1. A method for video data compression, comprising the steps of: detecting a portion of a video signal that uses a disproportionate amount of bandwidth compared to other portions of the video signal, the detected portion of the video signal resulting in determined components of interest; and relative to certain variance, normalizing the determined components of interest to generate an intermediate form of the components of interest, the intermediate form representing the components of interest reduced in complexity by the certain variance and enabling a compressed form of the video signal where the determined components of interest maintain saliency.