{"id":1967,"date":"2016-05-02T06:38:25","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T06:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/?p=1967"},"modified":"2016-05-16T17:47:29","modified_gmt":"2016-05-16T17:47:29","slug":"scanners-1981-visual-podcast-hd-excerpts-related-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/?p=1967","title":{"rendered":"Scanners (1981) Visual Podcast HD Excerpts + Related Links"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On April 20th, 2016, David Cronenberg\u2019s 1981 head-blowing shocker <strong>Scanners<\/strong> was screened at Toronto\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theroyal.to\/\">Royal Cinema<\/a> as part of Reel Canada\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.canadianfilmday.ca\/\">National Canadian Film Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I profiled the event in a <a href=\"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=13477\">specific April 22 Editor\u2019s Blog<\/a> and there\u2019s already an <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/ca\/podcast\/kqek.com-digital-big-head\/id955326826?mt=2\">iTunes<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.libsyn.com\/shows\/view\/id\/bigheadamusements\">Libsyn<\/a> podcast that features my additional comments bookending an edited version of the post-screening Q&amp;A with actor \/ artist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stephenlackart.com\/\">Stephen Lack<\/a> and NOW Magazine\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/someoneelsesmovie.com\/category\/TV+and+Movies\">Norman Wilner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That update was accompanied by a shorty-short featurette on inserting \/ playing \/ ejecting a RCA CED videodisc + the first few minutes of the disc without any cleanup or tweaking:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/na5nwKLIM1Q\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve also created a visual version of the complete Scanners Q&amp;A \/ podcast featuring imagery that compliments a film whose title sequence and use of computers is totally analogue.\u00a0The visual version is now on KQEK.com\u2019s YouTube channel:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QTYpKEnrYoA\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And those wanting to see the visuals in 720p HD can see excerpts from the Editorial Intro &amp; Outro +\u00a0 a small section from the Q&amp;A at Big Head Amusements Vimeo and YouTube channels:<\/p>\n<p>Vimeo:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/164848911\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/164848911\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>YouTube:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0vhMUPfvdvo\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The basic workflow involved sending the final audio edit of the podcast into a Thurlby OM358 Oscilloscope Multiplexer, routed into a Hung Chang OS-620 Oscilloscope, and sending the images as captured by a Sony miniDV camera via firewire into Adobe Premiere, where colours were refined, and for the Outro section, material was layered.<\/p>\n<p>I won\u2019t get into the precise settings because what you see involved live playback and sticking with a series of specific sweep timing settings and magnification on the oscope, using the multiplexer to both display multiple tracks on one screen and finding the right sweet spot using the Thurlby\u2019s Fast-Slow Multiplexing knob.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1971\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1971\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0369_Thurlby_m.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1971\" alt=\"IMG_0369_Thurlby_m\" src=\"http:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0369_Thurlby_m.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0369_Thurlby_m.jpg 750w, https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0369_Thurlby_m-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0369_Thurlby_m-98x55.jpg 98w, https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0369_Thurlby_m-560x315.jpg 560w, https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0369_Thurlby_m-460x260.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1971\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Thurlby OM358 Oscilloscope Multiplexer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Stereo audio went into the Thurlby (which can accept and output as many as 8 tracks), and then into the oscope\u2019s X, Y, and rear Z inputs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1972\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1972\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0370_Oscope_m.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1972\" alt=\"IMG_0370_Oscope_m\" src=\"http:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0370_Oscope_m.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0370_Oscope_m.jpg 750w, https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0370_Oscope_m-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0370_Oscope_m-98x55.jpg 98w, https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0370_Oscope_m-560x315.jpg 560w, https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_0370_Oscope_m-460x260.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1972\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Hung Chang OS-620 Oscilloscope.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A little tweak here and you get tin lines; a tweak there and they become raster dots, or pulsing blobs or any number of other combinations. Basically, the images recorded to camera were done by finding the most appropriate settings after maybe 2 hours of fiddling so that the pulsing lines looked right, were framed right, and had the right brightness to hide the oscope\u2019s permanent screen graticule (grid pattern) and get clean lines before being captured in Adobe Premiere.<\/p>\n<p>First rendering the blog\u2019s Intro + Outro and central Q&amp;A sections as separate higher bit rate files and later final 720p podcast assembly took around a day, and while this sounds like a tedious endeavour, it was a lot of fun to create, and I <em>highly<\/em> recommend spitting the podcast and \/ or the HD extracts onto a big monitor, and maybe on a large wall for projection.<\/p>\n<p>I should warn that the images flicker, so viewer discretion is advised.<\/p>\n<p>Those wanting to be tripped out by the intersecting green lines in the final (Outro) extract should sit back and relax the eyes, as the lines expand outward in measured waves. The intended effect is for the lines to form fleeting grids and geometric shapes while my voice makes the sharp ends pulse.<\/p>\n<p>And yes, I do custom work.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for reading,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark R. Hasan<\/strong>, Editor<br \/>\n<strong>Big Head Amusements<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tied to a post-Scanners screening and Q&#038;A between actor Stephen Lack and NOW Magazine&#8217;s Norman Wilner are a trio of bonus media links: a visual podcast version of the Q&#038;A; HD excerpts on Vimeo and YouTube featuring images stemming from a vintage oscilloscope; and a shorty-short featurette showing the loading \/ playing \/ ejecting of a RCA CED videodisc + the first few minutes of an actual disc, without any tweaking or cleaning up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1968,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,256,15,22,21],"tags":[128,299,305,306,302,301,300],"class_list":["post-1967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-liberated-syndication","category-montages","category-podcast-interviews","category-vimeo-channel","category-youtube-channel","tag-adobe-premiere","tag-hung-chang-os-620-oscilloscope","tag-oscilloscope","tag-podcast-interviews","tag-podcast-montages","tag-sony-dcr-trv140","tag-thurlby-om358-oscilloscope-multiplexer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1967"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1975,"href":"https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967\/revisions\/1975"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigheadamusements.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}