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By The Humming ProjectorTV & Film
The Humming Projector episodes
- 21 – Harmless – A Movie Shot on Super 8
Shooting with Super 8 is just for home movies, right? No it isn't, and in this episode we interview Eric Player, the screenwriter and producer for the thriller movie Harmless which was exclusively shot on Super 8. A truly fascinating story where someone dares to think differently and produces a very interesting movie.
Some of the topics in this episode
- A movie shot exclusively on Super 8, and how the format affects the movie
- Eric's relationship to Super 8
- Getting the cameras ready for the project including a modification
- Technical issues during filming
- Challenges when shooting with Super 8
- How did it affect the actors and others involved?
- Actors reaction when they realized it would be shot on Super 8
- The importance of all the people involved, and their loyalty
- Film stocks
- Shooting in 4:3
- Labs and film development
- Will we see another Super 8 movie from Eric?
- When and where can the movie be watched?
- Will it be released on Super 8?
Links
- IMDB page
- Instagram for the movie
- Instagram for Panther Pictures
- Instagram for Roseland Pictures
- Instagram for Charles Box
- The Negative Space
- Bjørn Andersson's company
1 hr 5 min - 20 – Special: Q & A with Phil Sheard at Blackpool 2025
This special episode is a recording of the Q&A session with Phil Sheard, the owner of Classic Home Cinema, and Adrian Winchester. It was recorded at the Blackpool Film Collectors' Convention, Sunday the 16th of November at the Grand Hotel in Blackpool.
A huge thanks to Phil Sheard, Adrian Winchester and the organizers for letting us publish this recording!
Links:
- The Q&A on Super8database's YouTube channel
- Blackpool Film Collectors' Convention
- Classic Home Cinmea
43 min - 19 – The British Entertainment History ProjectOver the years, Britain developed into one of the world’s major centers of the film and television industries. And behind all the great movies that have been produced over the years, there are many men and women who made it all come together and their stories are an important part of the history.
In this episode, we talk to Sue Malden about the British Entertainment History Project who seeks out to document and preserve this history while key players are still with us. Sue is an independent media archive management consultant and formerly the head of the BBC Broadcast Archives, and is one of the lead figures at the British Entertainment History Project (BEHP).
Some topics in this episode:
- Some topics in this episode:
- What was the motivation for creating the BEHP, and when did it start?
- Who does the project interview?
- Who performs the interviews?
- The wide range of people they interview (not all are white male actors)
- Several well known productions are mentioned, like Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Who and Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
- We learn how Sue became a secretary of the BEHP when she arrived late for a meeting.
- Challenges of running the organization
- More volunteers are needed and how can they join?
Links
- The British Entertainment History Project
- The Blackpool Film Collectors' Convention
48 min - 18 – Film is Fabulous!
In this episode we talk with former head of the BBC Broadcast Archives, Sue Malden , professor of Cinema and Television History at the De Montfort University, Justin Smith, and long time collector John Franklin. They are some of the people behind Film is Fabulous!, an organization run by film collectors, cinema lovers and vintage television enthusiasts which aims to support private collectors in the United Kingdom, in order to preserve vulnerable film treasures.
Some of the topics in this episode
- What is Film is Fabulous! ?
- What was the motivation that lead to their establishment, and why do they seek to become a charitable trust?
- What happen to the films when they are collected?
- Preserving knowledge about film handling, and knowledge about the film collecting culture
- The importance of trust
- Making the rediscovered material available to the public
- Screenings at The vintage television festival Sunday 11th May - We are let into the secret on a couple of the rediscovered titles that will be shown.
- Restoration in the digital age
- What have they learned after their pilot study?
Links
- Information about The Vintage Television Festival in the Film is Fabulous! website
- The booking page (with seating plan) on the Phoenix Cinema and Art Centre website
57 min - 17 – Super 8 Database
Five years ago, the super 8 database was launched. At that time it had been in the works for two years, but was finally in a state where it could be made public. Greg Perry joins Eivind to talk about making the database, the road to the current state, and its place in the community
Topics in this episode
- The motivation make the database
- How Greg got into the project
- How has the road to the current state been
- Its place in the community
- What can we expect in the future?
Links
- Super8warehouse
- Derann Vaults
- off2
- Super8rezensionen
32 min - 16 – BFCC Lite With Talking Pictures TV
The British Film Collectors’ Convention is back! Together with Talking Pictures TV, they Present BFCC Lite the 29th of September in the UK. But how did a TV channel and a group of film collectors find each other? What makes a TV channel, which gathers millions of viewers each week, different from other TV channels, and why do they care about film? Listen to this week’s episode where we talk to John and Mark from BFCC and Sarah from Talking Pictures.
Some highlights of this episode
- We learn about Talking Pictures TV, a TV station with five million viewers each week
- Talking Pictures profile, and relationship to film.
- Black and white movies the other TV stations have forgotten with film as a source material on a daily basis
- Difficulties running a free TV station
- Talking Pictures’ Special relationship with the viewers. Talking to viewers at the Christmas time
- How did BFCC and Talking Pictures find each other for the BFCC Lite event? And why is it called Lite?
- The new place St Albans and the guests that are coming to the event
Links
- Buy tickets from Renown Pictures Ltd
- BFCC
- Talking Pictures
52 min - 15 – Bootlace Cinema: An interview with Mark Williams
In this episode we talk to director, producer and now also author, Mark Williams about his new book: Bootlace Cinema, Collecting Horror, Science Fiction & Exploitation Movies on Super 8. The book has been out less than a week, and we are thrilled to talk about it here in this episode.
Some highlights of this episode
- Mark’s way into Super 8
- The idea of writing the book and the long way to the finished product
- The term “Bootlace Cinema”
- The choice of film genres for the book
- Mark going to Blackpool when he was young
- Keith Wilton’s film editing
- Mark hosting film shows at school
Links:
- You can buy the book at Amazon UK, Amazon US and many other Amazon branches.
- The British Film Collectors Convention (BFCC)
- The Blackpool Film Collectors Convention
42 min - 14 – Off2 and Super 8 in Germany with Joachim Schmidt
In this episode, Eivind talks to Joachim Schmidt, a German collector known for his Off2 project. He has produced a huge number of YouTube videos and work for raising the awareness of this media outside the collecting community.
Some of the topics we cover:
- The major players in the German industry
- How did German releases differ from English/American ones?
- Super 8 in East Germany
- What is Off2 and what does it mean?
- Joachim’s motivation for the project
- The Off2 website vs the YouTube channel
- Attention from media scientists from the DiCi-Hub project
- Which kind of videos does he produce, and the process of making them
- What does Joachim collect?
- Memorable moments and wishes for the community in the future
Links
- Off2.de
- The Off2 YouTube channel
- Joachim's interview with Eivind
- The DiCi-Hub project
49 min - 13 – Special: Q & A with Ged Jones at Blackpool 2023
This special episode is a recording of the Q&A session with Ged Jones, former director at Derann, and Adrian Winchester. It was recorded at the Blackpool Film Collectors' Convention, Sunday the 26th of November at the Grand Hotel in Blackpool.
A huge thanks to Ged Jones, Adrian Winchester and the organizers for letting us publish this recording!
The Q&A session can also been seen as a video from Super 8 database.
More information about the convention can be found on their web page.
Highlights in this episode
- We learn how Ged got employed
- Branches and ventures
- Deals
- Adrian discovers he had a bootleg
- Hard times when video arrives
- Derann invest in 8mm when the others stopped
- Derek spots an opportunity in the gents' loo
- Did Derek aim to be a world leader in Super 8?
- Open days
- Did Derek love to watch film?
- The best and the worst part of working at Derann
- Derek and Ged becoming consultants for “The Abyss”
39 min - 12 – Christmas Special
The Humming Projector Podcast has completed its first year.
We celebrate this 12th and final episode of the year witha Christmas special.Join us while you work to prepare for Christmas, or during the holidays as
you relax in your favorite chair, while Doug and Eivind discuss severalChristmas related subjectsSubjects in this hour long episode:
- We look at the year that has passed
- Christmas related subjects
- Ged Jones pop in and talks about Christmas at Derann
- Was Derek Simmonds fond of Christmas films?
- Derek’s black snow at Christmas
- We have a Quiz
- Eivind share's his craziest shipment story
- Film related jubilees to celebrate
- Christmas releases
We wish all our listeners a peaceful Christmas and a happy new year!
Links- Barry Atwood's (Independent 8) Christmas Quiz
- The answers for Barry's quiz can be sent to [email protected]
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