Rich Grain
The grain sits in the emulsion itself, with a depth digital noise can't imitate.
REEL 04 · INT. THE FILM LAB · KODAK STOCK
Not a filter.
Not an effect.
The real deal.
Real vintage film running through a 1967 camera. It's the same format your parents' home movies were shot on, and no digital camera gets the feel of it quite right.
SC.02 · INT. THE CAMERA BAG · EST. 1967
What is Super 8mm film?
We're one of the few North Carolina wedding videographers offering authentic Super 8mm film. We shoot it on a real vintage camera with genuine Kodak stock, then have it processed at a specialty lab and scanned.
Most videographers who advertise "Super 8" apply a digital filter to modern footage. We don't. On your wedding day there is an actual 1967 camera in our hands, with an actual cartridge of Kodak film clicking through it at eighteen frames a second. It's the same physical medium your parents' and grandparents' home movies were made of, and that's why it feels the way it feels.
- Camera
- 1967
- Stock
- Kodak
- Gauge
- 8mm
- Speed
- 18fps
SC.03 · INT. THE LAB · PROCESS NORMAL
From our camera
to your film
FOUR STOPS BETWEEN OUR CAMERA AND YOUR FILM
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01 EXPOSE
On your wedding day
We bring the 1967 Super 8 camera to your wedding and shoot it alongside our digital cameras all day. Each roll holds about three minutes of film, so we're selective: the first look, the aisle, the kiss, golden hour.
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02 DEVELOP
At the specialty lab
The exposed film is sent to a specialty lab for professional development. This is real photochemistry, not a preset. The grain, the color saturation, and the light flares come out of the film itself.
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03 SCAN
Frame by frame
The developed film is scanned at high resolution, preserving every detail of the original stock. The grain you'll see in your film is the grain that is physically on the film. Nothing added, nothing simulated.
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04 SPLICE
Into your final film
We cut the Super 8 footage into your wedding film alongside the 4K video. Because we shoot both all day, the analog clips land exactly where they belong in your story.
Lab processing and scanning add about 4–5 weeks to our normal delivery timeline. The real thing is worth the wait.
SC.04 · INSERT SHOT · THE TEXTURE · DO NOT CLEAN NEGATIVE
The Super 8 difference
Natural Flares
Light leaks and flares that happen in the lens and on the film, not in editing.
Vintage Warmth
Golden tones and soft highlights that come straight from the Kodak stock.
Perfect Imperfection
A little movement in the frame, focus that breathes, and colors true to the moment.
SC.05 · EXT. NORTH CAROLINA · GOLDEN HOUR
Why Super 8 for your
NC wedding?
Flattering by nature
Film handles skin tones and candlelight in its own way. Faces stay warm, whites glow a little, and highlights roll off gently instead of clipping. It flatters people in a way that has nothing to do with editing.
Made for NC light
North Carolina gives film a lot to work with. Late-day sun on the beaches of Wrightsville, the gardens of Airlie, brick venues like Brooklyn Arts Center and Wrightsville Manor; all of it suits the warm tones Kodak stock leans toward.
An instant heirloom
Super 8 footage ages the way old family movies do because it is the same film. Fifty years from now, your kids will watch your wedding the way you watch your grandparents' reels.
SC.06 · THE CONTACT SHEET · SHOT ON SUPER 8
See the real thing
Three weddings, three cans of Kodak. Press play and watch for the texture shift when the film comes in.
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Becca & Justin Kelly, NC
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Haley & Hailey Blue Ridge Parkway, NC
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Marley & Adam Kure Beach, NC
SC.07 · INT. THE EDIT BAY · SPLICING IN PROGRESS
The perfect blend
Real film, real grain
When a Super 8 clip appears, the texture shift is the point. We let it look like film instead of grading the two formats to match.
Warm color palette
Kodak's golden tones sit alongside the true-to-life color of the 4K footage, so the film passages feel like memories inside the story.
Two cameras, one story
We shoot Super 8 alongside digital all day, and the vintage lens catches light its own way. Those soft flares are genuine, not added later.
What we capture on film
- Your first look or walking down the aisle
- The kiss and ceremony highlights
- Golden hour couple portraits
- Reception entrance and first dance
- Special moments with family
- Your venue and decorative details
SC.08 · INT. YOUR LIVING ROOM · PLAYBACK
What a couple said
“There are so many things you miss or forget on the day of the wedding. They captured every single special moment and detail of our day.”
SC.09 · THE SHELF · TWO CANS MARKED
Two ways to get
your day on film
WE ONLY BRING SUPER 8 TO A LIMITED NUMBER OF WEDDINGS EACH YEAR
MARKED PRINT ✓
CAN 02
The Director's Cut
Super 8 woven through full digital coverage
$6,500
≈ $379/mo after retainer*
- Two rolls of authentic Kodak Super 8 film
- Professional lab development and scanning
- Cut into your final film alongside the 4K footage
- Two filmmakers, full-day coverage, drone
CAN 03 · UPGRADE
The Reel
Ten rolls, with Super 8 as the main camera
$8,500
≈ $496/mo after retainer*
- Everything in The Director's Cut
- Ten rolls of Kodak Super 8, about thirty minutes of film
- Your highlight film cut on Super 8
- Digital still rolling for the ceremony and speeches
*30% retainer secures your date; the remainder splits into monthly payments over 12 months, or take 5% off by paying in full. Full details on the pricing page.
SC.10 · THE LOGBOOK · SUPER 8 Q&A
Super 8mm FAQ
Super 8mm film starts in The Director's Cut ($6,500). That's two rolls of authentic Kodak film, professional development and scanning, and the editing to blend it into your final wedding film. It lives there because shooting film takes a second pair of hands; one of us runs the film camera while the other stays on digital. If you want more of your day on film, six rolls is $7,500 and ten rolls is $8,500.
We save Super 8mm for the moments that carry the day: your first look, walking down the aisle, the kiss, golden hour portraits, and the reception entrance. Each roll holds about 3 minutes of footage, so we're choosy with it.
Super 8mm film goes to a lab for professional processing and scanning, which adds about 4–5 weeks to our normal delivery timeline. Your final film includes both the digital footage and the Super 8mm sequences, cut together as one piece.
Yes. Most wedding videographers offering a Super 8 look are applying a digital filter. We shoot an actual vintage camera loaded with genuine film stock, which takes experience with analog equipment and a feel for film exposure. That's why so few people in North Carolina offer it.
SC.11 · THE ARCHIVE · FURTHER READING
From the blog
FROM THE BLOG
What Super 8mm Wedding Film Actually Looks Like (And Why We Shoot It)
The gear we use, the film stock, the honest tradeoffs, and why it works for weddings specifically.
SC.12 · LEADER OUT · CUE THE PROJECTOR
Get your day
on real film
Super 8mm starts in The Director's Cut ($6,500). From there you can load more of it, up to The Reel ($8,500) with film as the main camera. Compare the packages
We only film a limited number of weddings each year, and Super 8 dates go first. Let's talk about your big day.