Posts: 2110
From: Loganville, Georgia, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
posted March 26, 2011 09:43 PM
You can pick up magnetic sound features for around $25.00 to $30.00 sometimes on the forum and on Ebay. Sci-Fi and horror is usually much more depending on the title. I have a super 8 mag feature on Ebay with a starting bid of $19.99. It's a Joe E. Brown comedy from the 1930s.
Posts: 1535
From: Long Beach, CA USA
Registered: Dec 2008
posted March 27, 2011 01:07 AM
Keep in mind that even in the good old days of film collecting features rarely cost less than $100...Austin, may I ask how old you are? Forgive me if I am assuming you are young but your posts appear like you may be, which would explain why you are hoping to get some feature films for so little money..
-------------------- "You're too Far Out Miss Lawrence"
Posts: 4554
From: New York, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
posted March 27, 2011 10:20 AM
Austin,
Glad to see you're interested in Super 8! Not to sound like an old guy (too late!), but I was your age when I first got interested in film collecting. Considering your budget, you might want to start off collecting digests, those abridged versions of feature films. They can range in running time from 8 minutes (200') to almost an hour (three 400' reels). Also, feel free to tell us how you got into this hobby!
Doug
-------------------- I think there's room for just one more film.....
Posts: 745
From: New Bloomington, OH, USA
Registered: Mar 2011
posted March 27, 2011 12:46 PM
i actually just wanted something to do if that makes any sence and the digests sound good but i just want something thats similar to a real movies legnth
posted March 27, 2011 05:35 PM
We, who love films, want to have full lenght features. But, if you are going to project it to your family and friends, you will find that many people get bored with the "classics". So I recommend you to buy some edited reels of the classics. It will be a funny sesion, just to see the famous scenes from that masterpieces. And, you will learn a lot of things about projectors and films. If you try to project a good print the first time, it is probably you will have any problem with all this old things, and you will have the awful feeling of seeing your film destroyed. Step by step.