Wow - that is really a cool look. So you stitched the stills back together and just added the rest of the feel with color correction, sound effects, and film damage? I like it, I like it a lot.

That's pretty much it. :-)

I shot everything at JPEG-small resolution on burst mode so I would have a sizable buffer.

Then I used Quicktime 7 to open all the images as an image sequence at 12fps - Saved that out as ProRes 422 - 12fps at full resolution.

I took that file and brought it into a Final Cut 1920 x 1080 ProRes 422 23.98fps sequence and got the scale/crop that I wanted on each "scene". I render that into a "working file". Technically I could have applied all my effects to this sequence, but I am on an older Mac Book Pro and it chokes on the large native movie... so I rendered it out instead... plus I'm not worried about degradation here.

So now I have a 1920 x 1080 ProRes 23.98fps movie file(s). These are basically my working files that I import into FCP and apply all the effects to and cut up for the edits.

As to the effects it's basically Colorista II to set the color and blow out the highlights. the Magic Bullet Misfire to apply the fading, scratches, vignette, etc..

Finally I added a mask from FCP and then feathered it a bit to make the crop look good, looped a projector sound effect and there you have it.

I think that is all of the process. Towards the end I realized that if I over exposed the still slightly in the camera it made post a bit easier becuase I didn't have to fake it. All the upfront rendering of the stills and scaling down the full size files were a pain, but it was worth it.

This is Great! Love the look!

And that 7d firing away probably makes about the same amount of noise as the old hand-wound 8mm cameras did back in the day -- adding to the authenticity... Very creative!

That is really cool, Awesome Job!

I just freaked out our producation assistant by following her around the office shooting pics in burst mode - I was surprised that it just kept firing off pics... definitely need a fast AF lens though... I missed focus with my old SMC 50/1.4 a few times.

Brilliant! This is awesome!

Wow! Great video Ryan. Reminds me of the Wonder Years. Bravo!

quite nostalgic indeed. great idea for future projects!

Unique. Liked.

Ryan.... interesting technique... can you describe your camera settings?

very nice, like it a lot.

@Oasis

They were really different inside and out. I think I shot mostly in aperature priority mode to try and keep a fairly decent depth of field. I nudged the exposure up about a 1/2 stop.

The style is very forgiving when it comes to settings since it has a nonperfect feel to it. But mainly I'd stick with deep focus stuff opposed to shallow since most of the 8mm stuff was never shallow.

gorgeous ... cant wait to give this a go! thanks for sharing the process

so would this video be pretty much the same as 4k video?? as far as resolution

I fully plan to chase my dogs around the house trying this out. Very cool idea Ryan! Thanks for explaining your process too.

why didn't i think of such way?! this is marvelous..
anybody who don't have video cam could make thing like this, as long they have hight speed continuous burst on the dslr.
question: is there any particular CF card to use?

Hi Ryan, thanks for placing an "i Like" on my video! I like very much yours too!
I don't know about you, but for me my little video
is a tribute to my father filming me and my brother more than forty years ago with a real Canon 8mm film camera!

Question - would you get similar results by taking actual video and dropping it in an AE timeline that is set to 8FPS (or whatever - 7D shoots 8FPS) and then rendering that out? This would give you the ability to roll sound if needed and might actually be a little easier to shoot... I'll have to try this since I don't actually have a 7D...

The shutter is only rated for 150,000 actuations. You'd burn your shutter out pretty quickly. I'd definitely use it for short clips but it's truly brilliant! Thanks for posting it!

would it be possible to do the same thing with just using quicktime to create it at 12fps from 7 or 8 fps and not converting into 24fps later on? i am asking because i do not have fcp. :(

Nice video! I played with this technique, but more for a "stroby" energetic feel, as opposed to a vintage feel. I really like the vintage look though. You're right that the anomalies really make it feel more authentic.

Were you shooting at the high-speed 8fps with yuour 7D? Do you think shooting at a slower 4fps would yield too few frames and make it too herky-jerky?

Okay, I've now watched this many times over the last two days and I've just left it up in a window in my browser. I just really love it. What an innovative technique to replicate a long-gone feel. Thanks again for sharing.

Very inspiring! The projector sound effect really tied it together. Thanks.

Very heart warming, that's a keeper! ... on a similar note, I simulated an assault on a woman by her enraged husband. Recalled through flashback from her POV, the camera records an entirely darkened room. I use a mecablitz cl45 to paint the ceiling in 'w' mode. The man punches the woman in slo mo. The strobe effect is patchy... sync don't matter. In imovie, I delete out however many black frames needed for effect. Played back the footage naturally speeds up, and the man looks like he's seriously laying in to the poor girl.

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cool Video. I love the Burst Mode.
Look here, thats my try.
vimeo.com/11814859