No more super8 for me

[corey13]

I have a Canon 814 and I will be putting it on ebay soon.

And thanks to everyone for answering my questions and stuff and for wishing me luck.

Good luck to you all too,
Corey

[Alex]

No Souper-8 for you.

-Soup Nazi

[ekoe]

aw, man. now i feel bad. i was a little stern with you because i thought you were one of those 'places to pick a fight' guys. i noticed you had a history of 31 posts after i submitted my reply.
but why would you forfeit super8 entirely? i don't get it. the cost is so negligible, especially if you're shooting primarily dv footage. if you go for the higher-end used stuff, you might spend $1k on equipment, including variable speed projector. three minutes is about $20 after that. you'll miss it the instant your script calls for a 'dream sequence' or frame rate effect.
the best of luck to you regardless.
-ekoe

[N. Foster Tyler]

I love Super-8 and I want to shoot everything I do with the format, but I may have to shoot my next film on low-end DV or Hi-8 video, which I have access to for no money. I really don't have the money, and I don't see it coming anytime soon (I just lost my job & I'm starting college in the fall). I'm not happy about it, but I need start working on this film.

[Jon P]

Money is always a concideration when film making so it's only sensible to go for the cheapest option. Mini DV won't give you that beautiful super 8 feel but will be cheaper and make editing that little bit easier. Have you considered a mixture of both formats? I have shot some beautiful stuff on super 8 that I will spice together for telecine and could use to edit in with stuff shot on mini DV.

What ever you do love it!

[redrice]

that's an interesting idea: i'm currently toying with a project with a friend of mine who's an artist. i'm thinking that i will film her painting in DV, record our conversations on MiniDisc, and give her a Super 8 camera and 20-30 minutes of film to shoot herself, which i can then build into the narrative. this is cheaper than giving her a DV cam of her own, since we only need a small amount of that material, and will make it very clear who shot what, without need for clever editing or elaborate explanation.

but my own next film will probably be all film. nothing to do with how it looks: i just love holding the camera and hearing it go "whirrrrrrr...." - and i think i take better pictures because i'm smiling while i do it.

peter

[Jon P]

I have an idea to project super 8 onto someones body as a kind of art project.
Film a flat grid of white lines on a black background then projct it on to people and hopfully this will set up a contour effect that I can film on DV.

[Frameline]

People will soon get bored of your interminably long 'video' products.Remember.film makes you think harder of what you are about to commit to celluloid,thus creating a better finished product.