post that I was thinking of writing it. Maybe not.

Anyway, at this point it's just a thought. It would be another iron-in-the-fire and I have enough projects. When I would get it done would depend on how much time I devoted to it. If I dropped everything else and went at it full time I might get it finished in 2 or 3 months (that may be optimistic). If I just worked on it in my spare time (what spare time?) it might take 2 or 3 years or longer.

I don't think any mainstream publisher would be interested so if I got it finished I would self-publish. I would have to find out what vanity publishers charge or just make it a cheap thing with cardstock covers and a coil binding. I would print only enough books to cover orders. I'd try to sell them on eBay or my own website.

Another thing is that I don't think my super8 knowledge is extensive enough. I'd want to get some co-authors to write some appendices to cover some aspects of the super8 experience. For instance I don't have any experience with post striping film nor do I have any intention of experimenting with it in the near future. However, I think this is an aspect of super8 that a book should cover. I would have to either [1]wing it, writing what I do know about it and hope I don't make any mistakes or leave anything out, [2]research it, including tacking a project in post striping (expensive and time consuming) or [3]find a co-author to help me out.

**cameraguy** · August 6th, 2003, 03:20 AM

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**Alex** · August 6th, 2003, 05:28 AM

Perhaps there is plenty to go around.

Sounds like you could have Super-8 Specialists write individual Chapters in which they talk about their Super-8 speciality.

You could do the forward for each chapter. You probably could get a famous someone or a few famous someones to pose with a Super-8 camera for the cover of your book, afterall, they grew up with the cameras.

**seekaee** · August 6th, 2003, 05:53 AM

Here's a few titles I thought up:

"Super 8mm Cinematography"

"S-8: Small Gage filmaking in the Digital age"

"Shooting Super 8 film"

"Super 8 guidebook"

"F-digital!Super 8 for the Guerilla
Filmmaker! [img]wink.gif[/img]

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