The Humming Projector

This special episode is a recording of the Q&A session with Phil Sheard, the owner of Classic Home Cinema, and Adrian Winchester. It was recorded at the Blackpool Film Collectors' Convention, Sunday the 16th of November at the Grand Hotel in Blackpool. A huge thanks to Phil Sheard, Adrian Winchester and the organizers for letting us publish this recording! Links: The Q&A on Super8database'...

Over the years, Britain developed into one of the world’s major centers of the film and television industries. And behind all the great movies that have been produced over the years, there are many men and women who made it all come together and their stories are an important part of the history. In this episode, we talk to Sue Malden about the British Entertainment History Project who seeks out t...

In this episode we talk with former head of the BBC Broadcast Archives, Sue Malden , professor of Cinema and Television History at the De Montfort University, Justin Smith, and long time collector John Franklin. They are some of the people behind Film is Fabulous!, an organization run by film collectors, cinema lovers and vintage television enthusiasts which aims to support private collectors in t...

Five years ago, the super 8 database was launched. At that time it had been in the works for two years, but was finally in a state where it could be made public. Greg Perry joins Eivind to talk about making the database, the road to the current state, and its place in the community Topics in this episode The motivation make the database How Greg got into the project How has the road to the current...

The British Film Collectors’ Convention is back! Together with Talking Pictures TV, they Present BFCC Lite the 29th of September in the UK. But how did a TV channel and a group of film collectors find each other? What makes a TV channel, which gathers millions of viewers each week, different from other TV channels, and why do they care about film? Listen to this week’s episode where we talk to Joh...

In this episode we talk to director, producer and now also author, Mark Williams about his new book: Bootlace Cinema, Collecting Horror, Science Fiction & Exploitation Movies on Super 8 . The book has been out less than a week, and we are thrilled to talk about it here in this episode. Some highlights of this episode Mark’s way into Super 8 The idea of writing the book and the long way to the...

In this episode, Eivind talks to Joachim Schmidt, a German collector known for his Off2 project. He has produced a huge number of YouTube videos and work for raising the awareness of this media outside the collecting community. Some of the topics we cover: The major players in the German industry How did German releases differ from English/American ones? Super 8 in East Germany What is Off2 and wh...

This special episode is a recording of the Q&A session with Ged Jones, former director at Derann, and Adrian Winchester. It was recorded at the Blackpool Film Collectors' Convention, Sunday the 26th of November at the Grand Hotel in Blackpool. A huge thanks to Ged Jones, Adrian Winchester and the organizers for letting us publish this recording! The Q&A session can also been seen as a vide...

The Humming Projector Podcast has completed its first year. We celebrate this 12th and final episode of the year with a Christmas special. Join us while you work to prepare for Christmas, or during the holidays as you relax in your favorite chair, while Doug and Eivind discuss several Christmas related subjects Subjects in this hour long episode: We look at the year that has passed Christmas relat...

Join Eivind as he reports from the Blackpool convention in November 2023. You can follow the convention day by day, and listen to bits of the events. There are interviews with Jim Cecil, Nigel Lister, Del Phillipson, Dominique De Bast, Vince Wright and Lee Mannering, and we will also get a taste of Ged Jones' and Adrian Winchester's Q&A (the complete Q&A will be released some time in this...

Often when Derann is mentioned we hear mostly about releases and deals. In this episode Eivind talks to Ged Jones, a former director at Derann, about his work there. Topics in this episode: Derek founding the company and selling from his home Derek's first shop and moving to a new one Colleagues working at Derann Ged working very late and sleeping in Derek’s office Operating the sound, striping an...

Beautiful design, quick and dirty design or even no design at all? Cardboard, clamshell or hard plastic? In this episode Eivind and Doug talk about boxes and box art. Some of the topics we cover: The artistic side of boxes Why did some expensive prints have cheap design? Which distributors had the best designs? Fan art Different types of boxes Which box types had the best survival rate for Eivind'...

In this episode we talk to Doug Meltzer and Joe “Shorty” Caruso about the CineSea convention on the east coast of the United States. Some highlights of this episode: How Shorty got his nick name How CineSea came to be and the motivation for creating it The events from Thursday evening until Sunday at noon Similarities in form and atmosphere compared to Blackpool The importance of conventions for t...

At the Blackpool Film Collectors' Convention in November 2022, Ged Jones, a former director at Derann, had a Q&A session lead by Adrian Winchester. In this special episode we are happy to provide the audio recording of the entire session. A huge thank you to Ged and Adrian for letting us publish this here on this podcast! Highlights of this episode: How Ged got the job at Derann The rental bus...

In this episode I talk to Simon McConway and Mark Norton about filming with Super 8. Why is it still fascinating, and why is filming on the format worth a lot of money? Get tips about filming, selecting a camera, adding audio and learn about their experiences. Topics: Why are we still fascinated by shooting Super 8 My shot with Simon's camera What type of films do you shoot? Audio - Striping of fi...

In 1977, the king of Rock n' roll, Elvis Presley, died. This also happened to be at the height of Super 8, and the king left a huge legacy in this format. It is not very often we in the film collectors community are treated with a new hardcover book. But Vince Wright, a long time Elvis collector and former Derann employee, has just given us such a book dedicated to Elvis on 8mm. In this new episod...

In this episode, Doug and Eivind discusses the complimentary part to films, namely projectors. Topics in this episode: Our first memories of projectors Why are we passionate about projectors? Different types of collectors when it comes to projectors Projector "tribes" can divide the community with heated discussions and get in the way of knowledge sharing Preferences we might have Statistics about...

In this episode I talk to Mark Williams and John Clancy about the British Film Collectors Convention, a convention that is now back after a hiatus. This episode in brief: The history of the BFCC The hiatus and challenges of organizing such an event A behind the scene history with a ladder accident :-) What will happen at this year's convention The importance of conventions Time and place for the c...

We had a chat with Simon McConway, one of the organizers of the Blackpool Film Collectors Convention in England. Although the episode focuses on the Blackpool convention, we discuss subjects that is relevant to any film collectors convention. Here are some of the subjects we discuss in this episode: What happens at the convention (the major events at the convention) The background and history Why...

Eivind and Doug talks about Digests and Extracts. Topics in this episode: Why did they make them? What makes a good edit? Do they have their place today? Extracts vs Digests