Ron Rivett and Dennis Brown created the new Super 8 Motel corporation with each of them owning 50% of the stock in the new company. The original room rate was US$8.88 (equivalent to $50.07 in 2021), hence the numeric brand name.

The use of the word “super” denotes the film stock's improvement over the earlier “regular 8” format and the number 8 is a reference to the width (in millimeters) of the film reel. Many independent filmmakers continue to use 8 mm to mimic the look of old home movies and capture the film's gritty quality.

Kodak introduced the Super 8mm format, which included film, cameras and projectors. Cheaper and more convenient than previous formats, this is what really brought movie-making to the masses. Cartridge loading eliminated threading the film and was virtually foolproof.

Part of Wyndham Hotel Group, the Super 8® hotel brand is one of the world's most well- known hotel chains with nearly 2,400 locations around the globe, more than any other economy hotel accommodation provider.

Some just like the idea of creating images in the classic style of using actual film. Super 8 is a relatively inexpensive film, making it popular among filmmakers working on a low budget who still want to achieve the classic look of real film. Super 8 has become quite common in theatrical features.

Each Super 8 hotel is independently owned and operated under franchise agreements with Super 8 Worldwide, a subsidiary of Wyndham Hotel Group and parent company Wyndham Worldwide Corporation (NYSE: WYN).

Remember that Super 8, with its small frame is a "close-up" medium. There is a limit to the amount of detail that the Super 8 frame can capture when compared to larger film formats, and the comparatively small screen poses some limitations, too. Often the most effective images are those shot at medium and close-range.

1973 Super 8 History. Founded in 1973 by Dennis Brown and Ron Rivett, Super 8 Motels was acquired by Hospitality Franchise Systems, Inc. (HFS) in 1993. HFS merged with CUC International Inc.

1965 Super 8mm film cameras were first manufactured in 1965 by Kodak for their newly introduced amateur film format, which replaced the Standard 8 mm film format. Manufacture continued until the rise in popularity of video cameras in the mid-1970s.

Now no it doesn't see these cameras were designed with these audio recording components on the bottom of the film compartment in order to accommodate these larger sound cartridges of super 8 film that

It became an extremely popular consumer product in the late 1960s through the 1970s, but was largely replaced in the 1980s by the use of video tape. During the mid-to-late 1980s Super 8 began to re-emerge as an alternative method for movie production, beginning with its use in MTV music videos in 1981.

A small town alien invasion chronicled by youths caught off-guard while shooting a student film may sound unrealistic, but writer-director J.J. Abrams has revealed that Super 8's narrative is partly based on his own initiation into filmmaking.