Super 8 wedding films, shot on real vintage film
Super 8 is real analogue film. It’s shot on vintage cameras, developed in a lab and scanned frame by frame. I add it to your Story Film as a second layer, woven through the main film and cut into its own short Super 8 film too. The grain, the warmth and the way it moves can’t be faked, and that’s exactly the point.
I film Super 8 weddings across the UK, from Cornwall to Scotland, with travel included
What is Super 8?
Super 8 is a film format Kodak launched in 1965 for family home movies. It’s shot on small cartridges of real film, which go off to a lab to be developed and scanned before I edit them.
Nothing about the look is added afterwards. The grain is light landing on real film. The colour belongs to the film stock. It also runs at 18 frames a second rather than the 25 digital uses, which is part of why movement feels softer, a little dreamlike, more like a memory than a recording.
Why I love filming on it
Each reel holds about two and a half minutes of footage. You can’t film everything, so you don’t try. You wait for the moments that matter. A walk between places. Confetti in the air. Your mum laughing at something nobody else heard.
That limit changes how I see the day, and you can feel it in the footage. Digital is brilliant at capturing everything. Super 8 is brilliant at capturing how it felt.
How Super 8 fits into your wedding film
Super 8 works alongside my digital filming, not instead of it. Digital captures the vows, the speeches and the real sound of the day. Super 8 adds texture in between. You get it two ways:
– Woven into your story film, wherever it suits the story
– A standalone Super 8 short of 60 to 90 seconds
It’s at its best in natural light. Arrivals, confetti, portraits, golden hour, a garden full of your people. Indoors, I light it myself with small stand and handheld lights, so getting ready, first dances and evening moments can all be shot on Super 8 too.
What’s included and what it costs
Super 8 is an add-on to the Story Film, at £500. That includes:
– One reel of Super 8, around two and a half minutes of raw footage
– Lab developing and scanning
– A standalone Super 8 short of 60 to 90 seconds
– Super 8 woven into your main film
Super 8 questions
Does Super 8 record sound?
No, Super 8 is silent. The sound in your film comes from my digital cameras and audio recorders, so you still hear the vows, the speeches and the laughter, with Super 8 footage playing alongside.
Does Super 8 work indoors?
Yes. Super 8 needs a lot of light, so indoors I bring my own, using lights on stands and handheld lights to give the film what it needs. It’s worth knowing that in advance, as it’s a little more visible than my digital filming, but it’s only ever for short moments and never gets in the way of the day.
How long does Super 8 take to come back?
The film goes to a specialist lab for developing and scanning, which takes around 10 working days. It’s built into your normal delivery time, so it doesn’t hold up your films.
Can we have Super 8 only?
Super 8 is only offered alongside digital. Real film is unpredictable by nature, and a wedding only happens once, so digital makes sure every moment and every word is safely captured, while Super 8 adds the texture and warmth around it. You get the magic of real film without ever having to rely on it.
Is it a filter?
No. It’s real film, shot on real Super 8 cameras. No overlays, no effects, no digital grain added later.
Is Super 8 worth it?
If you’re drawn to texture, warmth and things made by hand, almost always yes. For a lot of couples it ends up being their favourite part of the whole film.
More about Super 8
I’ve written a bit more about Super 8 over on the Journal, including What Super 8 Wedding Film Actually Looks Like.
If real film feels like you, check your date and I’ll send everything over, including my full information booklet.