SF on Super 8

This is a DIY-Super 8 scan project my dad and I wanted to try since we got a film projector recently. This was filmed late 2024 for fun and we did several trial and error sessions to try and get a decent looking picture. We also got a telecine converter so we can capture video on our digital camera easily since it will be harder to try and project and take video on a wall/white/black background. I come from a digital filmmaking background (made my first video on an iPod Touch in freshman year of high school - shot and edited in iMovie all on the device -- and added a Paramore song, of course) so analog filmmaking is very new and exciting territory for me. I got first-hand exposure to it when I attended an ASCF workshop early 2024 - I haven't even done still film photography yet at that time. They teach motion-picture film loading, setup, and shooting and they're very nice, supportive, cool people. It honestly inspired me to make more videos again since I did take a little break from it especially during the pandemic. After that, I wanted to try still film photography in the summer -- so I got a Holga lol (toy camera) and bought my first two rolls at a store and got it processed and scanned at a film lab for the first time ever. My dad was shocked and he was inspired too so he went ahead and got a film camera too and started doing film photography. Then he bought a Super 8 camera and I was so excited. And terrified. Cuz you only have like 3min 20s on a roll and you can't redo/replace/delete it/format it like an SD card and you won't know what it looks like until you get it processed and scanned. But when we shot our first cartridge and got the processed roll/digital film scan back from pro8mm, it was magic. It felt very special -- like opening a gift. Film does look very nice. You can try and mimic the film look digitally but this is the real deal. But honestly, I want to shoot both film and digital. I think they both bring different styles to the table. They're like actors or characters. I currently need more practice on my color grading (I'm rusty, it's been a while) and I like the convenience of capturing ideas and seeing the result right away when I get inspired (before they fade away), so shooting digitally is nice to use for that. A lot of movies I love were shot on film and digital! This home/family film is my 3rd or 4th super 8 cartridge -- I bought like 7 or 8 so far. I like the results - it has a very old vintage look. However, film labs do provide more variety of high-end, clean, professional scans. We had it processed at Yale Film and Video since that was the first lab I heard of that offers processing service in LA. But I know now that several film labs do offer processing as well. I decided to share my story behind this video in hopes of informing and inspiring anyone who wants to try out analog motion-picture film. Filmed and Edited by Chelle Cruz Scanned by Chelle Cruz and Ronald "RonskiGFX" Cruz Processed at Yale Film & Video Projected on Bell & Howell Super 8mm Autoload Projector and Tele-Cine Converter Scanned using Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6k with macro lens CAMERA Sankyo Sound XL-320 Supertronic Canon Zoom 518-2 FILM STOCK Kodak Super 8 Ektachrome 100D 7294 Color Reversal Film (Kodak House) Edited in DaVinci Resolve MUSIC She Plays Bass - beabadoobee (rights not owned - no copyright intended) This is a non-commercial video. A personal project made for fun!