GR: there's this camera shop nearby my home so i asked him about super8's and he had one for sale, but he didn't even have it out and wanted like $300 for it...he even tried to tell me that it came with a boom microphone and that it was hardly used...some eumig one made in germany or something... but when he got batteries, the fucking thing didn't even work...then he told me to come back in a few days after he repairs it...i said thanks and left...i just wanted to get something around $20, not $300! shit, with that, i can get a 16mm! there was another camera store that i called and the rep told me to skip the super8 and go straight to the 16mm. and i told the guy that i don't even know how to work with film, but he was trying to convince me... jon: super8's look cool, especially the color film, the grain is pretty large and the colors are really beautiful. GR: that same guy who told me to get a 16mm, told me that if i do decide to get a super8, get some canon model, and if i get a 16mm, get a canon scoopic or something. jon: oh man, actually, don't get that! i used those in school and they're really easy to use cameras...there's even an automatic button that will even do yr exposures automatically but the lenses are really crappy on those cameras...you won't get a really sharp image...they're weird, they're like space-age looking cameras...i think they used them in the vietnam war...they're like indestructible but they aren't that good.

GR: damn, ok, i totally won't get that one...if i do see some cool cheap super8, i'll check it out and get one, but i think i'm going to save up and buy a camcorder to do some filming and make a movie or something...it seems more economical since i don't know crap about film...i'd figure i can just press rewind if i fuck up. jon: you should totally!! the fact that you've decided to start and make a project is more important than what you use. GR: that's so true! jon, do you have some advice for me or any aspiring filmmakers out there? jon: yeh! i guess my one...actually, i have tons of advice! (laughs)...i think the most important thing is to plan stuff out because film is so expensive and it really adds up once you buy the film and you have to process it, edit it, and stuff...everything costs money... you really have to plan things out when yr making a movie and script it out, write out the script, make sure you like what you've got and when yr with yr actors, just really rehearse it, keep running through it until they're doing it the way you want them to... and then...that's when you turn on the camera. that way, you can maybe get the scene done in one take instead of 20 takes...that's the best way to save time and money...know what you want and plan it out.

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