Due to its cheap comparative cost set against film formats such as 16mm and 35mm, super 8 has been used by many artists as a film format not just to film on, but also experiment with it.
This example of abstract super 8 by Fred Pelon seemingly uses old processed film reels. The film stock has been molded, as in left to develop in fungus with cheese, as well as soaked in various alcohol mixes to achieve its colour distortion, then put into the projector again and slowly pulled through while projecting and filming the projection with a digital camcorder. Due to the slow pulling of the film, the partly molded emulsion parts burn and bubble during the telecine process.
The example above is of double exposed film, a technique in where the double exposure of film combines two images in to one.
This technique of distorted super 8 is something that has been used in feature films, though much more subtlety. Although in 35mm, the 2007 release Planet Terror by Robert Rodriguez has a scratched film effect which was achieved by delicately running the film effect through sand paper. The film also expands and warps in times of discomfort intended to further disorientate the audience (as seen at 1.02 in trailer).
The editing of the film itself can be used as an effect to distort viewers and once again juxtapose against the conventional connotations and associations you would make with the super 8 format.
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