70 Years and Still Going Strong – Adding Sound to the N8 with Movilux and Moviphon
(Title loosely based on Evelyn Künneke and Curd Jürgens) How I Ended Up with the Moviphon A little over 40 years ago, I purchased a Movikon 8B Double-8 camera and…
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First Look: WittnerColor 100D
Wittner Cinetec continues to work tirelessly, constantly creating new, high-quality, and — above all —perfectly manufactured Super 8 film stock. New—or rather, still in the testing phase—is a 100 ASA…
Dresden Cine Film Festival 2026
A short festival diary Thursday As always, the Motorenhalle in the backyard of the Riesa Efau is not easy to find as the main venue for the Schmalfilmtage, but if…
B&H Character Title Writer – Titles with Filmo 70 and Bolex H8
After about a decade of enthusiastic involvement with small-format film, something has happened that some people miss every now and then when watching what they have filmed themselves: The creation…
Ancient Lore? Lovecraft in Brittany
After I had first filmed H.P. Lovecraft in THE COLOUR OUT OF SPACE (2017) on Dartmoor and in THE GARDEN (2019) in a cemetery in Savannah, the moment had come…
18 oder 24 Bilder pro Sekunde?
Spätestens seit der Festlegung auf 24 Bilder pro Sekunde (B/s) im kommerziellen Kino in den 1920ern sind die Amateure am Diskutieren, ob man auch mit 24 B/s drehen solle. Die…
Schmalfilm beim 49. Open-Air Filmfest Weiterstadt aus meiner Sicht als Super-8-Filmemacher
Beim Open-Air-Filmfest in Weiterstadt sind auf Super-8 gedrehte Filme Tradition und auch im 60 Jubiläumsjahr von Super-8 nach wie vor sehr willkommen. Wie jedes Jahr bildete auch diesmal der Super-8-Wettbewerb…
Wittner Experimental Color 320 in Single8-Kassetten
Endlich bin ich dazu gekommen, einen Teil des Wittner-Materials in Single8-Kassetten umzufüllen. Nach dem ersten Durchgang in der Dunkelkammer schien alles wie gehabt geklappt zu haben. Denn ich hatte schon…
Art, heart, fart — and far too much mumbling
The 26th Schmalfilmtage Dresden are not quite over yet, but due to my schedule I had to leave a little earlier and therefore missed the Sunday program. Allow me to…
SEPMAG (“two-tape dubbing”) a bit different
It's actually quite simple. In this article, I describe the recording of original sound parallel to filming as well as the later synchronization of the sound with the finished film.…
