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Posted by Simon McConway (Member # 219) on November 20, 2004, 03:32 PM:

About two years, I got a friend to film my wedding using my Super 8 gear. Was wondering whether anyone else in RECENT times, has had their special day recorded using film? Now, my sister in law has requested that her wedding be filmed on Super 8!

Posted by Mike Peckham (Member # 16) on November 20, 2004, 04:40 PM:

Funnily enough my neice, who gets married in May next year, has asked me to film her wedding on super 8. I haven't yet agreed to it because I'm thinking that there will be a lot of pressure to get it right and I won't enjoy the experience.

Maybe I'm just being selfish [Roll Eyes]

?

Mike

Posted by Simon McConway (Member # 219) on November 20, 2004, 04:45 PM:

People like the sometimes unsteady look of it and like imperfections too. Tell her it's only for fun or something like that, and she'll be ok. She'll be ok. Showed my wedding film tonight. As usual, someone left saying "must get our cine projector down from the loft"

Posted by Tim Christian (Member # 48) on November 20, 2004, 05:16 PM:

I shot some footage of the daughter of a friend last year. Got some great shots of the official photographers who were having problems. Why do 'official' photographers always get flustered when they are being filmed?

I found some great KII wedding pics on R8 from the '50s. One sequence was general panning around the guests when the camera pointed towards a couple of women taliking, with their kids generally fooling around. One of the women noticed the camera, and grabbed her kids and made them stand still for the photo!

On serious note, concentrate on the outside stuff. You can get good shots on K40 inside in a room with plenty of windows, but you have to be lucky. If you use an imposing camera with a big lens hood, people stay out of your way.

Posted by Steve Klare (Member # 12) on November 20, 2004, 06:09 PM:

I wanted to have a friend film my wedding 12 years ago, but was between operable cameras and this was pre E-bay.

When my sister got married in 1976, the photographer's assistant did a very professional looking 150 footer. It's still wonderful to watch.

Note: Very close friends of the family have one 50 footer of their wedding. (the only film they own) I've been invited to their 50th anniversary party, and asked to bring a projector. The same thing happened at their 25th anniversary.

Posted by Chris Quinn (Member # 129) on November 21, 2004, 03:18 AM:

All the weddings i have been to lately have at least 5 video cameras flying all over the place, by the evening the kids take over because the parents are more interested in the free booze.
You can imagine the quality of these home movies, so i wouldn't worry to much Mike, you are easily going to have the best footage as film is more precious due to cost and of course you tend to plan your shots better ending up in a more coherent film.
But then I’m sure you know that. Go for it!

Chris. [Smile]

Posted by Mike Peckham (Member # 16) on November 21, 2004, 04:05 AM:

As coincidence would have it, I have a friend coming round this morning with her parents 50ft standard 8 film of their wedding. It was taken in Worthing in the 50s' and we are hoping to take some stills off it for her parents.

I've seen this film already as I projected it for her parents about a year ago, they hadn't seen it for many, many years and they were amazed as I was at the fantastic quality of the images, the colours are still fantastic after nearly 50 years.

I wonder how a video would fare after that length of time?

If I can work out how to do it I'll try and post an image from it on here, never had any success doing that before though...

Mike

Posted by David Roberts (Member # 197) on November 21, 2004, 06:23 AM:

In the early 70"s, I worked for a photographers in the West Country and did a few Wedding films,mostly on standard 8.
In fact,the most stunning result I ever achieved was shot on a little Bolex B8 camera with a single prime lens and shown on an M8 projector,also with a prime lens.
I forget how much we charged for this service,but I seem to remember having a lot of fun doing them!

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