Super Gr8 Film Festival in Harrisonburg, VA, November 16 & 17!  

Pro8mm is proud to sponsor the Super Gr8 Film Festival in Harrisonburg, VA this November! 

 The Super Gr8 Film Festival is an annual community organized film festival that takes place in the picturesque Shenandoah Valley in the city of Harrisonburg, Virginia.  The two-night festival hosts 24 films each night; one night for black and white films and one night for color films. This year the festival will be taking place on November 16th and 17th at Court Square Theater.

 All the films are created by regional filmmakers and will be shot between August and October of 2011 using in-camera editing only.  Then each filmmaker creates an original soundtrack to place over their film.  The filmmakers, like the audience, see their films for the first time at the actual screening, creating an ecstatic energy in the theater that is palpable. Handmade awards, created by artist Elliott Downs, are given to the best films as selected by a panel of judges, and awarded after the nightly screenings at our Award Ceremony / After Party. The After Parties take place at two local Restaurant / Bars and are supported with live music. For more information or to register for the festival, visit the festival website: www.supergr8.com.

The Power of Super 8 Film Seminar LIVE Event in Harrisonburg!

On Tuesday, November 15, from 7:00pm to 9:00pm Pro8mm will be hosting the Power of Super 8 Film LIVE Seminar with special guest Kate Headley!

This event is free to attend and is open to the public.

Back to School Sale!  

Welcome back to school! Save on a 6 roll package or 12 roll package now until October 1!

6 roll package deal to Pro Res, regularly $454, now $400!

6 Rolls of Super8 /Pro8mm film, Processed, Preped and Scan on the 4K Millinieum 2 Scanner in 1920 x 180 High Definition to Media Files.

Click Here to Order! 

12 roll pakcage deal to Pro Res, reguarly $767, now $700! 

12 Rolls of Super8 /Pro8mm film, Processed, Preped and Scan on the 4K Millinieum 2 Scanner in 1920 x 180 High Definition to Media Files. 

Click Here to Order!

Filmmakers Spotlight

"Spacetime" by Gardens & Villa

Our featured video this month is "Spacetime" shot by DAVID SOUTH of DOS MOON. We met David at our boot camp in March and this is his first video! It was shot with a Leicina Special against green screen using 100d and Vision 3 stocks. There is some mixed footage from other sources but it is 87% is Super 8. Most of the still images were lit and shot in Super 8. We are very proud of David for completing his first video. Amazing work David! 

Every month Tech Talk will bring you technical advice about shooting Super 8 and the many components that must be understood to be a successful filmmaker.  

The 85 filter- One more time! 

In the beginning, all Super 8 film was Tungsten Balanced, which means that the film will produce true colors under tungsten light.  If you wanted to get correct colors in daylight, you had to use an orange filter called an 85 (sometimes called 85A).  For convenience, every Super 8 camera was built with an internal 85 filter.  The filter was usually in place because most filming was done outside in daylight.  There were some clever ways to take out the filter when you were filming in Tungsten (Interior)  light.  The filter removal system could be activated by the Super 8 cartridge's notch system,  or by a switch, or by sticking something into a place in the camera to take it out or some combination of these things.

Every Super 8 camera manufacturer had their own idea as to how this should be done.  Today, you have dozens of Super 8 film stocks that can be either daylight or tungsten color balanced.  When you film in daylight with daylight film, you do not want to use an 85 filter.  At Pro8mm we  have been taking the internal filters out of Super 8 cameras for many years now.  When this is done correctly, it can greatly improve the optical performance of a camera.   These inernal filters are often made of plastic which deteriorate over time and can greatly interfere with the quality of the image.  They are also dirt magnets!   Today because you can buy daylight film, it is actually inconvenient to have the internal 85 filter.   Some film manufacturing companies prescribe the cartridge notch for 85-filter removal  and some do not.  The standards for dealing with this 85 thing are a mess,  so it is up to you, the filmmaker to understand what the 85 filter is and how your camera handles this.  You need to make sure that you are using the correct film for your filming environment, daylight or tungsten.  Although you can do some amazing color correction in post,  if you do not get this right you will never achieve the brilliance in color your images can have.   In addition, all this correcting takes time, which costs money.  What makes this a little challenging is in most Super 8 cameras the 85 filter was placed behind the viewfinder optic where it can not be seen.  If your camera has a switch or you can toggle between the two settings for filter in and out, you will not be able to see the effect of having the filter in by looking in the viewfinder.  

 Read More about 85 filters on our Blog

Super 8 Lifestyle Teleseminar Series Wrap Up 

Thank you to all of our amazing Super 8 lifestyle speakers and everyone that participated in our Super 8 Lifestyle Teleseminar series this summer! We hope you learned a thing or two about the many possibilities and applications for shooting Super 8 film.

If you missed any of our series, you can access our past teleseminars on our online store for only $10.00 each. The replay of the teleseminar will be emailed to you and is yours to keep.  

A survey will be sent out in the next few weeks to everyone who registered for this series.  Please take a minute to give us some feedback so that we may continue offering you content relevant to what you need most in your Super 8 filmmaking!

The Super 8 Lifestyle Teleseminar 

(featuring Phil Vigeant talking about the Super 8 Lifestyle)

 Super 8 Weddings Teleseminar (featuring David Savanski of Capture Forever and Steve Moses of Vantage Point Productions)

Super 8  Rebel Filmmakers Teleseminar (featuring Richard Kern and Nico B.)

Shooting Super 8 for National Brands Teleseminar (featuring Laura Merians who shoots for Whole Foods, Tia and Tamera, and more)

 Super 8 Board Culture Teleseminar  (featuring Ray of Runman Surf Films)

Stay tuned for our October newsletter when we will announce our next series!     

"Analog Day"  - January 23rd, 2012, Park City

Exclusive to the 2012 festival, Slamdance will be dedicating an event to creative independent artistry on film.  Pro8mm, Kodak and Straight 8 will be challenging  5 teams of filmmakers on the streets of Park City during the festival.  The film, donated by Kodak will be processed and scanned by Pro8mm.  There will also be a panel on Super 8 filmmaking, which Pro8mm will be a part of, Straight 8 screenings and chances to connect with fellow participants through coffee breaks and happy hours. Details on how you can participate will be made available as we receive them! For more information about Slamdance in Park City, visit Slamdance Film Festival 

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