A Video

This is a short video I made a few weeks ago at the seaside in Broadstairs. Featured are my brother and his family, so you may well not be interested.
But it’s shot on Super 8 – Kodak Ektachrome 100D to be precise – and filmed with the same Canon Auto Zoom 318M that my dad has had since sometime around 1974. It’s probably not seen a film in it since around 1984 or so. But a couple of AA batteries and it was up and running.
The Widescreen Centre in London sells Super 8 film, and gets it processed (in Berlin I believe), and then telecined into a digital format for editing.
I’m quite pleased with the outcome, and plan to shoot a few more rolls. Be warned – it is an expensive process!

At The Beach from Adam Bowie on Vimeo.


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2 responses to “A Video”

  1. Tim Weeks avatar
    Tim Weeks

    Hi,
    After seeing the quality of your video I recently bought a Canon 318. I see you had a good result with the Ektachrome 100. I just wondered if you had to set the camera up in any special way or whether it was just point and shoot?
    I’d appreciate any info.
    Thanks,
    Tim

  2. Adam Bowie avatar

    Hi Tim,
    No. I didn’t do anything special to the camera. Indeed, there wasn’t anything really I could do as it’s basically just point and shoot.
    I’ve taken a couple more films since I made this (although none are online yet), and only with one did I find the colour “interesting” in that it was pretty off. But that adds to the interest and is all part of the fun.
    Good luck in your film making!