Changes in music videos

[Endrik]

I've always been interested how music videos are done (filming wise).

Pretty much everything that was made before the mid 80's had a terrible quality IMO. The colors were dark and unclear, some of them were really "fuzzy".

The mid and late 80's videos were totally different. A lot of contrast. The colors were really bright and clear. I'm talking about more high budget videos, specially the rock/hair metal bands' ones like VH, Whitesnake, RATT, Bon Jovi etc.

Some of the early 90's ones were exactly like 80's videos but when the grunge, alternative rock and indie bands came out they had terrible quality. Very fuzzy colors, everything was very unclear.

From the late 90's to this days, expensive music videos have the same quality has high budget movies. Everything is very realistic, the colors are clear but darker than they were durning the 80's. SOAD is the best example.

So I'm wondering, how can I create the 80's vibe?
Somekind of special cameras, lenses, films etc.
One Sum 41 video had the exact 70's quality/vibe, and If I remember correctly Pantera's Revolution Is My Name looked like an 80s video.

[horns666]

Great topic..

I must surrender my computer to my kid doing his math homework..

we will talk later..

[Guitardude86]

Pantera had some of the best, if not THE best metal videos I've seen..
To this day I can't avoid getting a real adrenaline-rush when I see the "Mouth For War" video..
Fantastic stuff!

[jeff300]

Cheap looking videos are shot on video tape, better quality videos are shot on film.

Film has 150X the resolution of video tape, even pro-grade SVHS and S-BETA.

[yard dawg]

You'd have to get a really high end expensive video editing program like AVID. Im sure there are plug ins and EFX that can achive a look youre searching for.

http://www.avid.com/

Everything now is pretty much digital. The older looks can be achived with EFX and plugins. Its the same with audio. The older stuff was tracked on 2" tape and now its straight to Pro Tools. PT can make a recording sound like it was done on tape with plug ins too.

[rjohnstone]

Just get an old Sony UVW-100 betacam and a Sony PVW-2800 deck and have some fun.
The camera will run you upwards of $5k for a used one, they were over $14k for a new one.
The recording deck can set you back another $2,500.
That will give you a true early 80's feel to any video.

All the modern videos are filmed using either the Panaflex Panavision Panastar II or Millenium XL camera.
You can't buy them though as Panaflex only leases them out for a shoot.

[horns666]

I just seen Blondie.."the heart of glass" video..wow

spooge all over her..all over the lens..things have come along way with the spooge..