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(Redirected from Shot-on-video) Type of film shot on camcorder
The Sony Betamovie BMC-110, released in 1983 as the first consumer-grade camcorder.

A shot-on-video (SOV) film, also known as a shot-on-VHS film or a camcorder film, is a film shot using camcorders and consumer-grade equipment, as opposed to film stock or high-end digital movie cameras.

Examples

Shot-on-video films emerged in the wake of the release of Sony's professional-grade Betacam and consumer-grade Betamovie camcorders in 1983. Many shot-on-video films were low-budget and belong to the horror genre. Filmmaker siblings the Polonia brothers were known for their shot-on-video horror films, such as Splatter Farm (1987) and Feeders (1996).

Theatrically released examples

The scenes in Bill Gunn's 1980 film Personal Problems were shot using a videocassette recorder which was a new technology at the time (as most previous films were shot using film stock).

The 1994 documentary film Hoop Dreams was one of the first shot-on-video documentaries to receive a wide theatrical release. The 1999 film The Blair Witch Project was shot on both 16 mm film and the consumer-grade Hi8 video format, which was transferred to film for its national theatrical release. An international example is Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier's minimalist film The Idiots (1998; aka Dogme #2).

List of other notable shot-on-video films

Main category: Camcorder films

Legacy

Both Tongues Untied and Hoop Dreams are inducted into the National Film Registry.

Possibly in Michigan first gained notoriety on social media in 2015, and has gained popularity among Gen Z teens.

Some SOV films like Feeders, Things (later to be known as one of the worst movies of all time) and Rollergator were spoofed by RiffTrax, consisting of former Mystery Science Theater 3000 alumni Kevin Murphy, Bill Corbett and Michael J. Nelson.

See also

References

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  52. SOV HORROR: Review - Feeders (1996)

Bibliography

Further reading

  • Coleman, Robin R. Means (2022). Horror Noire: A History of Black American Horror from the 1890s to Present (Second ed.). Routledge. p. 226. ISBN 978-0367704407.
  • Mogg, Richard (2018). Analog Nightmares: The Shot On Video Horror Films of 1982–1995. RickMoe Publishing. ISBN 978-1999481704.
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