On our last night in San Diego, we had the distinct pleasure of attending one last Habitat show. This time a few-dozen attendees clambered up into the attic to catch a rare performance from Mike Fiore of Faces on Film. The above piece — captured by Sprinkle Lab director, Brandon Tauszik — was featured in a lovely writeup by Nada Alic over at Friends With Both Arms:

“Overall it was a really special night for me and my friends. Everyone was stoically silent as he sang, he’s got a purity in his voice that filled the attic in a beautiful way, and left everyone in a sort of awe about his performance. Thankfully, Brandon captured it in such a dreamlike way that I can remember it vividly- but also appreciate it in the art piece that was the video he produced.”

Brandon had the video edited and picture-locked, but felt it was still lacking that something it would take for him to want to spend four internet minutesviewing it. So he tried a bunch of different ideas, effects, techniques, whatever. Nothing worked, so Brandon decided to bust out the VCR. Here’s the workflow:

Export video from Final Cut > Burn DVD > Play DVD into VCR and record to tape > Play back tape on old tube TV > Record playback on camera > Import footage to Final Cut and overlay on original footage = KAZAM: A lo-fi, drowsy, spacey piece that is (ideally) a pleasure to view.