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So you have your long hair, bright clothes, filofax and brick phone and your scene still doesn't look
authentic?
I have on occasions been asked to re-create a 1980's look to pictures. Simulating this sort of age isn't
always easy in post production, so why not just shoot it in that style in the first place? Typically you try to
include all the flaws that we would have tried so hard to avoid at the time - lag, burn in, smear, comet tails
and poor gun registration etc.
I am able to offer camerawork using a typical early 80's ENG camera. The Sony BVP3 camera (and it's
variants) was a staple diet in the world of single camera news and documentaries made on video in that
decade. Using three 3x2/3inch mixed field saticons/plumbicon tubes, the camera head requires a small
interplanetary supernova in order to light a scene - and thus lighting levels generally need to be higher
than required with modern technology at a minimum illumination of 30lux, achieving a respectable 650
lines.
The BVP3 camera head is docked to a Sony BVV1 recorder. This makes the first ever "camcorder" - at
the time combining a camera and recorder in a 'docking' form was
a new innovation after years of lugging around
a portable VTR such as a U-matic. First
introduced in 1982, this example is one of the
earliest models in the country - and introduces
Betacam, a format whose variants live on
today.
The camera is still working fully, perhaps
helped by the sturdy magnesium casing,
however as it is over 25 years old - there
can be no guarantees that it will perform on
the day. Should the recorder fail, a BVV5 is carried as a spare -
this simply hooks onto the camera instead of the BVV1. Should
the camera head fail, an ageing CCD camera is also carried.
All models are PAL.
authentic?
I have on occasions been asked to re-create a 1980's look to pictures. Simulating this sort of age isn't
always easy in post production, so why not just shoot it in that style in the first place? Typically you try to
include all the flaws that we would have tried so hard to avoid at the time - lag, burn in, smear, comet tails
and poor gun registration etc.
I am able to offer camerawork using a typical early 80's ENG camera. The Sony BVP3 camera (and it's
variants) was a staple diet in the world of single camera news and documentaries made on video in that
decade. Using three 3x2/3inch mixed field saticons/plumbicon tubes, the camera head requires a small
interplanetary supernova in order to light a scene - and thus lighting levels generally need to be higher
than required with modern technology at a minimum illumination of 30lux, achieving a respectable 650
lines.
The BVP3 camera head is docked to a Sony BVV1 recorder. This makes the first ever "camcorder" - at
the time combining a camera and recorder in a 'docking' form was
a new innovation after years of lugging around
a portable VTR such as a U-matic. First
introduced in 1982, this example is one of the
earliest models in the country - and introduces
Betacam, a format whose variants live on
today.
The camera is still working fully, perhaps
helped by the sturdy magnesium casing,
however as it is over 25 years old - there
can be no guarantees that it will perform on
the day. Should the recorder fail, a BVV5 is carried as a spare -
this simply hooks onto the camera instead of the BVV1. Should
the camera head fail, an ageing CCD camera is also carried.
All models are PAL.
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