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This page is where Exploding collates and displays all its handy reference material relating to film making, exhibition, and everything else we do. If you have any useful resources to add or suggest, feel free to mail them to us There are also pages dealing with Film Submissions, Cinema Groups and Magazines and Internet links If you have any other queries, take a look at our questions page.
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| Places to buy SUPER 8 film stock + related equipment | ||
| Lee's
Cameras |
281/2
High Holborn, London WC1V 7ER Tel: 020 7831 6060 |
Second hand and new Super 8, 16mm, video + photography equipment. Competitive prices for Super 8 film stock but definitely overpriced on the equipment. Good source for obscure projector lamps, though. Also run processing service for b+w Super 8 (but check out Pro 8 below for this...). |
| The Widescreen Centre | 48
Dorset Street, London W1H 3FH Tel: 020 7935 2580 |
Wide range of Super 8 supplies and services, plus telescopes and 3-D camera equipment! Yet again - pricey on equipment - but good source for stock (including Standard 8 + Single 8!), splicing tape and all things imaginable for 8mm production. Also sells the indispensable Amateur Cine Enthusiast magazine (more about this later on). Runs processing service for all manner of Super + Standard 8 stocks. |
| Stanley
Productions |
147
Wardour Street, London W1V 3TB Tel: 020 7494 4545 |
Audio tape, video tape, computer consumables, cutting room supplies, Super 8 transfers to video, video duplications from/to any standard or format you can think of. Used by the media industries a lot so probably the best prices in town. |
| Pro 8 | 1-6
Falconberg Court, London W1D 3AB Tel: 020 7734 5193 |
A dealer for professional (i.e. very expensive) Super 8 cameras, but the most interesting thing is the film processing service they offer for Plus X and Tri X Super 8 (= the black and white stocks). They1re cheaper than Widescreen and quicker - at present (March 2001) they reckon on £8.50 a roll (+ VAT = £10), and ready within 3 working days! Cheaper if you buy the original stock from them (=£16.99 purchase + processing)!! |
| The Film Stock Centre | 68
Wardour Street, London W1 Tel: 020 7494 2244 |
16mm and Super 8 film stock. Cheap for video tapes also. |
| Jessops Photo Centre | 67/9
New Oxford Street, London WC1 Tel: 020 7240 6077 |
Photography and video equipment of all kinds - tripods, lighting, processing, Super 8 stock and take-up spools etc. Good prices |
| Nicholas | 15
Camden High Street, London NW1 7JE Tel: 020 7916 7251 |
Secondhand Super 8 and 16mm equipment at competitive prices. Repairs stuff too. |
| Cresta Electronics | 52
Watling Street, Radlett, Herts. Tel: 0923 855342 |
Postal Super 8 sound striping service and sells Super 8 stock, splicing tape + some equipment - ask for their catalogue. |
| Geliot Whitman |
54 Baker Street, London W1M 1DJ Tel: 020 7935 5510 |
Graphics and animation materials, cel, paint etc.. |
| Alec Tiranti | 27
Warren Street, London W1P 5DG Tel: 020 7636 8565 |
Modelling and sculpture materials and tools. |
| W.Hobby Ltd. | Knight1s
Hill Square, London SE27 0HH Tel: 020 8761 4247 |
Model kits, figures, tools, various modelling media, dolls house accessories etc... Produce an annual catalogue entitled Hobby's, available from WH Smith. A mecca for miniatures. |
| Brodie & Middleton | 68
Drury Lane, London WC2B 5SP Tel: 020 7836 3289 |
Theatrical suppliers of make-up, blood, props etc. Film + video - workshops and facilities |
| Four Corners Film Workshop | 113
Roman Road, London E2 0HU Tel: 020 7981 4243 |
Long established independent film workshop with Super 8 and 16mm equipment for hire, own cinema space, and comprehensive list of practical courses. |
| Stall in Golborne Road | (just off Portobello Road ... nearest tube Westbourne Park), on the odd number side | Ephemera from the 401s, 501s1, 601s etc. but also all manner of Super 8 cameras, projectors, viewers, splicers, slide projectors, OHPs etc at low prices. This stall has loads of such equipment stacked up on it and so is impossible to miss ... but is only open on Fridays and Saturdays. It1s hit and miss what they have in stock any particular day but definitely worth a visit. |
| Camera Exchange | one of the Record + Tape Exchange spin-offs, up by Notting Hill Gate tube | Old super 8 and 16mm cameras and projectors, as well as any other format you can think of. |
| Some Miscellaneous film & video related bodies: | ||
| Connections | Palingswick
House, 241 King Street, London W6 9LP Tel: 020 8741 1766 |
Community video project offering courses and equipment hire. Reduced rates for the unfunded and unwaged. Other useful addresses and information sources |
| British Film Institute | 21
Stephen Street, London W1P 1PL Tel: 020 7255 1444 |
Publish various guides + periodicals detailing film and video courses around the country - both mainstream and marginal. A catalogue of what they produce is available either from the foyer at Stephen Street, or by contacting their Education and Publications Dept. They also have an impressive library collection but materials are for reference only, and a day membership costs something like £6 (gulp)... works out way cheaper to take out an annual membership if you1re going to be visiting there a few times over the course of a year. |