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Noah Wilson
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From: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Registered: Apr 2018

posted April 21, 2018 01:38 AM

Hello everyone,

I was just watching Richard Linklater's Super-8 feature "It's Impossible To Learn To Plow By Reading Books" (I'll include the link at bottom) and began wondering about some of the equipment used on this film. I believe I read he had a $3000 budget for the entirety of this project.

Specifically, I was curious if anyone might have any idea as to what he used to record the sound on this film or perhaps something that would have that similar "Lo-fi" quality. Secondly, I wondered if the Super-8 he shot on was crystal synced? I wasn't sure if this was a common practice available to Super-8 owners in the 80s. There isn't much dialogue in the film, I'm guessing it probably wasn't synced but I could be wrong.

I recently got my hands on a mint Canon 1014 EAZ and I've been excited to start working on projects with a similar no-budget mentality as works like Plow and Jarmusch's "Permanent Vacation".

Coming into this, I don't know much from a technical standpoint. Lighting and sound are both entirely foreign to me, so I thought this forum might be a good place to learn a bit more regarding these thing.

It's Impossible To Learn To Plow By Reading Books

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Werner Ruotsalainen
Film Handler

Posts: 97
From: Helsinki, Finland
Registered: Dec 2017

posted April 23, 2018 04:24 PM

BTW, Super8 is certainly capable of much higher quality, particularly WRT colors. The colors in this YouTube upload are pretty faded and have some color creeping (something not present in anything film); most probably because the S8 footage was edited in a(n inherently lossy) video editor equipment.

I wonder if the original footage could be digitized with current scanners and re-edited on current computers (no color quality / resolution loss). It'd certainly result in much higher-quality picture.

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