Paranoimia: Early Webcam Lo-Fi Video Capture

Name: Paranoimia | Helen Judge
Uploaded: 2016-05-01T00:00:00+00:00
Duration: 46 s
Channel: Helen Judge
Description: An experimental lo-fi webcam short film by Helen Judge, overlaying self-shot footage with Marilyn Monroe. Influenced by the Max Headroom glitch video, it features a haunted, mechanical glitch loop and early digital distortion.

Experimental Film

A short early lo-fi webcam experiment overlaying self-shot footage with Marilyn Monroe performing “Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend”, 46 seconds long and very homemade

It's funny and sad, and lonely. It has a haunted-me vibe dancing shadows, soft distortion, and a mechanical glitch loop.

The title Paranoimia comes from the Max Headroom glitch video, which has the same stuttering, broken-signal energy as my old webcam. That early digital wobble part comedy, part unease,is layered with Monroe's performance and the lo-fi, slightly haunted aesthetic.