# VHS tape

Light and look / Film stock and texture / Video. Checked 2026-10-13.

Nineties home video: lo-fi, glitchy, nostalgic.

- Use when: Throwback content, music, playful brand stunts.
- Phrase: VHS home video, tracking lines, colour bleeding, soft low-resolution picture
- Page: https://directorchair.ai/texture/vhs-tape
- JSON: https://directorchair.ai/api/texture/vhs-tape.json

## Prompts

### Seedance 2.5

```
Global look: VHS home video, tracking lines, colour bleeding, soft low-resolution picture
Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].
Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot
```

### Seedance 2.0

```
Global look: VHS home video, tracking lines, colour bleeding, soft low-resolution picture
Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].
Shot 1: one continuous shot
```

### Kling 3.0

```
[your subject]. The scene is [your setting]. VHS home video, tracking lines, colour bleeding, soft low-resolution picture.
```

### Veo 3.1

```
[your subject] in [your setting]. Framing and subject stay as in the start image. VHS home video, tracking lines, colour bleeding, soft low-resolution picture.
```

## Look further

- https://shotdeck.com/ : real film frames tagged by colour, lighting, time of day and composition (paid, link only)
- https://flim.ai/ : film, ad and music-video stills to search by text or image (free tier, link only)

## Goes well with

- Degraded reporter camera: https://directorchair.ai/rig/reporter-cam-rig
- Polaroid instant: https://directorchair.ai/texture/polaroid

## Source

The first Director Chair spec, own words

Text CC BY 4.0, Director Chair (directorchair.ai). Reference clips and their card texts belong to their makers.