8mm Forum: new s8 reels/trailers wanted ?

8mm Forum

my profile | my password | search | faq | register | forum home

next oldest topic

next newest topic

»	8mm Forum » 8mm Forum » new s8 reels/trailers wanted ? (Page 2)

UBBFriend: Email this page to someone!

This topic comprises 2 pages: 1 2

Author

Topic: new s8 reels/trailers wanted ?

Adrian Winchester
Film God

Posts: 2941
From: Croydon, London, UK
Registered: Aug 2004

posted April 30, 2011 09:07 AM

Send New Private Message

Edit/Delete Post

Personally I'm interested in older classics (although as Osi says it's important to take care to avoid previous releases) but I'd also love modern trailers to films like 'Black Swan'. Ged at Derann once mentioned an important point to me regarding modern titles: they sell better if you can get them out quickly around the time the film is released. This is understandable as it's fun to surprise your audience with something new and topical. I'll never forget the time I screened a CHC release that included a scope trailer to 'Terminator 3' in a show at least two months before the film were released. The audience was stunned! I appreciate that will be harder now, though.

I'd have to agree with John regarding scope; although some collectors don't have it, those that do often seem more orientated towards buying scope items. The recent release of the 'Avatar' trailer was a bit frustrating letterboxed and I'm sure it would have sold more in scope. Steve Osborne recently said that his current top seller was the scope trailer to 'Premature Burial'.

--------------------
Adrian Winchester

| IP: Logged

Osi Osgood
Film God

Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005

posted April 30, 2011 10:32 AM

Author's Homepage

Send New Private Message

Edit/Delete Post

I'm not ruling out scope trailers either ...

Persoanlly, there is one modern trailer I would LOVE to find!

It was the very rarely seen, (only out there for a short bit) for the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. I don't remember the exact running time, but it was almost like a short film. I think that it ran about six or eight minutes.

The funny thing is that I have nearly every trailer from this movie, but I believe that the three main trailers all scope and about three minutes each, have been released.

Some of thr trailers for our upcoming release are ...

Battle Beyond the Stars
Lifeforce
Outland

--------------------
"All these moments will be lost in time, just like ... tears, in the rain. "

| IP: Logged

Oli Heln
Junior
Posts: 17
From: Germany
Registered: Mar 2011

posted April 30, 2011 10:41 AM

Email Oli Heln

Send New Private Message

Edit/Delete Post

@ adrian

"..get them out quickly" regarding the modern ones:
that`s not so easy( just can tell about from my point of view
and the sources i can get my hands on).
what the movie companys deliver nowadays is more and more digital content. in fact since the digital projection came up the analog content is just about 30/40%. should i use the digital content as master sources? yeah, great! 2k/4k resolution transfer to celluloid and the whole calculation would explode!
and by the way do you know a real good attorney? [Eek!]

[Eek!]

i`m not out for any kind of fight with the movie companys.

two real good arguments and i think you agree that the only way is to concentrate on 35mm as a master source. so coming back to the 30/40% analog content mentioned above, what does it mean in detail....
in the past you got a lot more trailers than you really need at your cinema. 5-8-10 of the same kind for each movie or more if there`s a trailer a-b-c etc. a lot of them fresh/unused find there way out to private collectors, printing labs etc.
so it`s not so extraordinary that terminator 3 and others were released on s8 before the movie runs officially on the big screen.
now the situation is totally different.
just my two cents and from my experiences over the years.
could write a lot more but a forum is just for posting and not for writing down a book [Big Grin]

[Big Grin]

.

@osi

saw a lot of your postings the other night on a different forum.
you are talking about this upcoming release for roundabout a year now(?)...
would like to have a little talk with you away from here.
can i send you a email?

| IP: Logged

Osi Osgood
Film God

Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005

posted April 30, 2011 12:27 PM

Author's Homepage

Send New Private Message

Edit/Delete Post

Moist Cointianly you may!

Wooo wooo woooo!

Nyuk nyk

(that was a yes, by the way) [Smile]

[Smile]

--------------------
"All these moments will be lost in time, just like ... tears, in the rain. "

| IP: Logged

Oli Heln
Junior
Posts: 17
From: Germany
Registered: Mar 2011

posted April 30, 2011 02:00 PM

Email Oli Heln

Send New Private Message

Edit/Delete Post

osi, from here i can`t send you a pm or email.
this function seems to be disabled in your profile.
so please write to me over the mail function here and i get
your email address.

and generally i will check some new trailers tomorrow on the big screen. what should i put together and enjoy with a big cup of coffee or a cold one ...thinking of x-men first class, cowboys&aliens, source code, bad teacher....
a nice marvel reel would be also a good thing.
also closer plans for full features/edited versions coming up.
have to talk to some people in the next weeks.

| IP: Logged

Adrian Winchester
Film God

Posts: 2941
From: Croydon, London, UK
Registered: Aug 2004

posted May 03, 2011 12:03 PM

Send New Private Message

Edit/Delete Post

One little suggestion I'd make - although you might already be thinking about this - is to come up with a good name, at least if you hope to release a reasonable number of items, basically because it sounds good. E.g. when Larry Arpin was selling trailer reels as "L.A. Films" it was quite an evocative name that enhanced both the sound of the company and the experience of buying the releases. You could maybe consider something like "OH-8 Films"!

--------------------
Adrian Winchester

| IP: Logged

Andreas Borutta
Film Handler

Posts: 25
From: Germany
Registered: Nov 2010

posted May 04, 2011 07:57 AM

Email Andreas Borutta

Send New Private Message

Edit/Delete Post

Hello oli Heln
Nice ,that you want to bring out new super 8 mm trailers. I have in my collection enough trailer from old to new ,all on 35 mm ,german end english. So if you are interested to talk about this matter,give me an reply. I am a german,like you and my biggest love is the movie trailer.
greetings from germany
Andreas

| IP: Logged

Osi Osgood
Film God

Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005

posted May 04, 2011 10:29 AM

Author's Homepage

Send New Private Message

Edit/Delete Post

Oli ...

toac2001@hotmail.com

there ...

--------------------
"All these moments will be lost in time, just like ... tears, in the rain. "

| IP: Logged

Ralf Hoff
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 182
From: Germany
Registered: Jun 2003

posted May 12, 2011 03:06 AM

Email Ralf Hoff

Send New Private Message

Edit/Delete Post

@oli

I've send you a mail/pm via this forum about the new releases. Did you get it????

Ralf Hoff

Cine 8-16 - the magazine for film making and film collecting
http://www.celluloidfilm.de

--------------------
Arbeits- & Interessengemeinschaft Celluloidfilm
Ehrenamtlich im Einsatz für das Film-Hobby

Cine 8-16
Das Magazin rund um den perforierten Film
www.celluloidfilm.de

| IP: Logged

Oli Heln
Junior
Posts: 17
From: Germany
Registered: Mar 2011

posted June 07, 2011 07:22 PM

Email Oli Heln

Send New Private Message

Edit/Delete Post

some news ....

things are going not so fast as i would like it but it goes on and on.a first release this year, maybe around autumn or 2 should be possible.parallel working on a website for this project.
it`s necessary in the working process to step over the 16mm, so i`m thinking well.. why not 8 and 16mm ..(?)
beside all this i`m trying to buy some filmrights.

| IP: Logged

Adrian Winchester
Film God

Posts: 2941
From: Croydon, London, UK
Registered: Aug 2004

posted June 07, 2011 08:37 PM

Send New Private Message

Edit/Delete Post

I'd certainly consider buying a 16mm version if it's an item I really want. In the old days, the cost was offputting, but nowadays it's very difficult to spend too much on new releases!

--------------------
Adrian Winchester

| IP: Logged

Douglas Meltzer
Moderator

Posts: 4554
From: New York, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted June 08, 2011 09:36 AM

Email Douglas Meltzer

Send New Private Message

Edit/Delete Post

Oli,

Thanks for the update. I hope this happens. Please keep us posted.

Doug

--------------------
I think there's room for just one more film.....

| IP: Logged

Oli Heln
Junior
Posts: 17
From: Germany
Registered: Mar 2011

posted September 15, 2011 09:21 PM

Email Oli Heln

Send New Private Message

Edit/Delete Post

just want to leave a little update here ...

i`m still alive but had to concentrate on some other things.
back on board here i was shocked about what happend to derann
because i had in mind to visit the uk this year and say hello to the guys.
to give you a little update about releases...
the whole thing goes slower as expected and i will do a big jump
if i get some positive answers from some companys.
as we all know it`s depending on licenses. ok, some people don`t care about that but thats a different story.

in the meantime i talked to some guys, got some offers for master sources regarding older/classic movies in full lenght.
honestly, 90% of it was crap. the other 10% i will think about it, maybe good for some kind of selected scene reel.

thats it so far.

| IP: Logged

Oli Heln
Junior
Posts: 17
From: Germany
Registered: Mar 2011

posted January 12, 2012 12:07 PM

Email Oli Heln

Send New Private Message

Edit/Delete Post

back on board ;-)

2012 is not so fresh but let me say a happy and lucky year to all of you at first!
i had to care about some things for a while which came up unexpected and hit me with a little bang.
be sure the whole project is not dead! it goes on step by step.
the possibilities are growing and now it`s not only about trailers.

full lenght features are not in the discussion. not now nor in the near future but what do you think about edited versions?
1 reel, 2 or maybe 3 like in the past?
from my point of view a one reel cut roundabout 15min doesn`t make so much sense, except it`s a special selected scene of a movie. 3 reels ...hm maybe a lot wouldn`t like to pay for that(?)

replys about this are welcome!

| IP: Logged

James N. Savage 3
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1375
From: Washington, DC
Registered: Jul 2003

posted January 12, 2012 06:23 PM

Send New Private Message

Edit/Delete Post

Hi Oli!

Thanks to your time and dedication to this great hobby.

A few years back, we (forum members) discussed some excellent, "self-contained" 15 minute scenes that would be excellent super 8 releases, and would no doubt sell very well.

I remember one being the opening battle scene from "Saving Private Ryan". Another was the fire-engine / crane / pickup truck chase from "Terminator 3". These would fit nicely on a 400 foot reel, and probably would not need editing, except maybe for titles.

James.

| IP: Logged

Larry Arpin
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 953
From: Sunland, CA, USA
Registered: Dec 2006

posted January 12, 2012 06:38 PM

Author's Homepage

Email Larry Arpin

Send New Private Message

Edit/Delete Post

I agree with James. Those would make great releases but finding material may be a problem.

BTW-Welcome back James. You were absent for awhile. Hope all is well.

| IP: Logged

James N. Savage 3
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1375
From: Washington, DC
Registered: Jul 2003

posted January 12, 2012 06:44 PM

Send New Private Message

Edit/Delete Post

....VIRGIL BRIGMAN.....BACK ON THE AIR.....

Thanks Larry! Great to be back.

James.

| IP: Logged

Adrian Winchester
Film God

Posts: 2941
From: Croydon, London, UK
Registered: Aug 2004

posted January 13, 2012 08:43 PM

Send New Private Message

Edit/Delete Post

Oli - good to hear that you're still trying to make some releases happen. Regarding edited versions I think 600' versions can potentially be very good, as seen in releases such as 'The Wicked Lady' and 'Capricorn One', but I also wouldn't rule out more economical releases that feature (e.g.) an exceptional scene on a 200' reel, such as the suggestion from 'Terminator 3'.

--------------------
Adrian Winchester

| IP: Logged

All times are Central

This topic comprises 2 pages: 1 2

Move Topic

Delete Topic

next oldest topic

next newest topic

Printer-friendly view of this topic

Visit www.film-tech.com for free equipment manual downloads. Copyright 2003-2019 Film-Tech Cinema Systems LLC

UBB.classic^TM 6.3.1.2