In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen.


It's Super 8, not dead.

New entry on the b-side.

Apparently, Super 8 is not dead here in Melbourne. For those who don't know what Super 8 is, it is a movie film format that uses film like those from film cameras, recording picture by picture. The width of the film is 8mm.

In Singapore, this format is non-existent. Actually, I'd be surprised if many people know what Super 8 format is. Well, let's just say that I've done a few rolls and they came out to be really cool. After developing the film, what I did was got a projector, shoot it on the wall and record it into my video camera. Now I know some of you are asking, "Why not just record with the video camera from the beginning?" Well, can the video camera record pro-looking slow-motion? No.

It's called 'over-cranking', a movie term for recording at high speed and playing back at normal speed. For example, if I record at a rate of 54 images in one second and I play it back at a rate of 25 images in a second, then what I get is very high-quality slow motion. Experiment a ferw more times, and the footage will start looking like something out of the Matrix.

I shot four reels the other day at 36 frames per second. I will put it up here on this website soon.

Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam.