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JoshKirk

12-18-2005, 12:33 AM

I am thinking about shooting a movie with a few VFX shots. Here is my problem though, I would like to shoot it in super 8. Im torn because part of me thinks it will be easier because super 8 is low res, but another part thinks it would be alot harder to track, match grain, scratches, and film jitter. Would you guys say I should do it or scrap the idea and shoot on a dvx100a? My shots will include an exploding building in the distance, a shot of a bridge in which I add cars, and maybe some other not so intensive shots. Thanks in advance.

Has anyone ever worked with super 8 before? Compositing with it that is?

Kraa

01-12-2006, 06:00 PM

I have been thinking about same thing too. Is here anyone who have tried this?

Grys

01-13-2006, 10:54 AM

Does anyone have some digitized super8 footage availabe? Would be interesting to do some tests with it.
But i think it's going to be hard. When I look at my dad's old super8 rolls, I see a lot of heavy grain, a really visible hotspot and the colors seem to be shifted a little bit to red.

So, it might be easier to shoot the VFX backplates on DV, give them this super 8 look in the post and then mix it up with the other super 8 shots.

But if anyone has experience with super8 and compositing: I would really love to hear from you!!!

Astroboy

01-18-2006, 10:33 AM

i hope your not planing to pull any greenscreens on it :)

bartrobinson

01-20-2006, 03:44 PM

I'm thinking you would probably want to shoot the live action once with super 8 (to analyze) and again with something cleaner (to actually use). Then grade your clean and composited shots to look like the super 8. I just can't see you getting a good matte pulled from a bluescreen, good tracking data from from a scene with such weave and artifacts, and a lockable stable shot to comp into with all that noise. Shoot a few super 8 wedges of 50% gray to pull grain and artifacts from and maybe also a real heavy duty tracking marker close up to get accurate film weave data.

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