(word processor parameters LM=8, RM=75, TM=2, BM=2) Taken from KeelyNet BBS (214) 324-3501 Sponsored by Vangard Sciences PO BOX 1031 Mesquite, TX 75150 October 17, 1990 listed on KeelyNet as SUBLIM1.ZIP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Subliminals in Movies Film makers such as Alfred Hitchcock and other directors of films have long been suspected of including secret images in their films to further scare the audience. "Subliminals" are images or sounds which occur very rapidly and are not perceptible by the conscious mind. However, the subconscious does see the subliminal and can react to it in various ways. In movies, they are intended to help establish a mood, usually of suspense or horror. Modern viewers have the distinct advantage of VCR's which allows them to slow done a movie and examine it frame by frame to see what is hidden there. Normal movie film shows 24 frames per second, anything less is perceived as having a flicker. Therefore, a single frame would take 1/24 of a second to flash on the screen. Videotape contains 30 frames per second. When movies are converted to video, every fourth frame of the movie is repeated which will generate the additional 6 frames to make 30 frames per second. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Spellbound, by Alfred Hitchcock is a black and white movie starring Ingrid Bergman and Leo G. Carroll. The film is about the director of a psychiatric hospital who is being forced to resign his job after suffering a nervous collapse. At one point, Bergman confronts Carroll who pulls a gun. The gun is shown turning back toward Carroll, then an explosion of white light during which a red flash is almost certainly visible. Analysis of the tape frame by frame shows 3 red frames, all hand tinted by the studio at Hitchcocks' instruction. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Psycho, another film by Alfred Hitchcock is perhaps his most famous. The stabbing scene which takes place in the shower is one of the most striking ever filmed. The movie is about a serial murderer who runs a seedy motel on an isolated road. When the mother of Norman Bates dies, he becomes so unhinged that he keeps her preserved body in the house. At times, he assumes his mothers voice and attitudes believing her to be directing him to kill. Hitchcock says the shower scene took seven days to shoot, involving over 70 camera setups for what finally wound up to be only 45 seconds of film. Contrary to many opinions, the knife never touches the body on the screen. The very skillful editing of the film created the effect. The skull of Bate's mother is said to be flashed over Bate's head while he is being held in a detention cell. A slow analysis of the tape frame by frame, shows a superimposed third image of the mummified head of Bates mother. It is slightly visible for about 50 frames of the film (64 frames of the videotape). This gives an approximate onscreen time of about 2 seconds. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Twilight Zone, the Movie A remake of one of the old Twilight Zone segments stars William Shatner and John Lithgow as passengers on a plane. Lithgow sees a monster on the wing of the plane and tries to convince the other passengers and crew that he is not crazy. At one point, Lithgows face is shown with his eyes bulging from his head for 5 single frames. The effect is most pronounced in the 5th frame. -------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have comments or other information relating to such topics as this paper covers, please upload to KeelyNet or send to the Vangard Sciences address as listed on the first page. Thank you for your consideration, interest and support. Jerry W. Decker.........Ron Barker...........Chuck Henderson Vangard Sciences/KeelyNet -------------------------------------------------------------------- If we can be of service, you may contact Jerry at (214) 324-8741 or Ron at (214) 242-9346 --------------------------------------------------------------------