Bhaga Video Productions: Personal Projects

These are my personal
video projects. Many were
created from Super8
silent and sound film.
There are tens of
thousands of Regular8
and Super8 films that
were created in the
1930's through the 1980's
that contain so much
history. Not only families
but historical events as
well. The most famous of
course is the 1963
Zapruder film of the
assassination of President
John F. Kennedy. My own
films contain scenes of
race tracks, buildings and
lakes that are now gone
and sadly friends and
family members who are
no longer with us. I
encourage everyone to
find your old films and
have them converted to
digital video so you can
preserve those memories
for many generations to
come. The technology of
today can insure a
fantastic conversion and
the experience of a good
editor and effects artist
can make those images
as perfect as possible.
And with the internet you
can share your memories
almost instantly thanks to
sites such as YouTube and
Crackle.

All of the Super8 transfers that are presented on this site were done via a digital process, not the
older process using a rear projection screen and mirror. There are no hot spots or flicker created
during the transfer process and a low wattage light source is used so there was never any danger of
burning the film. In addition to the mechanical process all transfers were fully attended, meaning
that they are monitored and adjusted for changes in lighting and white balance.

This is a 1974 Super8 film of the Camel GT
Race at Mid Ohio. It is a 4 minute film of the
Corvette parade lap and the beginning of the
race. The film was in very bad shape and
required serious restoration efforts. This is
the first draft of the video. I did not edit out
any footage because there is so little of it and
it is rare to find.
The original Super8 film was silent and while
acceptable in 1974, todays viewers expect
more. A music sound track and race car
sounds were added to provide more depth.

This is a Super8 sound film made in 1976.
Assignment: 1 week to come up with an idea,
find locations, film, edit & add titles (and the
film shows it)! Film processing in 1976 took
several days so the movie is short on script
and has some scenes missing that were never
filmed. As usual the film was shot out of order
and in the dialog it is assumed that all of the
scenes are there per script!
The original filming and editing took 20 hours
and was shot on 190 feet of film. Finished, it
ran 8min 10sec. The new version runs just
6min 22sec with no important scenes left out.
NLE editing is so much better than splicing and
taping! The new version has adjustments for
color noise, camera shake and color
correction. Additionally some image zooms,
music, titles and sound effects were added.

Synchronizing the sound is another lengthy
process because it is created as a wav file by
a second pass of the film on a projector that
captures the sound only.