[AnimalMuppet]

I could see someone trying to shoot a professional movie that wanted that effect for part of it, because that part was supposed to be someone playing a Super-8 movie. But I suspect that there's a Photoshop filter for that...

[iwillreply]

Gus van Sant did exactly this in Paranoid Park.

The skateboard scenes in the movie were shot on Super 8, as inspired by the common style for home made skate films.

Here's a short clip: https://vimeo.com/7170912

[nsxwolf]

That use of filters to simulate things like that leaves me cold. Especially bad is when they attempt to fake a CRT television display.

[burkaman]

Well it sounds like bad simulations leave you cold. I don't think making a realistic Super 8 effect would be too difficult for a professional VFX artist.

[nibnib]

But would it be cheaper than just shooting Super 8?