Filmed:12th May 2020

"The Death of a Super 8 Camera"

Before our 1st proper test reel, there was an earlier effort to shoot on film with a 70s 'Boots' branded Bell & Howell Compact 2000 that we'd picked up for £1.02 off eBay!

We weren't expecting it to work at all given the meagre sum we paid but to our surprise we found it was in full working order. The camera even performed well during the initial part of the shoot but then suddenly succumbed to old age and subsequently went to ye olde camera shoppe in the sky.

This ultimately forced us to find and use another Super 8 camera to complete filming but what we present here is some of the footage captured with the 'Boots' camera before it exposed it's last frame.

Camera Operator: Drew Berry
Camera: Bell & Howell Compact 2000
Film Stock: Super 8 Kodak Vision3 50D
Film Transfer: On8Mil
Colour Grading: Rudolf Griva

This footage was taken during lockdown and is from 1 of 2 test reels we've undertaken - it's been an incredible learning exercise.