Tape Headz has one primary objective: to view and rate VHS based on various subjective criteria. While many may view the categories as arbitrary, we feel they do a good job reflecting both the quality of a film/show/documentary and the quality of common elements found on any VHS rental.
A viewing is in four phases: the preparation, the selection, the viewing, and the rating/discussion. The timeline looks like this.
PREPARATION
In this phase, quarter page sheets with all of the rating categories are printed and eight tapes are selected. Tape selection can be decided by any participant of Tape Headz, but once the limit reaches eight, there can be no more.
SELECTION
On the back of your rating sheet, participants write down the films they want to pick. Each is given 100 points to allocate to any of these films as they see fit. You can give one film 100 points, give five different titles 20 points each, or however you see fit as long as the sum of all these does not exceed 100. Afterwards, all participants share how many points they allocated to different tapes. The bottom four tapes are put aside and cannot be selected for another Tape Headz viewing for eight days. If the following viewing takes place more than eight days later, that means it's again in fair play.
VIEWING
Enjoy the darned movie. It's strongly recommended that you rate the film during viewing and keep track of what you liked for discussion, although this is by no means a requirement.
RATING/DISCUSSION
Tape Headz ratings are based on eight hyphenated categories. Most of these terms are very vague for the express purpose of giving audience's some subjective decisions during their final ratings. These include the following terms.
Kool-kasting: Great acting or performances that reflect kool-kasting decisions.
Visual-touchdown: Great effects, cinematography, editing, or set design that can only be described as a visual-touchdown.
Sneak-peaks: Great sneak-peaks make a great tape.
Eye-candy: If there are any key players in the film that you think are cute, sexy, hot, etc, then this category needs some points. Can also be given if you appreciate a character who is intended to be cute, sexy, hot, etc.
Sweet-emotion: If you can relate to or appreciate the drama of a scene, then you've been struck by sweet-emotion.
Hip-tunes: Great soundtracks or sound design equate to some hip-tunes.
Spiffy-scripting: This is a catch-all term for anything related to plot/dialogue. If you really liked one line or loved a general sequence of the story, this is for you.
Cover-appeal: We judge tapes by their cover just like anybody else would. Let it all hang out with this rating of how great or putrid the box looks.
Each category receives 0 to 3 tallies based on your personal thoughts on the film. If deemed necessary, a single bonus tally can be given to only one category that really stood out. When done, the viewers add up their tallies to a single number. The highest a tape can earn is 25 including the bonus point.
Viewers then begin discussion by stating their totals in order. A category is then named off and participants chime in with their thoughts on different elements of the film. After going through and discussing all elements, the totals of all are added up and divided by the number of viewers. This average is the total score for the tape.
And that's Tape Headz! Feel free to follow along and give your own ratings to films, or simply run your own Tape Headz viewing sessions! Just make sure you follow the rules.
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