hi everyone, thank you for all your comments! i think i am just going to go ahead and try out what you recommended in terms of exposure etc. if i manage to get something decent together i´ll let you know!
insa On 20 Jun 2013, at 14:14, Roger Wilson wrote: > Hi Insa, > > Super 8mm Colour Negative film can look beautiful if it is exposed properly. > A big problem filmmakers have is not knowing their super 8mm camera well > enough. Most Super 8mm cameras do not have the same shutter angles as 16mm > and 35mm cameras (180), the shutter angle on Super 8mm cameras can range from > 150 to 220. Because the shutter angle is different in each camera you should > first find out what the shutter angle is for your camera. Another thing with > shooting Super 8mm negative stock is that most Super 8mm cameras do not read > the speed of the new kodak film stocks properly anymore. This is why if you > shoot using any Super 8 film stock, whether reversal or negative you should > be using a hand held light meter and not rely on the internal light meter. Do > this and you will be exposing the film correctly. If you can get some ND > (neutral density) filters that fit your lens that would also be a good thing, > so you can control the light when shooting in bright sunlight. If you can get > some lights I would also recommend using them for your external night scenes. > If you can light I would say go with the 200T, if not then the 500T would be > best for night scenes. It will be more grainy though, which might be the look > you are going for. Controlling your exposure through the process of > controlling the light and your f-stops so they work for you is the best > method. I like to work with an f-stop of around 4 to 5.6. Somewhere around > the centre of the lens creates nice sharp images. > > > As for transfer houses, I use Frame Discreet in Toronto Canada, not sure > where you are located. Anyway feel free to contact me directly if you have > any other questions. Super 8mm film can look like 16mm if used properly. > > > Roger D. Wilson > 613 324 - 7504 > rogerdwil...@sympatico.ca > http://www.rogerdwilson.ca > > Without failure you can never achieve success. I have based my process and my > career as an experimental film artist on this statement; and I welcome it as > it pushes me forward as an artist to try something different, something new. > > > From: insa.langho...@gmail.com > Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:40:14 +0100 > To: frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com > Subject: [Frameworks] Which Super8 Stock Should I Use? > > Dear Frameworkers, > > I would like to start working and experimenting with Super8 film. I have got > a short film in mind, which I want to shoot in colour. I haven´t got any > previous experience of working with film, so I wondered if you could give me > any ideas on what stock to get. > > The film will have a few scenes which are set at night, so I´ll need to get > stock with different sensitivities. I have looked at the VISION2 200T Color > Negative Super 8 Film and the VISION2 500T Color Negative Super 8 Film - are > they any good? I am also not sure whether to get negative or reversal film. > I haven´t got much funding, so the cheaper the better I guess. > > Thank you all so much! > > Insa > > filmmaker and editor > > insa.langho...@gmail.com > m: (0044) (0)7789 38 22 84 > www.insalanghorst.com > > _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing > listframewo...@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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