Maybe it’s just me, (let me know), but there’s something magical about the darkened room, the light of the projector flickering on and the sound of the chattering projector as it sends the dancing picture out onto the screen.
There’s a kind of magic as the image of two people, in love, move across the screen, happier than any other day of their life, the real moments of their day recorded on celluloid. Those are images that no video camera can capture quite like this.
The soft interplay of light as it falls across the face of the bride, the nervous tapping of the groom’s foot, the tears of Mom and Dad, they all come to life.
There are no “created” moments where the cinematographer set up the shot. There is nothing fake about this art film. It is just real emotion captured in small moments on film.
Of course the delivery system is the same these days. We don’t really want to have to set up the projector and screen, but what a feeling to see actual movie film bringing the day to life in a way that isn’t too literal but rather, impressionistic.
That is the beauty of Super 8 film for weddings.
That is medium that captures the magic!
