I know this was a couple years ago, but I'm sorry, this isn't realistic at all. For a good reference go here /watch?v=SK4MQl89hX4 It's an actual old style television turning off with the squash and blip effect. The image does not scale smaller then stretch then compress to a dot. The image squashing into a line should be no more than two frames, the line compressing to a dot between 5-7 frames, and the dot fading would be about 30-45 frames (1-1.5 seconds). And soften your edges.
@chillaxer1993 isn't that the truth though ? those were great times, back when automobiles were made to last, when toys could take any kind of beating, now all we get stuck with these days is nothing but junk, junk, and more junk. I wish those days were back. Maybe they could be, but it would be up to all of the folks of the country to help do it.
This must have been during that brief time in the 60s where Alaska and Hawaii were kicked out of the US. Joking of course, this was a really cool production and looks quite authentic.
@joedeshon At any rate, it's pretty darn good--and there is video on Youtube from the 50s (from the initial sign-on of WTIC in Hartford, CT) that uses a 48-star flag (the station went live in 1957) and TV transmissions were in place in the US on a non-experimental basis some twelve years or so before Alaska and Hawaii got statehood (longer than that, if you count pre-WWII experimental TV on the old 441-line system).
@ErisTheFairest5 Or it well could be a repro of a 1950s signoff (there actually IS an extant video on Youtube of an actual 1957 sign-on with a 48-star flag (owing to the fact the station went on air before Alaska and Hawaii became states) ).
Very good, and evocative for the younger folks, but flawed a bit for those who know their history.
That flapping-flag film would not have been used in the 1960s -- it's a 48-star flag! Alaska then Hawaii were admitted to the Union 7 1/2 months apart in 1959; congress never got around to officially adopting a 49-star flag (knowing that Hawaii was about to join), so we went straight from 48 to 50 stars a short time after.
Also, you have the "Indian-head" test pattern coming up crooked and shaky before straightening out, as if it were printed on cardboard and being manually placed in front of a camera or something. That test pattern and dozens of similar ones were generated electronically by a special version of a TV camera tube called a monoscope, and would never shake like that. At worst, the test pattern could be made to fade in, but would usually just appear by a simple, clean hard cut.
This reminds me of the Young Ones.
This is really cool to see this.
darkbrokenwingagnel 1 month ago
I know this was a couple years ago, but I'm sorry, this isn't realistic at all. For a good reference go here /watch?v=SK4MQl89hX4 It's an actual old style television turning off with the squash and blip effect. The image does not scale smaller then stretch then compress to a dot. The image squashing into a line should be no more than two frames, the line compressing to a dot between 5-7 frames, and the dot fading would be about 30-45 frames (1-1.5 seconds). And soften your edges.
BossHossV8Cycles 2 months ago
Goodbye America. I wish your citizens had awakened in time to save you.
626Acarter 2 months ago
Memorereesssss : )
Schmoup 5 months ago
Nice job! Not going to lie though, totally expected something to come out of the screen at the end.
BestDriverJobs001 5 months ago
Ah, analogue memories...
MrUnidyne 7 months ago
back when america was great! we peaked in the 80's and have been on a decline
chillaxer1993 8 months ago
@chillaxer1993 isn't that the truth though ? those were great times, back when automobiles were made to last, when toys could take any kind of beating, now all we get stuck with these days is nothing but junk, junk, and more junk. I wish those days were back. Maybe they could be, but it would be up to all of the folks of the country to help do it.
sr71ablackbird 4 months ago
far more entertaining than dancing with the stars.....or American idol
daisyroots 9 months ago
Good night everyone
combatjim1 1 year ago
cool! brings back many memories
legormetrustre 1 year ago
This must have been during that brief time in the 60s where Alaska and Hawaii were kicked out of the US. Joking of course, this was a really cool production and looks quite authentic.
ErisTheFairest5 1 year ago
@ErisTheFairest5 Yeah, yeah, I know. It was the best public domain footage I could come up with.
joedeshon 1 year ago
@joedeshon At any rate, it's pretty darn good--and there is video on Youtube from the 50s (from the initial sign-on of WTIC in Hartford, CT) that uses a 48-star flag (the station went live in 1957) and TV transmissions were in place in the US on a non-experimental basis some twelve years or so before Alaska and Hawaii got statehood (longer than that, if you count pre-WWII experimental TV on the old 441-line system).
So lots of chances for old flags in repros :D
kusuriurikun 1 year ago
@ErisTheFairest5 Or it well could be a repro of a 1950s signoff (there actually IS an extant video on Youtube of an actual 1957 sign-on with a 48-star flag (owing to the fact the station went on air before Alaska and Hawaii became states) ).
And yes, very accurate :D
kusuriurikun 1 year ago
That's great... can we use the blip out part for an A/V performance we have coming up?
ColinOOOD 1 year ago
@ColinOOOD Sure. I'm flattered.
joedeshon 1 year ago
Very good, and evocative for the younger folks, but flawed a bit for those who know their history.
That flapping-flag film would not have been used in the 1960s -- it's a 48-star flag! Alaska then Hawaii were admitted to the Union 7 1/2 months apart in 1959; congress never got around to officially adopting a 49-star flag (knowing that Hawaii was about to join), so we went straight from 48 to 50 stars a short time after.
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MrMammophile 1 year ago
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Also, you have the "Indian-head" test pattern coming up crooked and shaky before straightening out, as if it were printed on cardboard and being manually placed in front of a camera or something. That test pattern and dozens of similar ones were generated electronically by a special version of a TV camera tube called a monoscope, and would never shake like that. At worst, the test pattern could be made to fade in, but would usually just appear by a simple, clean hard cut.
MrMammophile 1 year ago
can i use this in a music video for my band man?!
strongerthanallgtr 2 years ago
Sure. I hope it works for you. Let me know how it goes. -- Joe
joedeshon 2 years ago
@strongerthanallgtr Sure. The song and the footage are public domain. And I'm not claiming any rights to the rest of the video. I'm flattered.
joedeshon 1 year ago