ABSTRACT
I’ve noticed that while watching the “Coming Attractions” previews on DVDs, anything that looks like it was shot on video automatically gets bumped down on my “have to see this” list. Why is that? Growing up, as I did, in the age where home video technology first became available, I was both fascinated and put off by it. On the one hand it meant that anybody could now make movies, but on the other, they all looked very different from what was coming out of Hollywood—they looked cheap. Over the years, video technology has improved dramatically from the old VHS camcorders with their low resolution and low dynamic range. Today, even the most inexpensive HD camcorders are capable of producing very good images. But there’s still something subconscious that makes many people prefer the look of film.
