Magic Bullet Looks

Following on from the 8mm iPhone application comparison to super 8 film I furthered my research into "Digital Super 8" by looking into plug-ins for editing software that replicate the super 8 look. The best of these filters I have come across is magic bullet looks.






I believe this plug-in renders footage much more accurately compared to the 8mm camera application for iPhone. The colours in the images stand out a lot more than the footage I shot, however the colour depth and saturation could still be a little higher. The jumpy frame rate within the footage also makes the film credible. The footage is also nicely finished off with a super 8 styled 4:3 border.

The only items this footage lacks is noise/grain, as well as the scratched effects you get on super 8 film. The images in this are quite clear and lack the gritty effects you sometimes can get with super 8 film. And although the border emulates the shape found on super 8 film the image overlayed on top of the film lacks any motion you get around the frame when projecting super 8 film reels.