Shot-on-video film
A shot-on-video (SOV) film, also known as a shot-on-VHS film or a camcorder film, is a film shot using camcorders and consumer-grade equipment, as opposed to film stock or high-end digital movie cameras.

Examples
Shot-on-video films emerged in the wake of the release of Sony's professional-grade Betacam and consumer-grade Betamovie camcorders in 1983. Many shot-on-video films are low-budget and belong to the horror genre, including Boardinghouse (1982), Sledgehammer (1983), Video Violence (1987), 555, Woodchipper Massacre (both 1988), and The McPherson Tape (1989). Filmmaker siblings the Polonia brothers are known for their shot-on-video horror films, such as Splatter Farm (1987) and Feeders (1996).

The 1994 documentary film Hoop Dreams was one of the first shot-on-video documentaries to receive a wide theatrical release. The 1999 film The Blair Witch Project was shot on both 16 mm film and the consumer-grade Hi8 video format, which was transferred to film for its national theatrical release.

List of other notable shot-on-video films

 Blood Cult (1985)
 The Ripper (1985)
 Tales from the Quadead Zone (1987)
 Things (1989)
 Ghostwatch (1992)
 Ozone (1993)
 Conrad Brooks vs. the Werewolf (1994)
 Polymorph (1996)
 Bloodletting (1997)
 Jan-Gel: The Beast from the East (1999)
 Each Time I Kill (2007)
 Trash Humpers (2009)

See also
 480i, the video mode used for standard-definition digital video
 Analog horror
 Found footage (film technique)
 Cinéma vérité

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Further reading
 
 

Film and video terminology
1980s in film
1990s in film
2000s in film
Direct-to-video horror films