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Tim Drage
Film Handler

Posts: 32
From: Harrow, London, UK
Registered: Nov 2004

- posted November 05, 2004 08:49 AM      Profile for Tim Drage   Author's Homepage   Email Tim Drage   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Just joined, thought I'd say hi!

Been making animated films on super-8 for years but only recently became interested in collecting them! Got myself a sound projector at the BFCC and was amazed to see the amount of films on sale there, never seen the like! [Smile]

Found this forum via the one at www.filmshooting.com (hi Mike!)

I've picked up a few films here + there at car boot sales etc in the past, but now I have more idea what's out there, and a decent projector, I fear for my bank balance! [Smile] I managed to restrain myself at the BFCC despite all the temptation, picked up a couple of cheap shorts but was mainly after the projector.

I'll no doubt post various stupid questions soon! [Smile]

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Tim Drage
Animator & Director
Spite Your Face Productions
http://www.spiteyourface.com

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Jean-Marc Toussaint
Film God

Posts: 2392
From: France
Registered: Oct 2004

- posted November 05, 2004 09:31 AM      Profile for Jean-Marc Toussaint   Author's Homepage   Email Jean-Marc Toussaint   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Hi Tim, welcome to the forum. This is an extremely friendly community.

(cool artwork on your website...)

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Craig Hamilton
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 501
From: Luton
Registered: Sep 2004

- posted November 05, 2004 09:42 AM      Profile for Craig Hamilton     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Hi Tim, welcome to the mad house. [Smile]

Craig

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I dream of becoming a dealer!!!!!!
Is Perry's Movies for Sale.

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Tim Drage
Film Handler

Posts: 32
From: Harrow, London, UK
Registered: Nov 2004

- posted November 05, 2004 09:43 AM      Profile for Tim Drage   Author's Homepage   Email Tim Drage   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Thanks!!

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Tim Drage
Animator & Director
Spite Your Face Productions
http://www.spiteyourface.com

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Tony Milman
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1336
From: United Kingdom
Registered: Jun 2003

- posted November 05, 2004 09:47 AM      Profile for Tony Milman   Author's Homepage   Email Tony Milman   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Tim,

Great to have you onboard and I am sure we will all learn a lot from you. The web site looks fantastic and I intend to spend some time there when I get chance!

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Tony

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Mike Peckham
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1461
From: West Sussex, UK.
Registered: Jun 2003

- posted November 05, 2004 10:03 AM      Profile for Mike Peckham   Email Mike Peckham   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Hello Tim

Good to see you here [Smile] .

Don't worry about asking stupid questions, that's what we all do all the time, just don't ask what people use to clean and lubricate their film! [Roll Eyes]

Mike [Cool]

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Auntie Em must have stopped wondering where I am by now...

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Jean-Marc Toussaint
Film God

Posts: 2392
From: France
Registered: Oct 2004

- posted November 05, 2004 10:21 AM      Profile for Jean-Marc Toussaint   Author's Homepage   Email Jean-Marc Toussaint   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
But, Mike, what do you use to clean and lubricate your films? [Big Grin]

Won't do it again... I promise... [Razz]

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Paul Adsett
Film God

Posts: 5003
From: USA
Registered: Jun 2003

- posted November 05, 2004 11:59 AM      Profile for Paul Adsett     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Mike uses a patented product to clean his films, it's called Sinisterium !

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Mike Peckham
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1461
From: West Sussex, UK.
Registered: Jun 2003

- posted November 05, 2004 03:11 PM      Profile for Mike Peckham   Email Mike Peckham   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Jean-Marc

I just put them in a big [ nicely illustrated ] box with Rexette the stripper and let them get on with it!

Mike [Wink]

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Auntie Em must have stopped wondering where I am by now...

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Jean-Marc Toussaint
Film God

Posts: 2392
From: France
Registered: Oct 2004

- posted November 05, 2004 06:23 PM      Profile for Jean-Marc Toussaint   Author's Homepage   Email Jean-Marc Toussaint   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Mh... Interesting. I was thinking of training two snails, one on each side of the film, so they could leave a nice trail of mucus while running the print through a very slow ( very, very, slow) rewind process.
[Smile]

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Adrian Winchester
Film God

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

- posted November 05, 2004 06:58 PM      Profile for Adrian Winchester     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Hi Tim,
Good to have you in the 'community', and if you bank balance suffers, think of the important contribution you are making to keeping the dealers and distributors going!
I've tended to think that film makers and students are always a good potential source of 'new blood' when it comes to collecting, but I don't know if there's much evidence of this.
Adrian

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Adrian Winchester

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Kevin Faulkner
Film God

Posts: 4071
From: Essex UK
Registered: Jun 2003

- posted November 06, 2004 09:31 AM      Profile for Kevin Faulkner         Edit/Delete Post 
Welcome aboard Tim. Harrow! not far from the Lightwater brigade of six. Now if you and Mark from Heathrow way came aboard we could make it the lightwater 8 [Big Grin]
The trouble is that we would be needing a hall for our little get togethers.
You will find the forum a friendly place most of the time and there will allways be someone somewher in the world with an answer to any questions you may have. Just ask away however silly you might think they sound.

Enjoy.

Kev [Smile]

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Chris Quinn
Master Film Handler

Posts: 372
From: England, Bedfordshire.
Registered: Nov 2003

- posted November 06, 2004 10:48 AM      Profile for Chris Quinn   Email Chris Quinn   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Tim,
Welcome on board, i have just watched your Holy grail lego film and lego spiderman, amazing and very funny.
Is this all done on super 8? If it is then i am totally gob smacked.

Chris.

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Tim Drage
Film Handler

Posts: 32
From: Harrow, London, UK
Registered: Nov 2004

- posted November 06, 2004 11:19 AM      Profile for Tim Drage   Author's Homepage   Email Tim Drage   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
thanks, glad you like,
quote:

Is this all done on super 8? If it is then i am totally gob smacked.
No, both of those (and most of our recent stuff) were shot on video, alas. [Frown] Lots of postproduction fiddling about to try and make it all look less DV-like!

Most of my super-8 isn't online, though our very silly LEGO zombie movie All of the Dead was shot on S8, and my very strange college final project Remarkably Bold Venture of the Rabbit contains some too. But neither example does justice to how nice 8mm can really look on video!! (or for that matter how well I can focus the camera! [Smile] )

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Tim Drage
Animator & Director
Spite Your Face Productions
http://www.spiteyourface.com

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Alan Rik
Film God

Posts: 2211
From: New York City, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

- posted November 06, 2004 01:32 PM      Profile for Alan Rik   Email Alan Rik   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Welcome aboard! Great to see you have found the nice super 8 haven!
And if you think these guys are great online...wait till you meet them in person...they are even nicer! And taller too... [Smile]

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Tony Milman
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1336
From: United Kingdom
Registered: Jun 2003

- posted November 06, 2004 04:10 PM      Profile for Tony Milman   Author's Homepage   Email Tony Milman   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
[Wink]

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