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Question: Was this music video originally shot with 16mm or maybe Super-8 film!?
I'm sure everyone knows the song "It's the End Of The World As We Know It" by R!.E!.M!. I think I first heard the song and I saw the music video on MTV sometime in the early 1990s, when I was a kid!.!.!.maybe around 1992 or 1993!. (Back when MTV was actually playing music videos instead of lame reality tv shows)!.

At that time, I assumed it was a new song!. I looked it up and I read that the song was originally from 1987! I honestly had no idea that it was that old! I found the video on YouTube and it looks familiar!. I did remember it from when it used to come on MTV in the 90s, but it had been so many years since I saw it!.

Anyway!.!.!.

After I had a chance to see the video again a few times on YouTube, I noticed something interesting!.!.!.that it looks like it might have actually been shot on film!. I don't what they would have been using to shoot music videos at that time (late 1980's), but does anyone know if it might originally have been shot on 16mm or Super-8 movie film!? I'm seeing color bursts and momentary flashing that looks a lot like what I see on 8mm movie cameras!. You get flashing now and then because a few frames of film are sometimes overexposed when the shutter first starts or stops!.

I shoot 8mm movie film as a hobby, (I have a collection of vintage 8mm movie cameras) and somehow this looks a LOT like 8mm or 16mm movie film!.

What do you think!? Here's the video:

http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=Bmxyj6iIn!.!.!.

I'm just curious!. I'm sure it was transferred to other mediums later, but could it originally have been shot on 8mm or 16mm film!?

It's funny too!.!.!.that kid in the video would actually be older than me now!Www@QuestionHome@Com


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I would love to help, but i can't view it because it's only available to view in the United States, i'm not sure why people make the videos only viewable if you live in America!. :SWww@QuestionHome@Com

I can't tell you but i'm sure google can!. :)Www@QuestionHome@Com