How Green Screen Worked Before Computers

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  • @Dixavd
    @Dixavd 10 років тому +5933

    As a jerk with a laptop and a copy of After Effects - I'm jealous of your ability to do that in an Afternoon.

    • @hotelmario510
      @hotelmario510 7 років тому +575

      check the end title card
      "...okay, maybe two afternoons"

    • @GRBtutorials
      @GRBtutorials 6 років тому +133

      Dixavd As a jerk with a few computers but no copies of any crazy expensive and buggy Adob€ programs, I can still do it thanks to free video editing programs.

    • @ivanavalos3911
      @ivanavalos3911 5 років тому +9

      @20PercentRendered Shotcut is awesome.

    • @StefanReich
      @StefanReich 5 років тому

      ​@@fRQpcM5uDJ Thanks

    • @StefanReich
      @StefanReich 4 роки тому

      @@fRQpcM5uDJ I'm checking it out

  • @scottmanley
    @scottmanley 10 років тому +5871

    This is great. On a similar note you should read about how they restored the classic Dr Who series 'Daemons'. They had an official 16mm monochrome film print, and a fan in the US had recorded a colour version on U-Matic video tape which was much lower resolution. The restoration team rigged up a system where the luminance signal from the film was combined with chroma signal from the tape and produced the version we can now watch on DVD.

    • @AaronGilliland
      @AaronGilliland 10 років тому +278

      Feed me more delicious anecdotes, Scott Manley​.

    • @sneugler
      @sneugler 10 років тому +52

      Wow, what a great explanation!

    • @MattGrayYES
      @MattGrayYES 10 років тому +99

      Ooh, that's a clever way of doing it!

    • @AwkwardCheeseIsAwkward
      @AwkwardCheeseIsAwkward 10 років тому +102

      My favorite video game science nerd and history/linguistics science nerd in the same place.

    • @caffeinepizza
      @caffeinepizza 9 років тому +50

      im speechless. how did I find you here

  • @zerobyter
    @zerobyter 9 років тому +5677

    ... okay, maybe two afternoons.

    • @Pacvalham
      @Pacvalham 8 років тому +42

      +Rom Levtov I saw that before I saw your comment.

    • @ToMeK3001pro
      @ToMeK3001pro 8 років тому +32

      +Pacvalham i didn't care before i wrote i don't care

    • @RS0593
      @RS0593 7 років тому +12

      ToMeK3001pro so, now you care?

    • @TF-qd8ru
      @TF-qd8ru 6 років тому +19

      @@Pacvalham I thought, "One afternoon?" and felt inadequate before I saw either your comment about their comment or the caption on the actual video, albeit years after you saw it.

    • @pleaseyourselfsir
      @pleaseyourselfsir 5 років тому +1

      ZeroByter ...... you noticed that too eh ? 🧐🇬🇧🤔👍🏻🤝🤓❤️😂

  • @WayTwo
    @WayTwo 7 років тому +706

    Wow that old tv effect was amazing

  • @Larry
    @Larry 9 років тому +2037

    My friend owns that Quantel Paintbox that the BBC used in the 80s.
    One of them anyway, I think they owned three in the end as they were in such demand (mostly for title sequences).

    • @Aaronage1
      @Aaronage1 9 років тому +43

      ***** I know you get this a lot but I feel compelled to say "you're everywhere, Larry" :-)

    • @Larry
      @Larry 9 років тому +60

      Aaronage
      That's pretty much the only response I get on videos now :(

    • @blarg2429
      @blarg2429 9 років тому +30

      ***** Here's a different one: I love what you do, and watching it makes me happy. :D

    • @blarg2429
      @blarg2429 9 років тому +10

      ***** Any time, friend. After all, it's true. C:

    • @gwenynorisu6883
      @gwenynorisu6883 6 років тому +5

      About the only thing I know about that is Degas Elite on our Atari ST could open Quantel Paintbox format files. I don't know what exactly you would have expected to be able to _do_ with them...

  • @patsmusic8011
    @patsmusic8011 8 років тому +3767

    I love how laid back he is! He acts like your just a friend!

    • @tmpEngine
      @tmpEngine 8 років тому +56

      he looks like that cartoon kid from jumanji

    • @KiliTheKiller
      @KiliTheKiller 8 років тому +150

      *you're

    • @patsmusic8011
      @patsmusic8011 8 років тому +206

      KiliK AH yes, I'm sorry. Here let me correct myself. *You're* bloody annoying.

    • @KiliTheKiller
      @KiliTheKiller 8 років тому +48

      thanks

    • @patsmusic8011
      @patsmusic8011 8 років тому +130

      KiliK *You're* welcome

  • @ElDaumo
    @ElDaumo 9 років тому +3333

    looking at doctor who special effects, they might still use that paintbox

    • @TristanBomber
      @TristanBomber 9 років тому +117

      +karottenkoenig Ouch!

    • @javalin597
      @javalin597 8 років тому +32

      +karottenkoenig *Air Horns*

    • @whitepointstarproductions8905
      @whitepointstarproductions8905 8 років тому +46

      *used to be.
      They were only used for some of the micro-budget yet revolutionary 60's Dalek stories.

    • @itchykami
      @itchykami 8 років тому +75

      I remember a Tom Baker episode where the bad guy was green bubble wrap

    • @mrfizzy8894
      @mrfizzy8894 8 років тому +5

      I was hoping this would come back

  • @catfish552
    @catfish552 7 років тому +285

    A travelling matte... as opposed to the guy who sometimes accompanies Tom on his wild travels. That's a travelling Matt.

  • @p1nkfreud
    @p1nkfreud 4 роки тому +520

    Tom Scott: "These days, green screen is easy"
    Microphone Boom: "Are you sure about that"

    • @CODMarioWarfare
      @CODMarioWarfare 4 роки тому +13

      Boom comes out extremely easily with garbage matte

    • @pradhumnkanase8381
      @pradhumnkanase8381 4 роки тому +1

      Yessss

    • @Novastitous
      @Novastitous 4 роки тому +8

      Congrats, you made an otherwise clean comment section suck with your unfunny comment format.

    • @CODMarioWarfare
      @CODMarioWarfare 4 роки тому +14

      Novastitous shut up nerd

    • @Novastitous
      @Novastitous 4 роки тому +5

      CODMarioWarfare Oh, “nerd”, how original and insulting.

  • @michaelwatson113
    @michaelwatson113 7 років тому +199

    We called the television version Chromakey. In North America p, we started out using blue screen. With very careful lighting, proper camera angles, and well adjusted cameras it worked not half bad. Later, we shifted to green screen for chromakey, and that seemed to get better results. Occasionally we did work out moving both cameras in sync. In addition to these matting formats, film and television also used front and rear screen projection. Any one or more of these might be used in a movie or program, or even in one scene depending on the desired effect.

    • @Brooks__EU
      @Brooks__EU 3 роки тому +1

      screen projection is coming back :) And it looks amazing these days as they use self lit pixels. the possibilities are amazing

    • @daviniarobbins9298
      @daviniarobbins9298 3 роки тому +3

      Otherwise known as colour separation overlap at the BBC.

    • @Skraboing649
      @Skraboing649 3 роки тому +1

      The BBC called it CSO, for Colour Separation Overlay, because they HAD to be different 😅

    • @DarkSyster
      @DarkSyster 2 роки тому +1

      Chromakey was a trademark of RCA. Sure, everyone in the TV industry in North America called it that, but it was a trademark, much like Kleenex is.

    • @aro_spectre
      @aro_spectre 2 роки тому +2

      fun fact, a greenscreen is often called a chromakey in russian

  • @ShakeTheFuture
    @ShakeTheFuture 10 років тому +136

    Very cool!

  • @upengraden3792
    @upengraden3792 5 років тому +181

    Legend has it... The green screen is made with a blue screen...

    • @martinhughes2549
      @martinhughes2549 4 роки тому +8

      Blue, Green or sometimes Yellow.

    • @meetaverma8372
      @meetaverma8372 4 роки тому +5

      @@martinhughes2549 maybe just blue and yellow

    • @beinzheans3918
      @beinzheans3918 4 роки тому +1

      @@meetaverma8372 what if it's not a color?

    • @meetaverma8372
      @meetaverma8372 4 роки тому +8

      @@beinzheans3918 *gasps* *puts on a tinfoil hat*

  • @FlorianEagox
    @FlorianEagox 3 роки тому +44

    It actually sounds super fun to watch a live, green screen performance, with two cameras actively filming scenes.

  • @myfavoritemusic2428
    @myfavoritemusic2428 8 років тому +197

    i love these subtitles. You speak so fast! Thank you some Finnish guy who went through and translated this video! Kiitos!

    • @Allupertti
      @Allupertti 7 років тому +5

      Konsta Toivonen SUOMI!

    • @Armi1P
      @Armi1P 5 років тому +3

      You can slow the videos down, you know.

    • @pyscowicz
      @pyscowicz 5 років тому +3

      I like to watch English videos without subtitles but Finnish subtitles is always good bonus 🙂

    • @alansilverio4467
      @alansilverio4467 5 років тому +2

      I thought Finnish people spoke English very well like sweeds

    • @jefffinkbonner9551
      @jefffinkbonner9551 5 років тому +17

      The subtitles were just a Finnishing touch. ;-)
      ...I’ll show myself out now...

  • @Finkelfunk
    @Finkelfunk 3 роки тому +82

    "Today a jerk with after effects can do that in an afternoon"
    _Edited by: Tom Scott_
    Well played sir.

  • @Flemtality
    @Flemtality 10 років тому +375

    There it is: 2:01
    I knew he couldn't get through an entire video without some kind of British mention.
    Tom Scott, professionally British.

    • @huzaifa8665
      @huzaifa8665 4 роки тому +20

      What's wrong with it? Americans always mention usa

    • @fenrix155
      @fenrix155 4 роки тому +1

      Why is BBC a news company 🤦🏼‍♂️

    • @xexpaguette
      @xexpaguette 4 роки тому +1

      @@fenrix155 why not

    • @fenrix155
      @fenrix155 4 роки тому +2

      milk before cereal? how about no milk? Look up bbc on urban dictionary

    • @James-un8io
      @James-un8io 4 роки тому +1

      @@fenrix155 I got the joke

  • @baldy672
    @baldy672 10 років тому +13

    Incredibly well done. I've taught this to a couple of film classes but kids always have trouble grasping the concept of the sodium yellow light. Your explanation was excellent.
    Something else to consider - we can look back at this and see how clever that was. Imagine being in that time and coming up with something so brilliant. Wow.
    Nice job. I need to subscribe to your videos.

  • @ZanderSwart
    @ZanderSwart 2 роки тому +6

    this video still holds up 10 years later. Tom has some special talent, thank you Tom.

  • @djcfrompt
    @djcfrompt 5 років тому +50

    Every time I heard 'traveling matte' I was thinking of Matt Gray on holiday.

  • @benashworth4474
    @benashworth4474 3 роки тому +13

    The Disney sodium vapor process camera is still a step above modern green screen technology when it comes to mattes for gauzy or translucent materials. They only were able to make one as the prism inside of it that split the sodium light was never able to be duplicated correctly, but that one camera was used on a number of movies until the 90's.

  • @FootyThink
    @FootyThink 3 роки тому +12

    A person who can relay this kind of knowledge in what seemed like one take, deserves all the success that comes their way

  • @KADDIMM
    @KADDIMM 3 роки тому +1

    6 years after this video was put out and I’m only getting recommended now

  • @Sideshowspike
    @Sideshowspike 2 роки тому +5

    I really enjoy your editing on this. I don't know how I'm just now seeing it, but I love it. You did such a good job explaining, but also it was very high quality and fit for the descriptions you gave, Excellent!

  • @williefleete
    @williefleete 10 років тому +28

    in the vid he talks about that TV signals werent transmitted in separate RGB channels and that it needed backwards compatibility. long ago, in the dark ages of TV, black and white TV's were commonplace but colour TV's were seeping in, they wanted to make sure B/W tv's would still work with colour signals. the colour TV signal has a few extra differences which are ignored in B/W sets because they either couldnt handle the faster signals or filtered out in the front end/IF strip (if not you would get "chroma dots", the "colourburst" which is in the back porch of the horizontal (line) sync pulse is usually 8 cycles at 3.58 (NTSC) or 4.43(PAL) this sets up the crystal in the colour set but is ignored in B/W sets, the chrominance signal (colour information) again is ignored in B/W sets but the phase shift of the signal compared to the colourburst (which sets the local crystal oscillating) is used to determine what colour gun(s) in the picture tube is fired, the luma signal determines how bright the gun(s) needs to be.

    • @BigOlSmellyFlashlight
      @BigOlSmellyFlashlight 5 років тому +1

      I know this comment is 4 years old but technology connections made a video on how compatible color was developed and it's real cool

    • @Tonatsi
      @Tonatsi 4 роки тому

      This comment has some words I understand in it

  • @Zhatt
    @Zhatt 10 років тому +9

    Extremely well done. That's a lot of effect work to put in to one video!

  • @KayoMichiels
    @KayoMichiels 9 років тому +234

    And then you had the complex process used in TRON....

    • @fribigy47
      @fribigy47 3 роки тому

      Yes

    • @fzxfzxfzx
      @fzxfzxfzx 3 роки тому

      ooo ?

    • @SonOfAFridge_
      @SonOfAFridge_ Рік тому

      the amount of rotoscope used the movie was insane, such dedications

  • @the_DeadEye
    @the_DeadEye 10 років тому +3

    I think this was one of the best video editing I have ever seen. So smooth and clear.

  • @lovelydolltime8006
    @lovelydolltime8006 4 роки тому +130

    Despite the changes, there still remains 1 rule: No wearing green in front of a green screen.

    • @5cover
      @5cover 4 роки тому +3

      that seems obvious

    • @annedrieck7316
      @annedrieck7316 3 роки тому +1

      @@theAstarrr why not red screen?

    • @annedrieck7316
      @annedrieck7316 3 роки тому

      @@theAstarrr what about a shirt with that flag?

    • @dunebasher1971
      @dunebasher1971 3 роки тому +37

      @@theAstarrr We've *always* been able to use any colour screen we want. But we stick with blue and green because they have the least overlap with the colours inherent to human skin tones, which makes it much easier to pull a clean key.

    • @Geebax2
      @Geebax2 3 роки тому +14

      @@annedrieck7316 Because of the red in flesh tones.

  • @jbkjbk1999
    @jbkjbk1999 9 років тому +43

    I always feel really good about myself when i've already watched the mystery video at the end of nerd³'s videos

    • @blarg2429
      @blarg2429 9 років тому +4

      Totally Not A Cylon That's how I got here, too. I hadn't heard of Tom Scott, and I initially misread the username as "TomSka", which really confused me for a little while. XD

    • @reizayin
      @reizayin 9 років тому

      Totally Not A Cylon GO AWAY!

    • @jbkjbk1999
      @jbkjbk1999 9 років тому +1

      lampadein Oh, um... sorry? I'll be going...

    • @blarg2429
      @blarg2429 9 років тому +2

      Totally Not A Cylon No, come back! The cylons will get you otherwise!

  • @3DJapan
    @3DJapan 6 років тому +3

    I had film classes in college in the late 90's and we shot on B&W 8mm film using a Bolex camera. We did talk about travelling mattes and how to in in-camera effects like that but it was considered an advanced technique for my class so we weren't required to do it but it was an option. Being an animation major I didn't really go over the top with my film classes.

  • @AsymptoteInverse
    @AsymptoteInverse 4 роки тому +3

    I always wondered how they did this back in the film days. This was an excellent summary!

  • @esotericVideos
    @esotericVideos Рік тому +1

    HOLD UP. Are you saying this entire video was made in an afternoon? Holy crap, if anybody is familiar with video editing that means Tom Scott is productive af. I mean I guess it was one take, and I guess he had a good mic setup, but still any time I've ever tried to make anything it takes like forever. And he has several very elaborate and smooth effects going on. Including a picture in picture of after effects with his cursor changing the settings in a way that is reflective of what is happening on the video itself.
    Jebus, I feel like this is like 30 hours of video editing work minimum, the fact he can do it in "an afternoon" which means at works 6-8 hours is freaking INSANE.

  • @Masher164
    @Masher164 5 років тому +3

    Although i had knowledge about all these. Your presentation technique was so cool that i couldnt leave the video in between. Great work scott 🙌👏

  • @MattFowlerBTR
    @MattFowlerBTR 10 років тому +1

    You had ENTIRELY too much fun editing this, methinks.
    I pretty much lost it at the VCR tracking thing. Great stuff!

  • @rickfinn4834
    @rickfinn4834 8 років тому +6

    Yep, used to be an UltiMatte operator and I now feel ancient- great videos bro!

  • @rstreno
    @rstreno 10 років тому +1

    This is fantastically done. I remember as a kid reading through Cinemagic magazine which had a discussion of building your own optical printing rig. Amazing how much technology has changed in the past 30 years.

  • @ThePeaceableKingdom
    @ThePeaceableKingdom 10 років тому +16

    About 2 minutes in he mentions "the BBC used a bit of kit called the Quantel Paintbox for Doctor Who as early as 1980"
    Perhaps different kit, but they were greenscreening (CSO) the heck out of Doctor Who about a decade before that. See "Terror of the Autons"... also "Inferno" I think...

    • @frollard
      @frollard 10 років тому +13

      first 'computer' use I believe is what he was getting at.

    • @ThePeaceableKingdom
      @ThePeaceableKingdom 10 років тому +2

      frollard
      Yes.

  • @garethwilliams5809
    @garethwilliams5809 4 роки тому +1

    The reason I was made redundant at Quantel was down to the improvement of computer technology, the writing was on the wall for Paintbox, Picturebox etc. Back in the 90s when film and TV people,were the only ones to know about Green Screen/Blue Screen (more widely used back then)/Chroma Key/Colour Separation Overlay

  • @jongabonga636
    @jongabonga636 8 років тому +499

    You know what I like more than materialistic things?
    Old memes.

    • @mazzaleenh8388
      @mazzaleenh8388 8 років тому +18

      that meme died ages ago... you may as well say darude sandstorm while youre at it

    • @jongabonga636
      @jongabonga636 8 років тому +13

      I know but it fits

    • @laceymckenna6462
      @laceymckenna6462 8 років тому +11

      Darude Sandstorm

    • @StressetFyr
      @StressetFyr 8 років тому +3

      It's an older meme sir, but it checks out.

    • @lucystanley7470
      @lucystanley7470 8 років тому +2

      TheNorwayPlayer I was just about to clear them.

  • @cloroxbleach1200
    @cloroxbleach1200 8 років тому +34

    2016, and Powerpoint already has the technology to do this even if the back is full with patterns or some weird scenery.
    (though for pictures only, not video)

    • @aapjeaaron
      @aapjeaaron 8 років тому +11

      if you have the time you could edit frame by frame.

    • @cloroxbleach1200
      @cloroxbleach1200 8 років тому +7

      aGamingMonkey Who would want to do that...

    • @lychy645
      @lychy645 7 років тому

      YSC doesnt work with slightly different shades

    • @Ranstone
      @Ranstone 7 років тому

      AKA difference matte. If you want it in videos, but Final cut Pro! :D

    • @moondust2365
      @moondust2365 5 років тому

      *2010
      Albeit less reliably back then. You guys are lucky having a more reliable picture green screening system. Meanwhile I'm stuck using PowerPoint 2010...

  • @2frikinbeast
    @2frikinbeast 8 років тому +40

    Repeatedly press left arrow key at the beginning of the video for a hot beat

    • @Ranstone
      @Ranstone 7 років тому +13

      Thezdai-thezdai-thezdai-thezdai-thezdai-thezdai!

    • @pianopianist5709
      @pianopianist5709 3 роки тому

      You're a genious

  • @xinthoss
    @xinthoss 7 місяців тому +2

    Well 9yrs ago bro was best editor on youtube

  • @knocktime4342
    @knocktime4342 4 роки тому +5

    Somehow i always wind up watching these videos at 3am

  • @kingmallow
    @kingmallow 10 років тому

    I like and appreciate how you used video effects to accompany your historical overview. Keep up the genius.

  • @EdwardCree
    @EdwardCree 10 років тому +10

    Tom, you should definitely do a video about the "long story" of colour TV transmission, and how PAL is so much cleverer than NTSC. You could even call it "British TVs were better than all other TVs, and here's why". (Ok, so PAL wasn't just a British thing, but pattern matchiiiiing)
    (Also you should do more of the podcasts with "classic" trivia question cards, they were great.)

  • @ericl.winter3622
    @ericl.winter3622 3 роки тому +1

    That was excellent! You’re explanation, and the we you visualized it was just perfect. Well done for an afternoons’ work.

  • @PushyPawn
    @PushyPawn 2 роки тому +11

    3:25 *Spelling of "Attribution" is wrong.*

  • @FrankSiler
    @FrankSiler 8 років тому +1

    This is among my favorite videos. Thanks Tom!

  • @willempiekip
    @willempiekip 8 років тому +104

    Thanks Bud Bundy, but I still don't understand

  • @parseccentric
    @parseccentric 9 років тому

    Green screen intrigued me since I was young, and the wonder of how this was done before computers popped in and out of my head from time to time. Thanks for addressing this -- super neat and clever stuff!

  • @390052Knight
    @390052Knight 3 роки тому +2

    Another clever green screen technique was to use retroreflective beads. These were used to reflect an image from a projector back in to the camera lense. Because they only need a small amount of light, the projector didn't need to be powerful so the projected background didn't shine on the actor/actress.

  • @jensschroder8214
    @jensschroder8214 2 роки тому +1

    That was one of the strengths of the Amiga computer.
    The video signal from the computer corresponded exactly to the television standard.
    In addition, the scanning of the signal could be controlled by an external video source.
    Now all that was needed was a device that switched between the synchronous video signals.
    This allows writing, images or animations to be inserted into the video signal.

  • @skilledworm
    @skilledworm 5 років тому +5

    i like how the editor is showing off his skills :D

  • @JohannSc
    @JohannSc 10 років тому +1

    Wonderful! Thanks for the video.
    I also didn't know Tom Scott had his channel that did stuff like this. Before this, I only knew him from the Computerphile videos he was in. .

  • @LiarraSniffles_X3
    @LiarraSniffles_X3 9 років тому +24

    I like going back and watching old movies, like lord of the rings in high definition.
    You can literally see green!

    • @LiarraSniffles_X3
      @LiarraSniffles_X3 9 років тому +1

      ***** It is by movie techniques standards.

    • @hellterminator
      @hellterminator 9 років тому +1

      Liarra Sniffles I refuse to accept that.

    • @LiarraSniffles_X3
      @LiarraSniffles_X3 9 років тому

      ***** Why?
      Are you saying that the CGI in those films was on par with transformers?

    • @LiarraSniffles_X3
      @LiarraSniffles_X3 9 років тому +1

      ***** I was talking about the recent transformers, but whatever.
      Idk why you don't want to accept that CGI has improved so much that it's like comparing the raw horse power of a carriage to that of a sports car.
      It's not like I said the movies were bad or anything either.
      By far the weirdest troll I've met so far, muted.

    • @hellterminator
      @hellterminator 9 років тому +5

      Liarra Sniffles I dont't want to accept CGI has improved? Well, it's not like I've said the CGI in Lord of the Rings had been surpassed or anything. Oh wait, that's exactly what I said.
      All I'm saying is that obsolete CGI ≠ old movie.

  • @melonstrongv1.08
    @melonstrongv1.08 3 роки тому +1

    The quality of this video is great.

  • @dalekmun2010
    @dalekmun2010 9 років тому +36

    Anyone else want a video about how they did color backwards compatibility in broadcasting?

    • @hellterminator
      @hellterminator 9 років тому +16

      Basically they converted RGB to YCbCr, so that they could still broadcast the luminance channel (Y; black and white) like before with the 2 chroma channels (Cb and Cr) plastered on top.
      This way black and white TVs could still receive the luminance channel and display it normally while color TVs would receive all 3 and convert them back to RGB. This color scheme is still in use today. Even h.264, the most commonly used codec in the world (UA-cam uses it too), is internally using YCbCr.

    • @dalekmun2010
      @dalekmun2010 9 років тому

      *****
      Cool, thanks!

    • @MattOGormanSmith
      @MattOGormanSmith 9 років тому +10

      +Ryan Mitchell and the reason they still do it, even though it's all digital now, is they can compress the chroma more aggressively without drastic perceivable degradation.

  • @benshade0
    @benshade0 10 років тому +1

    This is a really well done video! Nice work tom!

  • @KangJangkrik
    @KangJangkrik 7 років тому +98

    Next Video: How Blue Screen Worked Before Windows 8

    • @miwiki6
      @miwiki6 4 роки тому +1

      that was clearly a joke lmao

    • @LMDProductionsOfficial
      @LMDProductionsOfficial 4 роки тому +1

      Answer: Windows Vista

    • @annedrieck7316
      @annedrieck7316 3 роки тому

      @@LMDProductionsOfficial they skip 9!

    • @zedmelon
      @zedmelon 3 роки тому +1

      @AthaariqArdiansyah
      Time Traveler Plot Twist:
      Blue Screen never left...it's still alive and well in the 31st century.

  • @N0RZC
    @N0RZC 3 роки тому +2

    Ultra Editing skilles there, Credit to the editor

  • @bassdass
    @bassdass 10 років тому +26

    Hey! 2:46 That's Tromsø, Norway!

  • @cninh4574
    @cninh4574 8 років тому

    Your delivery is fantastic! Great video.

  • @spongbros
    @spongbros 10 років тому +12

    A copy of Winamp playing Cartoon Heroes by Aqua can be seen near the beginning.

  • @Nick-eq1nh
    @Nick-eq1nh 8 років тому

    Very cool video Tom, it's refreshing to see how passionate you are about this. Thank you.

  • @tomplayz4209
    @tomplayz4209 3 роки тому +9

    What is the mores code that starts at 0:16??

  • @paulham
    @paulham 10 років тому

    Some great video effects in this video. Really well explained, keep up the good work. I always look forward to your videos! Thanks

  • @dom_h
    @dom_h 10 років тому +7

    This must have been fun to edit. :D

  • @qm3ster
    @qm3ster 3 роки тому +2

    2:30 Green Tom really be hitting different SHEEESH

  • @rorangecpps1421
    @rorangecpps1421 4 роки тому +4

    Welcome to another episode of: Tom Scott/ his editor flexing their skills

  • @martinhloevsal
    @martinhloevsal 3 роки тому

    At 2:47 it was so flawless I almost believed you were in the middle of Tromsø in Northern Norway, wow.

  • @guys_animations
    @guys_animations 4 роки тому +4

    0:28 if your film looks like that then something is clearly wrong with it

  • @patriotbarrow
    @patriotbarrow 10 років тому

    This! This is genuinely one of the questions I'd been asking myself for a few years now. Big thumbs up for this video

  • @icanrememberthis
    @icanrememberthis 10 років тому +3

    Best visual aides you've ever had.
    A triple star.
    Will watch again.

  • @mimikal7548
    @mimikal7548 3 роки тому +1

    Wow the high contrast technique is quite clever! I wouldn't have thought of that...

  • @jjhack3r
    @jjhack3r 3 роки тому +3

    I can just sense his inadequacies...

  • @ibukiupheaval
    @ibukiupheaval 10 років тому +2

    so do you do all these research and made this amazing video? im surprise you know just about everything! thanks for great videos!

  • @Bixmy
    @Bixmy 8 місяців тому +3

    Watching this after corridor crew.

  • @devangperiwal4031
    @devangperiwal4031 3 роки тому +2

    This is the kind of video one would watch at 2 o'clock at night

  • @lazarusmekhane439
    @lazarusmekhane439 4 роки тому +7

    0:50 Bad Apple

  • @waugsqueke
    @waugsqueke 10 років тому +1

    One of your best yet, thank you! Very informative and extremely well done.

  • @autobotCRSHR
    @autobotCRSHR 5 років тому +3

    1:58 how did you do that? the hidding behind the glass trick? it looks so cool

    • @xxalex423xx
      @xxalex423xx 4 роки тому +1

      record footage put footage on a usb or pc idk use pc output and various adapters and connect to old tv you can see something similar in lgrs fallout in bw tv video

    • @dunebasher1971
      @dunebasher1971 3 роки тому +1

      It's just compositing in After Effects - adding some extra reflection layers on top of Tom and desaturating him to make him look like he's on a screen, and compositing *that* into the screen of that old TV (which is just a still image).

    • @autobotCRSHR
      @autobotCRSHR 3 роки тому

      Still looks neat

  • @SyntekkTeam
    @SyntekkTeam 10 років тому +1

    Great video. I can tell you really put a lot of work into the editing

  • @lxs242
    @lxs242 8 років тому +28

    I've never heard "travelling matte" before, but I know Uncle travelling Matt from Fraggle Rock. Is this a pun?

    • @pr0ntab
      @pr0ntab 8 років тому +8

      Yup! The technique was used on the show for his very segments! Also, because his gag was to mis-interpret what he was seeing in the world (because after all, the puppeters couldn't see it), it's a bit like the Newsflash segments on Who's Line Is It Anyway.

  • @DenysVitali
    @DenysVitali 8 років тому

    I loved the editing of this video. Great talk too, keep up the good work!

  • @petrichor2889
    @petrichor2889 7 років тому +5

    I'm paused at 3:03 and it's the cutest thing.

  • @RobertWood042
    @RobertWood042 10 років тому

    Wow, that was an amazingly edited film, also a really good look at how green screen worked.

  • @ameymittal8781
    @ameymittal8781 3 роки тому +3

    Can someone just clap for the editing on this vid?!?! I mean 2:02 is just wonderful.

  • @anguskeenan4932
    @anguskeenan4932 5 років тому

    Wow, this was a really excellent video, succinct, explanatory and very well made, this could be a model for this genre of video, well done

  • @viktorashistan7207
    @viktorashistan7207 6 років тому +24

    Thank you Captain Dissilusion very cool

  • @wpftutorial
    @wpftutorial 10 років тому

    Fantastic quality production man, I really enjoyed your video!

  • @zen5066
    @zen5066 5 років тому +8

    0:39 tried to rub the black point on your face away .

  • @kaylamitchell1982
    @kaylamitchell1982 7 років тому

    You are the only UA-camr I have watched that makes complete sense.

  • @OlaNordmann123
    @OlaNordmann123 9 років тому +12

    Make a video about how they made the original King Kong. That is pretty cool.

    • @KayoMichiels
      @KayoMichiels 9 років тому +1

      +Ola Nordmann That's stop motion overlayed over pre-recorded movie footage.

  • @gorillaau
    @gorillaau 7 років тому

    Great explanation, I had heard and vaguely understood blue and green screen technology but not in a concise explanation such as this one.

  • @benstokes3377
    @benstokes3377 Рік тому +2

    For some reason, this video doesn't feel like it was made 8 years ago

  • @johndivy
    @johndivy 9 років тому

    Great Editing Work, Tom!

  • @psycho0815
    @psycho0815 8 років тому +4

    Before the guy with the laptop came along there was the Amiga computer, VCRs and the Newtek Video Toaster.... Also for decades.

    • @henriknykvist
      @henriknykvist 8 років тому

      +Michael Sykes Before that we had to use an abacus and write on the ground with sticks.

    • @psycho0815
      @psycho0815 8 років тому

      +Henrik Nykvist Thats true.
      But no abacus or stick was ever used to edit video or movies.
      So where is your point?

    • @henriknykvist
      @henriknykvist 8 років тому

      Michael Sykes I edit videos all the time using only an abacus and stick.

    • @psycho0815
      @psycho0815 8 років тому

      Henrik Nykvist
      If that method works for you....
      I use Sony Vegas Pro a calculator wrist watch and sometimes even a stick, a USB-stick.^^

  • @FreestyleGGD
    @FreestyleGGD 9 років тому

    Your editing was absolutely fantastic

  • @LiamE69
    @LiamE69 10 років тому +33

    Sodium light monochromatic? And there was me thinking sodium was famous for its twin spectral lines.

    • @Kyrator88
      @Kyrator88 10 років тому +19

      He mentions it's use in street lights, that means he is referring to low pressure sodium lamps that do in fact only give monochromatic light(It gives two lines 0.6 nm apart, unnoticeable to the human eye). High pressure sodium lamps are a different story.

    • @arthur2305
      @arthur2305 10 років тому +10

      LiamE69 589 nm + 589,6 nm... They're nearly identical...

    • @stunninggaming6007
      @stunninggaming6007 7 років тому +2

      I thought sodium was salt

    • @QlueDuPlessis
      @QlueDuPlessis 7 років тому +6

      Sodium Chloride is common table salt. Sodium, on it's own, is an elemental metal.
      And the lights everyone is talking about are Sodium Vapour Lamps, commonly used as street lights and security lights due to the high brightness and a colour that's invisible to insects.
      (but makes everything look like a post apocalyptic dystopia)

    • @wich1
      @wich1 3 роки тому

      @@QlueDuPlessis they are also highly efficient. Replacing sodium vapour lamps with LED saves way less electricity than people think

  • @CharlieBehrens
    @CharlieBehrens 10 років тому +1

    One of the big problems with less expensive analog video keying gear was that it tended to be a bit slow. The result was that it switched from background to subject a little bit to the right of where it should have, and the same at the other side of the subject. This added a little visible edge on the right side of people, especially visible on meteorologists on the local tv news.
    Early video artists (e.g. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nam_June_Paik) intentionally amplified this "problem" by looping it through the effect repeatedly, to distort images for artistic ideas. For example, a round ball would appear to become squashed. It wasn't very fancy, but it was fun.