Mich's
Timeline

Making Movies - 1980's
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Making Movies - Film



1974 war films
We made war films with miniature tanks, and live action when we were young teens. It was cool back then to be into WWII. ... this is the worst 8mm film.
1984 mirage
An Indiana Jones adventure in the desert. We tried our hand at stop motion animation too. crappy super8 film , transfered a few generations.
1984 the paperboy
A crazy and violent guy gets a job as a paperboy, who will not stop till he gets paid. This film was made with crappy super8 film , bad transfers.
1985 dragons breath
Two knights meet up to find a dragon nearby. made in crappy old VHS, transfered a few generations..
1986 the opponent
A chess player has a bad dream about playing a surprising opponent. crappy old VHS , transfered a few generations.
1987 bad attitude
In this SEQUEL to the paperboy (1984), Simon gets a job repo-ing vacuum cleaners that people are late in payments. unfortunately crappy old VHS.
1997 okotoks joust
Rob and Mich in armour entertaining a bunch of boy scout kids


When I was a young teen, maybe 13, Rob and I used our dad's 8mm camera to make some films. Back then, you'd buy a 3 minute reel, and after exposing it, send it in to be developed. When it comes back you can load it into a projector (above).
That first camera could not record audio, so when I was like 24, I bought a Super8, which had audio. That's when we made 'the Paperboy'.

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Mich's
Timeline

Making Movies - VHS
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Making Movies - VHS



1986 eclipse video
Mid 1980's I wanted to make a video advertising business. This is old VHS, transfered a few generations.
1999 crafting armour
Rob Valentine from Valentine Armouries 1999. Instructional video on how armour is made. This is a summary, under 10 mins....




In 1986, I bought a top-of-the-line consumer video camera, and editing playback machines. At that time I was also into the newest video TITLING software.
At first we had over-the-shoulder cameras , then they got smaller, some with seperate battery packs.

We made our own tracks for DOLLY shots, and built a homemade camera boom and steadycam.





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