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