How can you make video look all sh*ty and screwed-up in post

John Groshko · Post by **John Groshko** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 5:48 am

Anybody know of an effective way, on how you can take perfectly good footage, and then make it look screwed-up out-of whack? Example; like in the Trailer for the Ã¢â‚¬Å“Day After TomorrowÃ¢â‚¬

U.S.Amateurfilmaker · Post by **U.S.Amateurfilmaker** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 6:01 am

If you are looking for the "Day after Tommorow" effect, try to add a blue/white filter to the video, add lots of grain to simulate static, and maybe add a black screen (at the individual frame level, scattered throughout the footage) to simulate bad reception. Don't know how this would look, because I have never tried it because Vegas 4 already has a specific filter that lets you do this.

Epsilon · Post by **Epsilon** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 7:54 am

Add in lots of noise, static, grain, occasional skipped frames, etc. Play around with all the nifty features that Premiere gives you!

El Brenty · Post by **El Brenty** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 12:50 pm

Sheer fabric is good for this type of thing. If you're doing it in post, see if you can superimpose a transparent swatch of fabric over the footage.

Sayhi · Post by **Sayhi** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 1:43 pm

Use hair, scratch, static and old movie effects.
Very easily found in Vegas Video. I think AE must have sth. like this.

foxwood · Post by **foxwood** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 4:04 pm

Ya old static effect, or you could perpusly shoot the good video badly. drop whole seconds of video but leave the audio in, and in other parts drop the audio leaving the video so it looks like the channals are fizzing out.

El Brenty · Post by **El Brenty** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 5:13 pm

I would have suggested something like that Sean, but I think that John wanted to do the effects in post, possibly because he's filmed it already!

padawanNick · Post by **padawanNick** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 6:00 pm

Copy your video from camera to VHS.
Set up the VCR to play to the TV via Coax (Antena) cable.
Have the cable in loose on the VCR.

Aim the camera at your TV.
Hit record on your camera, play the VHS copy and jiggle (that's the technical term, of course) the coax connector while the video plays back.

That should do it.

Have fun.

2nd_Recon · Post by **2nd_Recon** » Fri Dec 12, 2003 9:13 pm

Use florecent lighting in the original shot

insert_coin · Post by **insert_coin** » Sat Dec 13, 2003 6:14 am

Let a monkey edit your video and it will be all sh|t and out of whack

John Groshko · Post by **John Groshko** » Sun Dec 14, 2003 5:13 am

Thanks for the help!

I now have plenty of ideas on how I could do this effect.

2nd Recon; I don't quite understand how florecent lighting would help in the effect I want? How does it help in the effect that I want to create?