Technology at this time was progressing very fast and a lot of experimentation was happening to make video's more interesting, a lot of new and extravagant techniques were being used and Bob Dylan's 'subterranean homesick blues' was a great example of this. lip synching was also very widespread so the actor or musician could film in ways which would be more creative.
This is the video 'subterranean homesick blues'
To us it may be seen as very simple and old but back then it was the latest and the most modern. some of the things i noticed were:
- instead of a transition, a zoom out with the camera was used at the start
this was done because editing was not widely used and very expensive, as well as that it was in a early stage where they were only able to put different clips together by hand (cutting film strips with scissors and splicing them back together). there was no massive editing like transitions or effects etc.
- black and white
colour was around at this point and was used, but black and white was still wide spread and being used, this shows where in time there was the difference of black and white to colour.
- one long clip
because there was only one camera there was a lot of continuity issues and even then the 180 degree rule was still used to make the footage look real and good. so the easiest technique was to use one take instead of multiple takes which with one camera would be very hard and take a massive amount of time and mistakes were sure to be made. another reason was that editing was not very good and the film strips were expensive.
Bob dylan also made this video in this way to express himself as a simple and 'out of the box' mind that is why he used black and white and such a different location. because it was so simple yet effective his technique was used again and again, one example of this being used again is in the music video.
'in and out' by jernade miah. please keep in mind the subject of this song is VERY VERY explicit.
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