On July 24, 2024, I recorded this episode live with several of the 2024 Straight 8 winners. Check back soon for our next live episode. Straight 8 is a filmmaking challenge that invites anyone to make a film on a single cartridge of super 8mm film without editing or post production. If you're reading this and haven't seen the Straight 8 films (https://www.straight8.net/2024), go see them. And here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IThVTzrk9gY) are the five films we'll be talking about. I'll wait. Ready? Shocked? I was -- by how amazing these films are. In this episode, we talk about the background of each of these filmmakers and their films; whether the medium of Straight 8 is well suited for horror and fantasy; the difficulty of sound production for these films; how they learned to use film and shoot without a net (Vasco calls it "planning to the extreme"); AI filmmaking; and the next projects for these visionary filmmakers. I cannot wait for the 2025 Straight 8 competition, but until then, let's celebrate the original filmmaking that Straight 8 has given us for the last 25 years. Here are the guests for the show: Jaime Hearing (SHOOTING FOR THE MOON) Vierira Vasco (KILLJOY) (https://www.instagram.com/vascovieiravasco/) Tom Brandhorst (RIDERS) (https://www.instagram.com/tombrandhorst/?hl=en) Layne Willis (MOUILLER) (https://www.instagram.com/layne_willis/) Edwin Brooks (MANUS II) (https://www.instagram.com/win.brooks/?hl=en) Links: Live YouTube Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqe4e_3uvtI) BTS of SHOOTING FOR THE MOON (https://www.warpedprojection.com/) Straight 8 Competition Website (https://straight8.net) S2 E37: Brennan Hershock, 2024 Straight 8 Top 8 (https://www.firstgopod.com/episodes/brennan) HEAVY BOOTS Production Company (https://www.instagram.com/heavy__boots/) Tom Brandhorst's Website (https://horst-studios.com/) Win Brooks' Website (https://winbrooks.com/) Support the Podcast Through Membership (https://app.redcircle.com/shows/9ddc691d-2273-47d5-a1b9-5a4acb0670f5/exclusive-content) Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/first-time-go/exclusive-content