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Steve Klare
Film Guy
Posts: 7016
From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted October 16, 2014 09:27 PM
To me the whole process of making a movie using Super-8 is a goal in of itself as much as having the end product when I'm done.
There are easier, more predictable ways of winding up with a motion picture, and if I was doing a "film" for work S8 would be a crazy thing to use. (I can't imagine explaining it to my boss, for one thing...)
-but to me it's an artform I've basically grown up with and the chance to do it after all these years is very satisfying.
As far as immediate feedback goes, when I first started to film, and when I restarted in my late thirties, every cartridge came out better than the last. This is because I began to see what would be on screen in my head.
This makes the results more a result of skill, and therefore more uniquely my own work.
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Terry Lagler
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 525
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted October 17, 2014 08:42 AM
Steve makes some very good points.
I think much of the film shot today is not only filmmakers but artists trying out different mediums.
There is no doubt nostalgia is a powerful thing and I can say much of my continued interest is fuelled by nostalgia.
It is unfortunate that the person John quoted shares a view held by many.
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I always hated waiting to have your film developed, and then paying for crummy pictures because you couldn't see the pictures beforehand.
I assume he’s still shooting crummy pictures (well at least until he puts the Instagram filter on it).
I believe there is a deep satisfaction in understanding your craft, and film making is a craft. If you can shoot, light, and compose on film by creating the vision in your head and then seeing it on film without the help of instant replays shows you understand the craft.
This is in no way meant to be anti-digital – economics aside, digital movie making opens up a whole new world of possibilities just as “artistically” relevant as film ushering new and great movie makers – heck, don’t digital images really shine when they look as good as film?
For me digital fails when we become too concerned about 4k and hyper realistic images – great when documenting nature and such. But it totally sucks the enjoyment out of me when used in many movies these days when I go to the theater for that 2 hr escape from real life.
For me that is one of the things film has given us – a look – a feel…..hard to explain, but, YOU know what I mean.
That, I hope is preserved.
Cheers
terry
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Osi Osgood
Film God
Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted October 17, 2014 01:18 PM
shooting with any kind of camera is an art, whether 35MM camera, film (super 8 and otherwise) or digital. You have to know what your doing.
I remember seeing some "Gawdawful' super 8 home movies, (I always felt that it was pretty darned hard to overexpose super 8 or standard 8, but one of my friends proved me wrong everytime, no matter how much I tried to educate him), and then some super 8 Kodachrome (and standard 8mm Kodachrome) that even to this day, looks literally like Technicolor (OK, not quite Technicolor, but you get the gist of it).
Even when filming outside with digital, I always wait for an overcast day full of clouds, as colors always seem to be richer and better facial tones with some thick clouds.
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