Widescreen Super8 and Max8 As Super 8 progressed to be used in HD and theatrical applications, a need arose for widescreen compatibility without having to use expensive optical adapters or excessive cropping. Since magnetic sound-striped film was no longer available, that area of the film could be used to expand the picture aspect ratio in a process similar to the creation of Super 16 from standard 16 mm film. The creators of Sleep AlwaysSleep Always. experimented with widening the camera gate to expose into the sound track region to achieve this.
Widescreen Super8 and Max8 As Super 8 progressed to be used .in HD and theatrical applications, a need arose for widescreen compatibility without having to use expensive optical adapters or excessive cropping .Since magnetic sound-striped film was no longer available, that area of the film could be used to expand the picture aspect ratio in a process similar to the creation of Super 16 from standard 16 mm film The creators of Sleep AlwaysSleep Always. experimented with widening the camera gate to expose into the sound track region to achieve this.