A Change of Heart

The last and first post of this blog detailed the investigation I wanted to undertake for this advanced negotiated study. In nutshell it was to investigate the emotive and semiotics effects of the film format super 8. I aim to still study the aesthetics of super 8 film as a medium but now look at super 8 on a more technical view.

I wish to study the cinematography of super 8 by testing and analyzing the different film stocks of super 8. This shall be achieved through the analysis of;

• The colour profile each of the stocks produce, whether some stocks produce warmer or cooler looking colour palettes. 

•  The quality of each stock; examining the grain or clarity each stock produces.

•  The performance of each stock in different light conditions and how they perform in natural and artificial lighting environments. 

• The emotive effect created by each stock by conducting primary research into how each stock can create a different moods. 

• Analysis of previous super 8 works in popular media and how they convey the narrative they are trying to tell.

As super 8 is rapidly becoming more and more unavailable and soon extinct it shall be hard to obtain a wide selection of film stocks so much of research will rely on past examples of super 8 however some Kodak stocks still exist and shall be tested and investigated in this project.