American Cinematographer - March 1990 - 63

WHERE TO LOOK FOR SUPER 8
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Straight Up, Paula Abdul music video
Forever Your Girl, Paula Abdul music video
Space Shuttle footage, NASA
Revolution, Nike, commercial
America's Most Wanted, FOX
Black Rain, Paramount Pictures, feature film

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Jovan

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Dear America: Letters Home from

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Vietnam, HBO
This is Elvis, feature
Flatliners, Columbia Pictures, feature

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Musk, Commercial, Clio winner
Imagine, John Lennon feature

Journey to the Impact Zone, feature film
San Clemente Locals, feature film
Game of Survival, feature film
Doctor Strain, The Body Snatcher,
feature film
The Outsiders, FOX
Ozone Attack of the Red Neck Mutants,
feature film

Desperate Teenage Love Dolls, feature film
Chobe, Documentary
Attack of the B Movie Monsters, feature film
Gore-met Zombie Chef From Hell,

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Dreamin, George Benson music video
Higher Love, Steve Windwood music video
No More Lies, Moody Blues music video
Tunnel of Love, Bruce Springsteen music
video

REM, concert video
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In the Name of the

People, Academy

Award Nominee for Best Documentary
1984

Someday, Steve Earl music video
Coming Around Again, Carly Simon
music video

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USA network

McDonald's, commercial
Burger King, commercial
With or Without You, U-2 music video

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Wildcats, feature film
Bad Medicine, Bon Jovi music video
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feature film
Paradise City, Guns and Roses music video
Sweet Child O Mine, Guns and Roses
music video

Jump Street, FOX
Notorious, Duran Duran music video
James Taylor, music video
A Polish Vampire in Burbank, feature
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Good Music, Joan Jett music video
Don't Disturb Groove, The System music
video
Coca Cola, Sprite commercial

Rosarita, Salsa commercial
Tran & Eddie, Stray Cats music video
Monument Valley, PBS Documentary

Surf detergent, commercial
Let the Music Do the Talking, Aerosmith
music video
Howie Mandel Special, HBO

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Lunchmeat, feature film
The Jet Benny Show, feature film
Curse of the Queerwolf, feature film
Wave Warriors, II, III, IV, V, feature

Shot

Brian Bleak
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Surf

films

On
We're

starting

Super 8:
on our

surfing.
I really think the

fifth

one now

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"I try to shoot the best
in the world in the best

blow you

so

Cinematographer

surfers

conditions. That's basically the
format for Wave Warriors.

sort of like the Nightmare on Elm Street of

why I'm sticking with Super 8 is that I see the potential of
shooting with say 16mm - and it's a lot less
expensive. Kodachrome 40 is a tight grain film. On tape, it's really beautiful.
I own my own equipment. I can grab my Pelican case with three cameras in it and
hump down the beach and be set up and shooting in two minutes while the other
guys are still fumbling with their clunky rigs. I really believe that filmmaking should
be fun. And if you're not having fun, forget it. With a camera like the Beaulieu
7008, film to video on the Rank Cintel, and the beauty of Kodachrome, Super 8 will
the medium. It's

entirely in Super 8

reason

much easier than

away."

Brian Bleak is head of production

for Astroboys Productions. He has produced nine
Super 8 surf films during the past five years. Mr. Bleak is a major contributor to
"Surfer Magazine" on ESPN.

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