tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24767879809823832452011-07-07T21:25:54.259-07:00Blog about Super 8 and retro film making, films, photography, art and popular culture.Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01762322413095145369noreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2476787980982383245.post-69055965902418219272009-11-11T12:35:00.000-08:002009-11-11T12:45:51.194-08:00Seven months and not one post. Haven't shot a roll of film since then either. Pretty rubbish.<br />The reason? I applied for <a href="http://www.straight8.net/2008/home.php">Straight 8</a> 2009 but for various reasons (complete lack of organisation being the main one) the roll of film sits unfinished in my AGFA movexoom.<br />The pain of my failure has passed and im going to finish what I started and rediscover the pleasure of celuloid. I have discovered the joy of <a href="http://www.lomography.com/">lomography</a> in the interim (expect posts on that in the future) so all is not lost.<br />For now, here is a trailer for the films that did make Straight 8 2009.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gOQ5lbfPwSU&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gOQ5lbfPwSU&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2476787980982383245-6905596590241821927?l=adventuresinsuper8.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01762322413095145369noreply@blogger.com41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2476787980982383245.post-9727294715684556082009-04-19T09:04:00.000-07:002009-04-19T09:05:28.384-07:00<object width="320" height="265"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fFVllG8zAsg&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fFVllG8zAsg&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="320" height="265"></embed></object><br /><br /><a href="http://www.fredpelon.nl/">Fred Pelon</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2476787980982383245-972729471568455608?l=adventuresinsuper8.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01762322413095145369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2476787980982383245.post-91226874362710461122009-04-04T06:31:00.000-07:002009-04-04T06:46:50.619-07:00<object height="285" width="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3iXAODYsxrc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3iXAODYsxrc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="285" width="340"></embed></object><br /><br />I recently got round to getting my first roll of super 8 film processed and telecined courtesy of <a href="http://www.theoldfilmcompany.com/Default.htm">The Old Film Company<br /></a>they were a pleasure to deal with, informing me when the film was being dispatched and attaching a handy sheet of faults with how it was shot!<br /><br />This particular roll of film had been sitting in my fridge for roughly two years and I wasn't really sure what was on it! Turned out to be from a holiday to Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly in 2007. Although the camera work is erratic I love the colour of the Ektachrome 64T stock.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2476787980982383245-9122687436271046112?l=adventuresinsuper8.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01762322413095145369noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2476787980982383245.post-46780361857411558182009-03-30T13:36:00.000-07:002009-03-30T13:40:28.899-07:00<object width="340" height="285"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5TKerWEQono&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5TKerWEQono&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="340" height="285"></embed></object><br /><br />Not much to say on this short. Could be classed as wrong but the magic of Super 8 adds a touch of class.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2476787980982383245-4678036185741155818?l=adventuresinsuper8.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01762322413095145369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2476787980982383245.post-1052300391098559142009-03-16T12:29:00.000-07:002009-03-16T12:48:23.078-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5GrKEcokw_Q/Sb6pWE3FzqI/AAAAAAAAAA8/GTzHIQsjSlE/s1600-h/Dollare+box.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5GrKEcokw_Q/Sb6pWE3FzqI/AAAAAAAAAA8/GTzHIQsjSlE/s320/Dollare+box.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313870807070789282" border="0" /></a><br />When I brought the projector from Ebay, bundled with it were not one but two super 8 feature films. I am now the owner of the Sergio Leoni iconic western Fistful of Dollars. In German. Unfortunately as the projector did not come with a manual I can't sample the pleasure of a badly dubbed Clint Eastwood. Also included was Close Encounters of the Third Kind (this time in English). Love a bit of seventies Spielberg. Give me Richard Dreyfuss as a protagonist over Tom Cruise any day of the week!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5GrKEcokw_Q/Sb6rbIvOp2I/AAAAAAAAABE/0ZV4kG3iN3w/s1600-h/Close+encounters+reel.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5GrKEcokw_Q/Sb6rbIvOp2I/AAAAAAAAABE/0ZV4kG3iN3w/s320/Close+encounters+reel.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313873093034157922" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2476787980982383245-105230039109855914?l=adventuresinsuper8.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01762322413095145369noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2476787980982383245.post-76800091771869538122009-03-15T11:15:00.000-07:002009-03-16T12:29:29.319-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5GrKEcokw_Q/Sb1JxdS9qZI/AAAAAAAAAAk/oBNr51zjzMI/s1600-h/Agfa+camera.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5GrKEcokw_Q/Sb1JxdS9qZI/AAAAAAAAAAk/oBNr51zjzMI/s320/Agfa+camera.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313484249393637778" border="0" /></a><br />Welcome to my blog charting my adventures in super 8 film making. I work as a digital video editor/ camera operator but wanted to re-discover the wonderful world of celluloid so got on Ebay and brought an Agfa Moviexoom super 8 camera and Sonnector LS projector.<br />I have shot a bit of super 8 before using a Prinz Corvette (snazzy name) my friend lent me<br />but i'm looking forward to getting to grips with the Moviexoom as it has a few more bells and whistles.<br /><br />The aim of all this is to document my experiences shooting with super 8, show any<br />good films I find on the interweb and link to any good resources I might stumble across.<br />I may post stuff unrelated to super 8 from time to time if the mood takes me.<br /><br />Hope you enjoy.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5GrKEcokw_Q/Sb1Kf04IMgI/AAAAAAAAAA0/PlrW1eprTZg/s1600-h/Sonnector+projector_02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5GrKEcokw_Q/Sb1Kf04IMgI/AAAAAAAAAA0/PlrW1eprTZg/s320/Sonnector+projector_02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313485045997515266" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2476787980982383245-7680009177186953812?l=adventuresinsuper8.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01762322413095145369noreply@blogger.com1