Media Kit — Partnerships 2026
@eightbytwofilms
Eight × Two Films
David Stein — maker · film restorer · engineer
I bring old things back to life — and I build the machines that do it.
Half analog obsessive, half hardware hacker. I resurrect what the world was about to lose — rotting 16mm reels, forgotten home movies, dead machines — with custom rigs I build on Raspberry Pi and Arduino. The engineering is the show; what it saves is the reason.
Credentials
Winner
Arduino Project of the Month
— 16mm restoration machine
185K
Top build video — one of two
100K+ hits (TikTok & YouTube)
Blog
Feature
Official Raspberry Pi blog
— featured last month
4×
Tier-1 press features
The Verge · RPi · Make · Arduino
◉ Followed by @raspberrypi on Instagram & Threads — an active, ongoing relationship, not a one-time mention.
As Featured In
The VergeFeature — AT-AT walker
Raspberry PiOfficial blog
Make:Bylined contributor — I wrote it
ArduinoProject Hub + POTM winner
Signature Work
Flagship
The 16mm Restoration Machine
A custom scanner — a 1928 projector reborn with a Raspberry Pi, Arduino motion control, and precision optics — that rescues decades-old film before vinegar syndrome destroys it forever. The build that earned back-to-back industry recognition.
★ Arduino Project of the Month — Winner
★ Raspberry Pi blog feature
185K views
The Walking AT-AT
A dead Star Wars toy re-engineered to actually walk on command — the build that broke out to a mainstream audience and put the workshop in front of hundreds of thousands of makers.
The Verge
★ Make: — bylined
Arduino Project Hub
Audience & Reach
127.2K
TikTok — top video, still climbing
1,165 followers · 22.3K likes
185K
YouTube — one build's breakout
views on a single project
313+
Instagram — engaged maker & nostalgia niche
◉ Live
Threads & IG — an active line
to the @raspberrypi team
Repeatable reach, not a one-off: two separate builds have broken 100K views on two different platforms — 127.2K on TikTok, 185K on YouTube — and the TikTok hit is still gaining likes and reposts. The audience is a tight, high-intent community of makers, restorers, and analog enthusiasts — the exact people who buy hardware, film, and tools — validated by the industry's own accounts.
Working Together
Partnership Formats
- →Sponsored build — your hardware at the center of a project video.
- →Product integration — featured naturally in a restoration or maker piece.
- →Ambassador / affiliate — ongoing, with a trackable code.
- →Event & launch features — demos, coverage, judging.
Ideal Partners
- ·Single-board & maker — Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Adafruit.
- ·Film & camera — stock, optics, lighting.
- ·Storage & archival — NAS, drives, backup.
- ·3D printing & tools — printers, CAD, workshop gear.