By Bob Fisher
Robert Richardson, Asc, Robert Elswitt, Asc, John Toll, Asc, Jim Chressanthis, Asc, Ed Lachman, Asc and Caleb Deschanel, Asc are among the cinematographers whose names grace the back cover of a new book titled “The Power of Super 8 Film.” The list also includes Steven Spielberg, Oliver Stone, Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese among the iconic filmmakers who have created stories with moving images recorded on 8 mm or Super 8 film.
The book was written by Phil Vigeant, who has owned Pro8MM, in Burbank, California for the past 30-plus years along with his wife Rhonda. The company rents and sells cameras and professional motion picture film in Super 8 format. It also provides film processing, telecine, other postproduction and archiving services.
The Power of Super 8 Film takes readers on an 80 year journey through the history of the format, which was introduced as a visual story-telling medium for hobbyists during the early 1930s.
Robert Richardson, Asc, Robert Elswitt, Asc, John Toll, Asc, Jim Chressanthis, Asc, Ed Lachman, Asc and Caleb Deschanel, Asc are among the cinematographers whose names grace the back cover of a new book titled “The Power of Super 8 Film.” The list also includes Steven Spielberg, Oliver Stone, Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese among the iconic filmmakers who have created stories with moving images recorded on 8 mm or Super 8 film.
The book was written by Phil Vigeant, who has owned Pro8MM, in Burbank, California for the past 30-plus years along with his wife Rhonda. The company rents and sells cameras and professional motion picture film in Super 8 format. It also provides film processing, telecine, other postproduction and archiving services.
The Power of Super 8 Film takes readers on an 80 year journey through the history of the format, which was introduced as a visual story-telling medium for hobbyists during the early 1930s.
- 4/11/2010
- by Bob Fisher
- Hollywoodnews.com
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