{"id":3263,"date":"2020-10-14T23:09:07","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T23:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=3263"},"modified":"2023-07-30T01:43:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T01:43:58","slug":"video-custom-visual-effects-using-vintage-analogue-consumer-broadcast-eng-gear-tape-media-test-gear-and-crt-monitors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=3263","title":{"rendered":"Analogue-Digital Visual Effects [Under Construction]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve organized specific visual effects into 6 main groups, each linked to pages with visual examples and details of the workflow to achieve the footage, many actually combining aspects among the 6 groups:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=3272\">AUDIO-TRIGGERED VISUALS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[CHECKERBOARD IMAGE]<\/p>\n<p>At present I offer three types of visuals triggered by audio (voice, music, sound effects, or different combinations): a vintage 1976 Atari Video Music generator which translates audio into iconic blocky, blazing colour forms; a vintage 1980s Showtime Video Ventures Video Colorizer which creates of pools of blossoming colours similar to solarized images, except in deeply saturated primary colours; and triggered waves &amp; patterns filmed off the CRT monitors of analogue Oscilloscopes, Vectorscopes, and Waveform &#8216;scopes, using digital or analogue cameras, captured either to videotape or digitally as a ProRes or AVI file for subsequent compositing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=3291\">CRT FILMING<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[CHECKERBOARD IMAGE]<\/p>\n<p>Footage is sent to a variety of CRT monitors (large &amp; medium colour, small B&amp;W, and eenie-weeenie camera viewfinder) and filmed using digital or analogue cameras, captured either to videotape or digitally as a ProRes or AVI file for subsequent compositing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=3565\">GLITCHING, NOISE, DISTORTION, BLURRING, &amp; FEEDBACK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[CHECKERBOARD IMAGE]<\/p>\n<p>Instead of generic digital emulation, the real deal: running video through analogue processors, amplifiers, manually degrading signals, blurring footage with analogue filters, and re-filming footage off monitors using glitchy cameras with naturally degrading components.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=3567\">TAPE BOUNCE-BACK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[CHECKERBOARD IMAGE]<\/p>\n<p>Although some plugins will evoke &#8216;the VHS&#8217; and &#8216;video tape look&#8217;, why settle for emulations when you can have your digital footage in whatever ratio bounced to videotape &#8211; VHS, SVHS, Digital8, Betacam SP &#8211; and back to digital as ProRes MOV or AVI files?<\/p>\n<p>test pattern generators?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=3569\">TITLES \/ TEXT via ANALOGUE CHARACTER GENERATORS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[CHECKERBOARD IMAGE]<\/p>\n<p>Every conceivable font is available for editing workstations, but if you need text, crawls, or corrupted characters via analogue processors and custom degradation stemming from primordial or semi-sophisticated analogue character generators from the 1980s and 1990s, no problem: I use vintage CG&#8217;s by Knox, Videonics, RCA, JVC, Scriptovision, and more, including blocky in-camera character generators.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=3572\">VIDEO MIXING &amp; SEG EFFECTS &amp; FEEDBACK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[CHECKERBOARD IMAGE]<\/p>\n<p>Drawing from a substantive collection of vintage prosumer and broadcast mixers and special effects generators, footage can be treated with classic mosaic, tinting \/ painting, negative, strobe, multi-screen effects, and more. Brands include Panasonic, Showtime Video Ventures, Shomi, and more.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>xxx<\/p>\n<p><strong>For inquiries &amp; estimates, please visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BigHeadAmusements\/about\/?view_public_for=481379118584196&amp;ref=page_internal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook page<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>ADDITIONAL SERVICES<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=3159\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3155 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Hi8_tape.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Hi8_tape.jpg 750w, https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Hi8_tape-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Hi8_tape-104x55.jpg 104w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=3159\"><strong>VIDEO CONVERSIONS (NTSC \/ PAL \/ SECAM) + DIGITAL TRANSFERS (BETAMAX, VHS,VHS-C, S-VHS, VIDEO 8, HI8, DIGITAL 8, MINIDV, BETACAM, U-MATIC) to DIGITAL FORMATS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=3208\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3147 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Turntable_Needle_slim_750x397.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Turntable_Needle_slim_750x397.jpg 750w, https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Turntable_Needle_slim_750x397-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Turntable_Needle_slim_750x397-104x55.jpg 104w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=3208\">TRANSFERRING ANALOGUE MEDIA (LPs + AUDIO CASSETTES) to CD + DIGITAL FORMATS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=3222\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3148 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Microphone_750X397.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Microphone_750X397.jpg 750w, https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Microphone_750X397-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Microphone_750X397-104x55.jpg 104w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=3222\">EDITING \/ MIXING \/ RESTORING (MUSIC + VOICE) for FILM + PODCASTS<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=3057\"><em><strong>RETURN TO AUDIO \/ VIDEO SERVICES MAIN MENU<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve organized specific visual effects into 6 main groups, each linked to pages with visual examples and details of the workflow to achieve the footage, many actually combining aspects among the 6 groups: &nbsp; 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