Imperfectly Perfect
The flaws, color and grainy format of Super 8 film now seem charming in light of the super-real qualities of HD. If you have your videographer shoot portions of your event on Super 8 film, the format on which most home movies from the ’60s and ’70s were captured, and then transfer it to a digital video, he can combine the aesthetic of simpler times with modern video technology. "Super 8 has a stylish, grainy texture that you just can’t get with digital video, so it offers a very nostalgic, cinematic look," says Justin Fone of Justin Fone Productions, in San Francisco, 415-652-9500, justinfone.com. Cost: $600 (one hour of Super 8 coverage plus digital transfer and post-production editing); general wedding packages start at $2,600.
