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Michael has us shooting Super 8 to mix with the REDONE and other film, video, and photography formats we’re using on the AlvaB Project. He wrote these words about the approach, and spirit of Super 8…

AlvaBProject:

Sprockets, the sound of it ripping through the gate, silver halide and many unknowns…..ahhh, super8mm film. We shot 750 feet of 500T color neg film. Some will know this, especially if you wanted a cheaper alternative to 16mm film to go along with your newly purchased 1932 Ford Roadster back in the day: It was in 1932 that Kodak first released regular 8mm film. 77 years later, after many reformulations of the emulsion, Kodak recently announced (yes recently as in Nov. 2008) the latest and greatest in the super8mm format….Vision 3 500T Color Negative Film. This project represents for us, in more ways than one, the convergence of the old and the new.

So in my studio lies a bag of 750 feet of unprocessed film. Maybe there was dust and hair in the camera gate and it will come back flawed. Maybe the images will be too clean and we’ll have the colorist drag the film on the floor, collecting more dust and grit along the way. Maybe, just maybe, all the flaws, mistakes and unplanned opportunities we encounter in this creative process will result in a piece of art that will be enjoyed for generations. That is our hope.
- Michael (abiyoyo productions)

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