"Video
nasty" was a colloquial term coined in the United Kingdom by
1982 for a number of films
distributed
on videotape that were criticized for their violent content.
Because
there had been such relaxed censorship of video distribution up to
this point there was a fear that any of these disturbing films could
be seen by children. This created a public debate about which films
should be considered inappropriate. The "video nasties"
were usually low-budget horror films produced in Italy and the United
States.
The
response created by the video nasties led to the introduction of the
Video Recordings Act 1984. This imposed a stricter code of censorship
on videos than was required for cinema release. Several major studio
productions ended up being banned on video.
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This
idea linked with the work previously produced for horror films
involving disturbing and weird scenes; but poster designs could be
made for several of the original 'Video Nasties.'
From
all the previous experimentation however, it was most appropriate to
communicate these in the pixillated spreadsheet aesthetic. Because
they were banned it was a case of censorship by the government, which
was similar to the race crime I previously explored. Pixelation has a
way of communicating something to be broken up and disguised. Also
the shift of layers and colours can be vibrant and aggressive in some
way, certainly not softened, which is perfect to represent such
gruesome and outlandish horror.
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