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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!

Our January 2022 newsletter! 50 Years of Keeping It Reel Blog Series, New Bases for the Classic Pro, Filmmaker Spotlight for Lost Horizon, Jonathan Hornby, Fringe & Film, and REVIVAL: The ilm to Bring Back Film

In 1979, Super8 Sound™ employee and staff accountant Philip Vigeant had the opportunity to purchase the company from Bob Doyle, who  founded the company in 1972.   Vigeant had first started working for Super8 Sound in 1977 as an accounting intern when he was still a student at Bentley College in Boston.  As he saw some of the companies financial struggles during that time, he left the company to pursue other career opportunities in accounting, only to be invited back a few years later by the interim management team trying to keep the company afloat.

Keeping It Reel Blog #2- The Beginning. Harvard Professor Bob Doyle starts Super8 Sound in Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972.  The company, which was originally called Super8 Sound™, pioneered the belief that the Super 8mm film format had tremendous potential as a production medium. A small group of inventors and entrepreneurs designed a line of specialty sync-sound full-coat (audio tape that has sprocket holes) and cassette recorders, editing benches and crystal sync modifications to Super 8 Cameras and other production accessories.

Still Need a Gift for the Filmmaker in your life? Here are are few of our Staff Picks! All products are in stock and ready to ship next business day!

In celebration of our Golden Anniversary, we will bring you a series of blogs, not necessarily in chronological order of company highlights and project milestones.   There are thousands of reels that have come through the company over 50 years, capturing so much history, and culture.  We thank you for giving us a career that has been filled with so much joy, and the opportunity to make a significant contribution to the creative industry.