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Behind the Scenes: Filming on VHS

This is "Behind the Scenes: Filming on VHS" by Red Letter Media on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

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Bill Lehecka

This was wonderful.

Anonymous

i'm still not sure if i should be happy or disappointed that you did't use the authentic audio as well

Anonymous

This was really neat.

Anonymous

I happily pay $15 a month to support you guys for all the content. Behind the scenes stuff like this is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Agent Chodey Banks

I always wondered if it was a pain to sync the screening footage, but that mirror trick is pretty clever!

Anonymous

I LOVE THIS! I wasn’t sure if we would see a bts for it but this is great! Bts stuff is the best. Nice work guys

Anonymous

The amount of work you guys put into your videos never ceases to amaze me. You are truly dedicated and talented filmmakers. A thousand thanks for all that you do.

Steph K

I was hoping you'd show us something like this. Thanks. It's super interesting to me, because I'm a dummy when it comes to this stuff that you guys are so good at. I smiled when Jay labeled the spine of the VHS tape too. So many memories of me fastidiously labeling every episode of television I recorded off of the tiny TV/VCR combo I had in my bedroom.

Anonymous

this is really great stuff to see - as much as i love the snark and stuff, hearing you guys actually talk about filmmaking techniques etc is always really interesting

Anonymous

I am a new Patreon member but I can already tell it’s well worth it. Your love for what you do really shines through behind the scenes videos like this!

Ifrit9

This was really interesting and cool! Thanks for showing us this. At some point I would also love to have a tour of your building and just more behind the scenes in general.

Anonymous

This was an awesome look at what went into making this BOTW. Keep it up guys

Anonymous

I have no technical knowledge what so ever, so forgive me...how does the mirror trick work to sync up the audio?

David S. Grop

The move to Vimeo tightens my trousers.

Rich Auntie Skeleton

I suggest, just a suggestion, having a contest and giving away those tapes.

Anonymous

Give us more BTS like this!

Anonymous

They used to give away bottles of beer and props in auctions. But a shitty contest would be better. The goal would be to write the scenario to an Adam Sandler-esque movie. Then Mike would give us $100 and would then tell us to fuck off. That would be great! :D

Anonymous

I can't emphasise any more how much I appreciate the RLM guys putting the extra effort in to things like this - as a failed and frustrated content producer, I love these looks behind professional outfits making their content. If Jay or Mike see this, thank you for this and any more like it you make.

Anonymous

Very cool

Anonymous

I love this look behind the scenes, I almost wish there was more of it! It's fascinating to see you guys adapt your workflow to these antiques.

Anonymous

Always wondered how they synced their footage with the movie. They used mirror. Great idea and much easier than anything I would have thought of.

Anonymous

this makes me so happy, guys :) cunts

Anonymous

I love both the hilarious outtakes and the behind the scenes stuff you guys post here. I'd love to hear how bad the audio quality for the discussion/viewing from the VHS cameras was.

Sarah Low

That mirror trick though!!

Anonymous

Great clip! Seeing how that episode was put together is great

Anonymous

This is great, I definitely like seeing you guys just hanging out backstage

Anonymous

Loved it! would really appreciate seeing more stuff like this.

Anonymous

You guys are great! ;3

Anonymous

Upped my pledge just for this, love the behind-the-scenes stuff. I've probably watched How Not To Make a Movie a dozen times.

Anonymous

Love this stuff guys, keep up the great work!

Anders

Why can't I play this video? Edit: I have found out a browser plugin privacy bagder made vimeo think I didn't have access to the video for some reason :S

Anonymous

Maybe I'm just a little slow, but why did they need a mirror to sync up the movie with their footage? I honestly don't get it.

Dan Port

Hey- I'm just rolling through some of these but saw your question here. During the viewing, they'll often react to or comment on something specific in the movie, but it's not always obvious what they're reacting to unless you know what it is. For these, they'll usually show the scene or line from the film and then their reaction to it. By using the mirror, they know exactly what the reaction is to without having to watch a large chunk of the film or just guess at it.

Anonymous

Very cool (very cool, yes very cool)

Anonymous

This also makes me want to buy a VHS player and watch old tapes... just for the feel of them, the sound of the machine closing... I also want to listen to old music tapes with the boombox I got from an old boss that's lying around here somewhere..

Anonymous

That was great.

Anonymous

Oh shit, I too use the H6, but recently sprung for the F6; it does 32bit float recording and doesn't use a dumb mini-b connector which Zoom insisted on carrying over to their 2020 model. Since you know, that's smart. At least the H8 is micro-b. The F6 is USB C, though no ability to attach zoom accessories to it like 2 extra xlr ports, shotgun mics, etc. Though they do have a bluetooth module you can plug into it and control with your Apple ONLY devices (no android app yet). Also, the F6 supports Sony NP-F970 batteries along with 4-6 AAs, though the F970 blocks the sd card slot. Also, the phantom power bottoms at 24V and not 12V like on the H6. As a child I think we had the Sony VHS recorder. I think we got rid of it 2 years ago.