Super 8 Film - Stonehenge

Shot on Super 8 B/W Tri-X film using Zeiss Ikon Moviflex S8 camera.
Shot during my recent trip to England for the Cambridge Super 8 International Film Festival.

Stonehenge was an interesting place for many reasons. The obvious being the historical aspects - but more interestingly was the location of Stonehenge; right off the "carriageway." It was unexpected to come over the top of a hill in your car and be faced with this wonder-of-world just right there. Another thing was the audio-tour commentary: it was clear that there are more questions than answers as they must have said a dozens times, "but no one really knows," or, "there's no evidence to support that claim."

So in roaming around and observing the stones and the other tourists there with us, a theory of the purpose of Stonehenge became more clear. And that is that it was simply a way to entice people, to make them question, and to be an attraction. In essence, it was one of the world's first tourists attractions - and originally intended as a tourist attraction. Does there really have to be more to it? It was an ancient marketing plan. Of course it took years to build, etc. etc. - maybe that's all just part of the hype.

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I found it funny that everywhere we looked people were mimicking for a camera pushing the stones, leaning on the stones, holding the stones....

Remove the stones from the picture and it just looks like people making funny charades with their bodies.

Aaron Gibson and Adam Gibson each did camera work.

Live audio recorded with handheld digital audio player. Someone will likely point out the obvious wind-noise in the audio. I could have filtered it out but I liked it and chose to keep it. It was very windy....hence, part of the experience.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• super 8 film
• aaron gibson
• stonehenge
• england

[hackum1]

Is this the original aspect ratio or did you modify it somehow? Looks quite good!

[kakashiotaku42]

Dude, thats so cool