My New Toy

So, around 9 months ago I ran into the now-infamous Jan Terri music video "Losing You." If you haven't seen the video, you only need to watch the first minute or so to get a feel for what I'm talking about. The visual style of the video, for whatever reason, really appeals to me. Something about the washed out color, the edges of objects bleeding over one another, and that persistent screen artifact at the bottom right.

Maybe it's something from my childhood, having grown up with a VCR in the house. Maybe it's the same thing that motivated Michel Gondry to direct Be Kind Rewind. Whatever the case may be, I'm enamored with the look and have been inspired to make movies and shorts using that style.

To that end, I have purchased a Panasonic AG-155 VHS Camcorder. State of the art for 1986 (the manufacturer's sticker on the bottom says it was made in November of 1986, which would have made me 4 years old at the time). Behold the glory:

Expect crappy short films from me soon.