So this isn't actually a photography post, but I don't really have a clue where to go or what to run a search for in order to figure this out.
The tl;dr of what I'm going to post is basically this: One day at a con I stumbled upon a group running a room party where they watched random 8mm films. These folks had no idea what was on them before running the event. Basically we just drank and watched like 3 hours worth of random home movies from people we didn't even know.
That party was the highlight of the con for me, and now I go on Ebay once in a while to look for the same junk because I'm fascinated with seeing stuff from the past this way. Am I the only one that does this or what? :P I can't find a subreddit to post about this, and they shut down a thread I tried to run because I didn't have the date in the title or something stupid like that, so I dunno where to go to find this info out, really.
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i see those at my local ghetto pawn shop
i saw two actually thas all i got m8
OP I've been doing this for some time and think it's often surprising and sometimes dull but always a laugh.
I buy old films from ebay 8mm/Super 8 basically the stuff without an description of the content. I then put four 50 footers on a 200 real and have around 15/20 minutes of fun, splits and tears, splicing etc.
I am currently trying to make a 30 minute film entirely out of other people's films just for the hell of it. Trying to get some sort of image narrative without voice over is tricky but I think it can be done. Keep goin'
Wow this is really cool, didn't know people were into this.
I was once put on a project for my college job making digital copies of 16mm films found in the library. They also had old film preview reels from the early 90s (I guess when schools screened newly released movies before they switched to DVDs). Anyways I got to see an awesome trailer for Cool World, which has to be the best trailer for the most disappointing movie ever
Didn't actually buy them, but I saw a guy selling a bunch of porn films on 16mm at a local antiques store.
Some time i'd kind of like to get an old projector and film for fun, but I have no idea how to load them without breaking something.
16mm requires a bigger projector and is more expensive. Buy a dual projector off ebay - one that will run standard 8 and super 8 - these are the two formats from the 50s through to the 80s and video that then dominated the market. Trouble with video was that editing it was expensive and complex and people shot hours and hours of shit. Film meant you only had 3-4 minutes. Concentrated things man.. Look up 8mm film splicing on youtube and see how easy it is to fix and edit broken film. It's like pissing - anybody can do it. The splice gadget is 5 and the tapes/cement 2 whatever your currency. The more hairs in the gate broken splices and splits the better. Wack on a weird soundtrack and get the gear out. Best Saturdays ever still goin...
I saw an 8mm projector at goodwill the other week. In nice shape with is carry case cover and all. Kind of wish I bought it, "just because." Though I don't know what I'd do with it in the immediate term other than store it with my Elmo editor, that I also sort of bought for the same reasons. I saw it two weeks in a row and the second week, part of the latch mechanism had broken off, so I bought it to spare it from the fuckwits who insist on tearing open and disassembling everything they see at the thrift store.
Not sure if pic is the model I have, I mostly remember it has a red plastic cover.
