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Rob Young.
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posted May 17, 2010 07:35 AM

Take a look...

http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/paramount/super8/

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Adrian Winchester
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posted May 17, 2010 07:53 AM

Interesting - I'd buy that on Super 8!

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Winbert Hutahaean
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posted May 17, 2010 11:13 AM

Another word that can mislead us when searching through the internet after 8mm (Nicolas Cage).

I hate this especially when searching on Ebay using key word "Super 8" "movie" or film" [Mad]

cheers,

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Steve Klare
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posted May 17, 2010 11:29 AM

Yes,

-plus that chain of cheesy motels!

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Rob Young.
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posted May 17, 2010 12:06 PM

Hmm...I just thought this teaser trailer looked interesting. Found it when I was looking through the latest trailers on Apple's site.

Given that it's set in 1979 and has that brief flicker of film at the end, one can only assume super 8 film will play a big part (oh, and the title, doh!) - especially as it is produced by the 'berg who was himself a fan of super 8 in his youth.

Looks like some kind of parallel Close Encounters tale...

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Adrian Winchester
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posted May 17, 2010 01:53 PM

There really could be some scope to get some publicity for Super 8 out of this.

The sort of thing that might appeal to marketing executives (albeit being very expensive) could be to send out a trailer for the film on Super 8, along with a complimentary projector. They would have to (e.g.) pay Elmo to manufacture a run of 200 ST180s!

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Winbert Hutahaean
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posted May 17, 2010 06:12 PM

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They would have to (e.g.) pay Elmo to manufacture a run of 200 ST180s!

The cost to make a new projector (a real projector not the plastic ones) will be enormous and ineffective. I believe in today's money a ST-180 will be sold around $800.

Who is going to spend this much, knowing with that money you can get the roll-royce of Elmo, i.e GS 1200 from Ebay (or a bit more if in Europe mainland).

regards,

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Adrian Winchester
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posted May 17, 2010 07:34 PM

I was thinking in terms of promotional giveaways, so the recipients would not actually be paying anything. But in view of the costs involved, it was more a 'joke' than a serious suggestion.

I DO think it's perfectly credible that the marketing people involved in the film would like the idea of a trailer on Super 8 that could be given away as distinctive promotional gift, but the fact that so few people would actually be able to view it would of course be a major drawback. Maybe they could offer a silent copy with one of those battery opeated viewers.

I recall that the distributors of the film '8mm' did hand out a bag that included a strip of 8mm film in the course of promoting it.

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Winbert Hutahaean
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posted May 18, 2010 01:42 PM

Adrian, if so, perhaps the most affordable one is to make key chain for the souveners with 8mm strip on it. I beleive until in beginning 2000 there was still a company manufactured such key chain and it was also discussed in this forum as follow: New toys with 8mm film inside . It was told that Derann printed those strips.

cheers,

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