One of the greatest sci-fi directors of all time James Cameron actually started his career with a sci-fi showreel shot on (yes you guessed it) – on Super 8mm.
Category: Super 8mm cameraman
Sam Raimi on Super 8mm – the Incredibly Strange film Show
Indeed, Raimi’s big break the low budget horror classic The Evil Dead – actually was a super 8mm film first (called Within The Woods). Raimi and producers Rob Tapert used the Super 8mm version to help raise money to make The Evil Dead proper.
Super 8mm expert Matthew Cooper featured on the Light on Leeds podcast
…at the start of the podcast I mention how I got started in filmmaking by making short films on Super 8mm back in the 80s and 90s. So, it might be worth a listen from that perspective…
New Super 8mm camera launches – meet Logmar’s GENTOO GS8
As a Super 8mm camera expert for hire it seems that new Super 8mm cameras are a bit like busses – you wait ages and then two come along at once!
Footage from the new Kodak Super 8mm camera
I blogged a couple of weeks ago, about the new Kodak Super 8mm camera – and the fact that it appears again to be a GO project. Below is some footage from the camera from Kodak’s YouTube channel. Its looks gggreeeaaattt.
Great news on the ALL new KODAK Super8mm camera – coming in 2022
As a Super 8mm camera expert for hire I bought Super 8mm magazine recently – a fabulous magazine written in both German and English – available from www.clickundsurr.de (look under books – you can subscribe and get four issues for around 60 Euros).
Using Super 8mm equipment on set in a low budget feature film
As a Super 8mm camera expert for hire its been a buys few weeks as I’ve been shooting some Super 8mm segments for a low budget feature film called ‘When the Earth gives up the Dead’ which is due out later in the year.
The never ending wait for the all new Kodak Super 8mm camera…
The never ending wait for the ALL new KODAK Super 8mm camera As a Super 8mm camera expert for hire I was really excited when Kodak announced a brand new […]
Feature films shot on Super 8mm film stock
As a Super 8mm camera expert for hire I’m always on the lookout for interesting projects that have used Super 8mm film in an innovative way. These days Super 8mm […]
NEW HBO SERIES uses Super8mm to get that retro look
As a Super 8mm camera expert for hire I’m always excited to see Super 8mm used in film and TV. Across the pond in the US HBO’s new L.A. Lakers […]