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Deleted Scenes exhibition honors lost technologies that revolutionised our way of thinking, working, and playing. These objects influenced the future in a variety of ways, from the leading industry titans in pop culture to the typical household. inspiring the future in more ways than one. The amazing VHS, which JVC originally released in 1976, is the first item selected. It revolutionised pop culture by introducing film into the home and elevating wonder, fear, and imagination to new levels.
VHS
THE VHS //
In 1976, JVC released the VHS (Video Home System),
an analogue video recording device using tape cassettes. During the 1980s and 1990s tape media era, it dominated the home video market.
NUMBERS
Although it is difficult to pinpoint the exact number of VHS films that have ever been released, educated guesses put the total between 70,000 and 80,000 titles worldwide based on official release. This astounding figure is a reflection of the format's worldwide hegemony as well as the vast number of movies, TV series, documentaries, and even specialised material that were released on VHS tapes during its heyday.
GENRES ON VHS
Action, Animation, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Experimental, Fantasy, Historical, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller, Western, Biopics, Musical
THE FIRST
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The Young Teacher, a South Korean drama, was the first film to be released on VHS.
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The Sound of Music, Patton, and M*A*S*H were the first American films to be released on VHS.
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The Lion King was the top-selling VHS film of 1995. There were 32 million copies sold.
DESIGN
Five Phillips-head screws hold the 187 mm wide, 103 mm deep, and 25 mm thick (73⁄8 × 41⁄16 × 1 inch) plastic shell of the VHS tape together.
Within a 6.35 mm (1⁄4 inch) hole at the cassette's bottom, 19 mm (3⁄4 inch) from the edge label, a push-in lever releases the spool locks.
ANALOGUE
When VHS was first developed, it was able to record and replay every type of analogue television signal that was available. Nonetheless, a machine needs to be built to record a specific standard.
LENGTH
With a length of 1,410 feet, the VHS tape can be played for four to five hours.
The cassette's anti-despooling mechanism, which is white and black when viewed from above, is made up of many plastic pieces situated in the space between the spools.
VCR
On September 9, 1976, the president of JVC in Japan unveiled the Victor HR-3300, the first VCR to use VHS.
The world's last VCR was made in June 2016 by Japan's Funai Electric. Players and recorders can access the tape through the flip-up cover, which features a latch on the right side that can be released with a push-in toggle
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GALLERY
VHS WORKS
Presenting the first-ever collection of amazing artwork For the Deleted Scenes show, which commemorates lost technologies that transformed our way of thinking, they have made their own scenes using the VHS as their canvas.
MUSIC
KOSYNE
As a kid I was enamoured by Matt Groening's "The Simpsons" the worldwide smash show documenting the adventures of America's most famous family. The animated show is one of the worlds longest running animated shows and whilst opinions differ regarding it's current standing; nothing can take away the award winning writing, comedy, layers and impact of it's earlier run during the 90's (or maybe that's my nostalgia tipping the bias).
After it's initial run of skits/shorts on the Tracy Ulman show, The Simpsons became a fully fledged 21 minute show and was initially was broadcast on the FOX network from 1989 and made its way to the UK via Rupert Murdoch's broadcasting arm Sky TV, not having a Sky dish as a kid it meant my brother and I could only tap uncles, friends and occasionally surprise hook-ups from family friends for VHS compilations they had graciously put together for us (these felt like a payday).
It wasn't until pocket money was a bit more prominent could we then afford to splurge on the commercial VHS releases which were usually a stingy 4 episode (1 hour) affair's as opposed to the 4 hour long play compilations we had been stockpiling; but still you get in where you fit in.
When Ben approached me about the exhibition I was considering using music from a favourite movie but after some consideration my deepest VHS connection comes in the form of "The Simpsons" or Manga video releases (maybe another time) and I picked the Simpsons.
The beats on this tape from episode 2F08 "Fear Of Flying" where we find out some Marge lore of her having a fear of flight which comes around via Homer hijinks of faking his way into a pilot bar and obtaining a free flight for the family. I decided to comb the episode for any audio I could mangle and transform in my MPC and to my surprise found many usable sections of music.
The music on this episode was composed by Alf Clausen, he employed a lot of strings/woodwinds and variations on the Simpsons theme, mostly wistful and slightly hopeful a lot of the compositions fail to resolve or least left asking more questions which ties well into the theme of this episode of Marge exploring childhood fears. I managed to make 6 beats and put together a short tape.
Had a lot of fun making it and provided the perfect excuse to dust off the VHS collection! Big up Ben for getting me involved, thank you bro.
KOS.
HARRISON DEACON
Princess Mononoke
When collaborating with Emily on this piece, not only did we decide to focus on the Kodama aspect of Princess Mononoke visually, but I also studied this specific aspect of the film’s soundtrack by Joe Hisaishi too, and not only tried to add ideas and feelings from a film perspective, but challenged myself with “what could I add to this soundtrack?” without straying from Joe’s work.
The Ring
Again for this piece, I studied The Ring’s soundtrack as well as the film itself, and couldn’t initially decide which route to go for when creating my piece. I admire how much atmosphere Kenji Kawai created with his music for both tension and release, so I decided to try and create a piece that captured both of these things in my own way, whilst replicating some of Kenji’s techniques.
SMITH THE MISTER
Inspired by the legendary 1988 film AKIRA, this track explores the chaos of a cyberpunk future — crime, inequality, and human experimentation woven into sound.
I packed as much detail as possible into the production, paying respect to the film’s relentless attention to detail. Like the film, the track isn’t just something to watch or hear — it’s meant to be felt, taking the listener on an emotional ride from beginning to end.
SPACEHEAD
The initial sequence before the Major's body is created in Ghost in the Shell (1995) served as the inspiration for my brief score.
VHS COVERS
Talented painters of many ages produced VHS art covers in the genres of fantasy, action, and horror.
VIGILANT ARTIST
Culture
With the potential to make their own movies and record their favourite TV and movie moments, blank VHS tapes inspired a generation. We decided on the watchful artists—those who make something out of nothing—as the basis for our apparel collection, which was inspired by the VHS blank cassette era.
