Toni Basil Inspiration

Toni Basil (September 22, 1943) is a choreographer/dancer and also a director of a numerous amount of music videos. She is most popular for her video for Hey Mickey, and for the Talking Heads Once In A Lifetime choreography.

JJ Stratford had Toni Basil's videos on her blog on Blogger: http://jjstratford.blogspot.com/

She says Toni Basil is an influence to her and someone whose video work she admires, and since I saw the immediate correlation between her Talking Heads video and the work that Jennifer has done, I realized that there must be at least two pieces of analog equipment that were so popular in the 80s because they essentially did everything. (i.e  Slit Scan, video feedback that generated patterns, freeze frames)

The color palettes are also similar as is the intensity in makeup. I can see where the inspiration came from when it comes to Toni Basil's video work.

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Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime