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As we took 2022 to celebrate our 50 years in business, there were certainly mainly highlights, reflections,  revelations, realizations, and celebrations. The highlight was the joy we had in hosting our anniversary gala at a private club  that was nearly a year in the planning.  Our guests included many clients, vendors,  employees past and present,  friends and family.  The  celebration ceremony was an opportunity to  recognize and personally thank some of the people who have had such a huge part in contributing to the Pro8mm legacy. 

We have always wanted a gorgeous black and white film demo that shows how powerful this traditional, iconic , time honored reversal stock could look when properly shot, processed and scanned. So we decided to have  filmmaker David Dibble put his amazing talent to work to create something spectacular!

Pro8mm is proud to host the world premiere virtual screening of the award-winning documentary, Beyond the Bolex, including a Q&A with director Alyssa Bolsey.

Limited time 5-day Screening: November 30 - December 4.
To Watch the Trailer/Buy Tickets Click Here

The 4 most common reasons why film comes out black with no images.
Nothing worse than waiting in anticipation of some great memories on classic Super 8 only to find out that nothing was exposed on your film. These are the 4 most common reasons this might happen.

Pro8mm has had a very long history of working on sports commercials with Nike over our 50 years, including ones with legends Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James.  Our first and the most famous and controversial one was the1987 Nike Commercial using the Beatles Song, REVOLUTION.  

Super8 Sound/Pro8mm has never stopped creating opportunities for people to learn about how to make the most out of shooting on film. From Boston, to Hollywood, to London, we have had offices in all these places, and serviced  tens of thousands of clients around the world.  Rhonda states:  “I recently read the first thing I ever wrote for publication in 1982 when I  was new to Super8 Sound.   My first big task was to start a publication called The Independent Producer. This was after  SUPER 8 Filmmaker Magazine had been discontinued. I saw a need in the market to provide information to the Super 8 Filmmaking community. We put out 7 issues over 3 years, reporting on super 8 products, services, film festivals, trade shows and industry trends.

Spring is here! Some great projects happening in both Super 8 and 16mm such as The Marfa Tapes now streaming on Paramount +, Vans, Skims swim line, and of course more on Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty! Plus Sprocket wins a Bronze for the Addy Awards. Have an old Pro8mm project to share? We are compiling for our 50th anniversary celebration!

In 2019, a team from HBO contacted us to process and scan some test rolls they shot on Super 8 film for for the unnamed “Lakers Project” we now know as Winning Time. The project used approximately 1,200  50 foot rolls of Super 8 film; 266 orders last year alone using Pro8mm’s same day rush services so that tight production schedules could be met. This project has a great deal of meaning to our Pro8mm team, as its the biggest single project we have done in our 50 years of business!