Visible sprocket holes in your image

[sharonhardy]

Hello...I'm shooting shooting a music video in a couple of weeks using super 8. The band would like the option of seeing the edges of frames and sprocket holes in the final video. How does one get this? Is this something that can be requested in the telecine stage? Thanks.

[firestorm_bsf]

To the best of my knowledge, I don't believe it can be done. When you transfer the film, it's projected then recorded. Unless something's gone wrong with the projector [img]graemlins/cry.gif[/img] you wouldn't see the sprocket holes. That's just what I think. But maybe there's some other way.

[BolexPlusx]

The Work Printers make the entire frame including the sprocket holes visible.

http://www.moviestuff.tv/8mm_telecine.html


I'll bet if you contact them they can help you out.

(I think it would be a really neat effect!!)

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ June 06, 2003 10:46 AM: Message edited by: BolexPlusx ]</font>

[jumar]

Cool idea. Make sure the sprocket holes are inside the tv safe area. Another idea: What about putting a slight angle on the telecine (or later in post) so that the edges have a bit of a diagonal run? If you did it in After Effects or something you could keep changing the angle slightly to give it an edgy feel.

[rollemfilm]

You'll need to ask your transfer service if they can do a full aperture transfer. Most film is cropped and formated for tv. Full aperture will also have a black border around the entire image.

[Matt Pacini]

I'm pretty sure they can't do this in normal telecine, but not positive.
However, I AM positive you can do this with the Workprinter, because I have one!
Get in touch with Roger (Moviestuff on this board) and he can do a test for you, & I'm sure you'll be happy with the results.

Matt Pacini