My 70's Vlog - vlogging on an 8mm film camera 

As a 60 year old today, I'd say that the tape recording sounds like what we used to think was great back then.

someone wanna tell me why this video doesn’t have 1 million views by now? this was absolutely bloody brilliant

In the 80s it became more easy to vlog yourself but even then it was weird. Nelson sulivan who vlogged from 83 to 89 would always be asked "why are you filming yourself?" Its crazy to sew how far we have come really

They absolutely could have vlogged in the 1970s, but reading the comments on the vlog would've required two teletypes and a cap'n crunch whistle.

5:47 - Thatg shoot with your dad is so beautiful. Definition of priceless moment, saved in time. Dad just loving his son. Definition of meaning of life. I fucking cried so much seeing how you guys posed and had such a cool relation.

Ironically, that was one of the most original things I’ve seen on RU-vid all year. ❤

How do you only have 150 subscribers? This is professionally edited, recorded, and published.

This guy, instead of changing the lens, he just builds an extending arm, brilliant.

This video is very badly underrated! Guys, it deserves at least a million views! Please make it popular and share with your friends!

This is gonna blow up in half a decade.

Brilliant. I’m amazed there are only 88k views on this Dec 1 2023. Here’s to a million more!

I am not sure if someone pointed this out, but Kodak was making Sound Super-8 film up until the 1990s, and Super-8 home movies could absolutely have synched sound. Sharing was done by way of using a projector, some would project and read the soundtrack on the film as well. There were also cameras with macro lenses that you could have just hand held and been in focus. I admire the efforts you have put into place to make this vlog - probably the only vlog I've ever watched because I am not fond of the way digital images look, and would definitely watch more user generated content if it was shot on film - for what it's worth, the process you followed is as interesting as the result and a big part of it.

There’s something about the old grainy look of 8mm film that makes everything appear much more cinematic. I saw footage that was taken the other day on a flightline of US Air Force pilots scrambling current day bomber aircraft that for some reason was taken with an 8mm camera. Much more intense and the plumes of smoke from the back of the planes firing. It full throttle reminded me of Vietnam war footage. Made it somehow seem aged and yet, it was filmed last month.

Nice one. The sound guy is really fit, a proper macho man.

in the 70s it was actually possible to record sound directly onto the film, as some film stocks had magnetic strips for audio. However sadly nobody makes these films anymore and no one currently processes them.

Man I absolutely LOVE the end credits song. Wish there was a full version of since its such a positive vibe to end this piece of art you created.

Wow! Glad this was recommended to me. Excellent video amigo !!

What a brilliant little idea for a short film. Very well done!

Lovely video, Paul. Nice idea using your Dads old camera and happy to find the story here...years after you shot the scenes !

Brilliant video, it’s crazy to think what it would’ve been like if home videos of the 60s-80s would’ve been like if shot with more modern equipment.

As someone who vlogs with modern cameras, I really appreciate the effort you put in to demonstrate how far tech has come 🙂 very interesting 👍

Brilliant! One of the best things I've seen on YT. Great work! Cheers

It’s truly a shame it hasn’t broken 100k in 2022 :(

they really are memory machines, these things. these aren't my memories at all, yet I feel instantly nostalgic.

RU-vid algorithm randomly pushed this to me. Amazing video man! Love your storytelling voice and the way it came through

4:30 I love how the people are walking by are looking but at the same time like yeah so.

What a fantastic amount of work put into such a needless and absurd pursuit. The outcome was as expected.

This is so cool!!

WE didn't change, technology did.

Absolutely incredible

Just seeing this now! What a cool project! This looked so fun to make.

love this

Great video. Cool dudes walking club too!!!

Outstanding!❤🎉😊

this was so beautiful watching your vlog shot on the 8mm camera made me feel like i was in 70's , please do make more of these

how has youtube just shown me this. this is insanely great

I very much enjoyed this. Thank you!!! I was making VLOGS in the late 80s with my camcorder as a teenager. I had no idea what I was doing, but that's what I was doing. They are hilarious.

This just got into my recommended. What an amazing idea! Hopeful that me getting this recommended is a sign it might be in the algorithm and will get the recognition it deserves

This is insanely well made

This is so beautiful. Amazing job

beautiful video!! the whole vibe, information and the fun. everything was great

one day the RU-vid algorithm will make this video famous! lovely one, thanks!

The dedication on this is absolutely incredible. Thank you for making this!

I just came across this and i dont know why it didnt go viral.

woooooow, that's one of the best video ive ever seen, great job!!!! I loved it!!!!!!

amazing video my friend i always thought that the 70's was amazing

I love this video! What a great concept :) The aesthetics of the rough grain of the 8mm plus the speed variations, frequency cut-offs and low dynamic range of the tape recorder are just gorgeous. There is just so much "mechanical soul" in the vlog. kudos!

You’re dedicated bro. Keep hustling

you sir, are brilliant.

The RU-vid algorithm is a finnicky fellow. 4 years? This should have at least 5M views by now. Truly excellent! -Johnny

WTF HOW YOU ARE A PROFESSIONAL GRADE RU-vidR AND HAVE 200 SUBS??? YOU SHOULD HAVE OVER MILLIONS

god I remember using these lol it was quite fun waiting for the film to be sent back to see what you filmed then loading it into the projector

Super cool. Really interesting to see a modern concept æike vlogging with 70s equipment. I like the audio 😅🤗👍🏼 good job.

this is EXCELLENT!

That was pretty good mate. Nice work! Great to see how you coped with the limitations.

What an intriguing and unique video, it made me happy just watching it - I had a smile on my face the whole way through! Thanks so much!

Brilliant, keep up the videos!

OMG, this is so gold! I wonder if you have keep creating content like, this up to this day! Your channel would have blow up for sure !

Thank you, algorithm. This is so cool.

This is fantastic. I have no way of explaining why this doesn't have more views and why you have only 219 subscribers. You have my sub, Paul. Very good job with this!

Such a beautiful video

Beautiful grainy uncomplicated analog film...love it

That was so awesome! I love crazy ideas like this.

Such an awesome video!

This is effing great! I hope it blows up big time. So forward thinking of the 8mm manufacturers to feature a notch for modern phones too ;)

Thank you Paul, very cool!

This is phenomenal omg!!

The quality here is 1000x more than the number of views

What great video. Love the reflection about technology at the end of the video

This video is greatly under appreciated. Great work, please keep doing things like this

This was brilliant

This is awesome!!

freaking incredible

This is amazing!

AMAZING VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Loved this!

This was so cool, absolutely brilliantly done🙌

Woah it's crazy! The efforts, the story telling, the edit, specially the sound! It's intensely good!

Love it!

I cannot believe I had never seen this before! Thanks RU-vid for recommending it to me just now, such an incredible idea and video! Huge effort put into it, but definitely worth it! Incredible!

This is so awesome 😂❤

this was beautiful

Incredible video and concept!

Excellent work

This was so great

Incredible video. Loved seeing what it took to make and how it relates to the evolution of content creation

This was amazing! Thanks for sharing and it makes you think about what we don’t even know we’re missing yet, like how in the 70’s, vlogging and sharing online wasn’t even a concept… just think about what we’ll be able to do 50 years from now! Who knows!

Seventy quid for a Super 8 cartridge!?? Hells bells. That said, even back in the 70's, they weren't that cheap either, so it would be prohibitively expensive. Great video though and a smashing idea.

Could he have vlogged? Well, yes. And easily too. My dad's super 8 was simpler than yours, but my uncle's had a better lens, recorded sound (a mag strip ran down the film), and was only a little bit bigger. When I was 11 (very early 70s) we filmed going to Niagra Falls, and were able to film ourselves sitting at a table in the Skylon, even though that was only a short distance between us. The lend coped fine. Of course, we still had trouble with the spool size, but prices were better then because it wasn't such a rare thing. On holiday. my father would shoot ten or more reels, then edit with a very basic little hand editor onto a big reel for the projector. It was hardly the big Steenbeck I would use later, but it worked, and the sound was kept in sync throughout. So, although your experiment was fun, it wasn't using the right gear - it wasn't using much better gear that was easily available back then.

This video will be in recommendations after 8 or 10 years like how other videos are being recommended

With the amount of effort put in this video, i hope this channel and video blows up!

Such a wonderful video man, hope the algorithm blesses you graciously.

My grandfather, being a professional photographer back in the day, took a bunch of home movies on 35mm film

holy crap this video is amazing i love it!

This is a great concept for a video.

Outstanding Video, Sir! Your video is about what most of us age 63 (myself) or older already understood. The only way to "hear" what was said on my parents old Super 8 films would be to hire a lip reader. During the 1960's filming Super 8 film with no sound, I spent most of the time just dancing around & smiling....with no audio PLUS that huge blinding, unending flash machine shining on you while you filmed. On my parents NYC wedding day in 1958, the film shows my Mom post-wedding, serving my father his first "post-wedding meal" with Big Smiles. On the film seated at the kitchen table, he takes one bite of food, stood up & fell to the floor pretending to die from poison, while my Mom feverishly waved a white cloth hanky over his head on the floor in her effort to "revive him". Super 8 films made all of us behave like "Mimes"....if we wanted to make a clever film.

What???? This is amazing!!!

Might have saved yourself a bunch of metalwork and some arm strength workouts by finding a set of 1970s closeup filters and an adapter ring. But you made it work! You definitely got some strange looks from the passersby at the beach! Good job, from a 70s/ 80s kid.

this is a SICK vid why has the algorithm forasken you? step it up youtube

5 years and only 6.8k likes?! Still, it's wonderful either way!