I think the best way to do the digitizing for the game may be to shoot it in Super 8, put it on the Moviola, then train the video camera on the screen and feed it directly into the digitizer. That’d result in a cleaner picture, eliminate the freeze-frame noise. Also, I could manipulate image size by zooming in and out.
One disadvantage is the hassle of getting Super 8 film developed. And I’d need a movie camera as well as a video camera.
How’s this: Buy a video camera now, shoot on video the best I can, digitize it – noise and all – and use it as a dry run placeholder, while I program the rest of the game. Then shoot the final stuff on Super 8 once I have a clearer idea of what I need.
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