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Chiefs share video recap of 2023 season that was shot with a Super 8 camera

The Chiefs used a Super 8 camera throughout the 2023 season for this video.
The Chiefs used a Super 8 camera throughout the 2023 season for this video.

Sports fans are accustomed to seeing games and highlights in the very best video quality available today.

But for a recap of their Super Bowl LVIII championship season, the Chiefs chose not to use, say, 8K ultra-high definition. Instead, they went old school, using a Super 8 camera. That may sound like Greek to some younger readers, but you can brush up on that 1970s technology here.

Once upon a time, reel-to-reel films were used for everything from movies you’d see in a theater and “educational films” in schools.

This was an interesting choice for Chiefs highlights because it does give viewers an old-school look.

This is what the team shared on Thursday and some information about the project from Robert Alberino Jr, the Chiefs’ vice president of content and production.

It’s a different way to show highlights that should already be familiar to fans. And Chiefs fans absolutely loved the style of this recap.

Here is a look at what was being said.

This story was originally published June 6, 2024 at 9:44 AM.

Pete Grathoff
The Kansas City Star
From covering the World Series to the World Cup, Pete Grathoff has done a little bit of everything since joining The Kansas City Star in 1997.
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