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Video-Loop, Visual ITC Recording Technique A Brief Discussion of the Pictures
The ITC images described by Lisa in Our First ITC Images provides an interesting study in ITC photography. The initial video was taken with a Cannon 8mm ES2000 analog camcorder set about six inches from a Sony KV20TS32, 20 inch Trinitron color TV. The camera was focused just beyond the screen surface and the composite video out of the camera was connected to the video input of the TV so that the camera was “seeing” its output in a video loop. The camera was zoomed so that about five inches of the screen was revealed to the camera.
An example of the video loop is shown above. It is a highly compressed file and the phenomenal features normally seen in the higher resolution NTSC format are not as clear. Even so, move the track market to 01, 06 and 08 seconds and look for phenomenal features. An analog camera and monitor has been most effective for us. We adjust the camera for a balance between very sharp-pixilated display and a too-soft display. Experiment to find that balance. Look for the features in the medium bright areas.
The resulting video clip was loaded into a computer and Pinnacle Systems Studio DC10 Plus was used for review. The video was examined frame by frame and interesting frames were captured as individual pictures. Figure 1 is an example of these “grabbed” video frames. Because we were focused on an area of the screen that had a lot of optical texture, the resulting frames tended to be dark. The screen was also flashing from light to dark. While this seems to have given us ITC, it has also frustrated our attempts to display the images with our method of printing this newsletter.
We sent two of the more interesting frames to member, Erland Babcock, who edited them to produce Figure 2. Erland uses editing software that came with his Toshiba PDR-M70 digital camera and it is more effective than any of the editors we use. Lisa had seen other possibilities in Figure 1, but I was focused on what looks like a full-bust image of a man in the middle of the frame. If you look at the upper left quadrant of the Figure 1, you can see that I have highlighted what looks like a hat. Figure 2 is that region enlarged and enhanced. With this image, and other renditions not shown, you can see a man wearing a hat. It looks like he has a full beard. There is evidence of blue sky above him and shrubbery at his right. His shoulders may also be visible.
It is important to note that the resolution of the original frame should not support the fine shading of the shape of the hat. In other words, I believe that the ITC image has higher resolution than the original frame. Also, if this were an illusion, we would expect to more often see other familiar objects. Erland has pointed out to us that he has captured pastoral scenes and what looks like aerial views of land and water. But we are mostly collecting faces, which raises the question again, why faces, why whole faces and who are they?
We have included an image showing a full head of a person in Figure 3. The original frame was almost completely black, so what is shown here is an enhancement. It is hard to tell, but the person looks a lot like an extraterrestrial standing in front of a round window.
Steps in Recording Video-Loop ITC
We use what is known as the Schreiber method for Video ITC. The technique of connecting the output of a
video camera to the input of a television set, and then taping the video noise
that can be seen on the television screen, was apparently first developed for
Schreiber by Martin Wenzel.
1.
Preparing the Video
Loop: Position the camera about three feet in front of the television
screen. Connect the Video-Out of the Camera to Video-In of the television and
select Video-In on the television set. Aim the camera at the television set and
slowly adjust the focus, and zoom until the dark to light flashing is visible on
the television screen, with cloudy or foggy texture in various colors during the
bright flashes. The focus should be six to twelve inches past the surface of the
screen when the equipment is ready to record. The most important objective is to
see swirling clouds.
2.
Preparing Yourself:
Follow the same preparatory process you use for EVP sessions. Remember that
there are nonphysical entities who are present and able to “witness” your
activity. Consider using the same music each time as a “signature” or
“signpost,” indicating that preparation for a session is underway. Also
consider conducting a short meditation or prayer.
After meditation, we change from music to the
background sound that we use for EVP. The background sound of white noise is
used because we always listen to the video sound track. Also, an IC recorder is
usually recording during the sessions. This, of course, is optional. Speaking
out loud, we talk to our team about the last session and discuss the various
successes or failures of that experiment. Asking for their assistance in
bringing the images through, we announce that we are going to begin the
experiment. This is all done just as if they were standing in the room with us.
Each session brings different discussions and questions. Ask for information on
how to improve the experiments, and for specific people to show themselves in
the video.
The experimenter is part of the circuit and we
feel that meditation and/or prayer helps bring the experimenter into a more
balanced state. This helps to focus the experimenter’s intention and better
helps those on the other side create a link to the experimenter.
3.
Conducting the
Experiment: Speaking out loud, tell the entities that you are about to begin
recording. State what you wish to see in your video frames, and perhaps, offer
feedback about the previous experiment. Turn on the equipment and wait a few
seconds for the feedback loop to stabilize. Record for about thirty seconds. You
may record longer, but remember that the camera will record around twenty-nine
frames a second, and that thirty seconds represents a large number of frames.
Turn off the video camera and verbally thank the entities for their help.
4.
Analysis of Video:
Transfer the video onto a computer. You can alternatively include the computer
in the recording circuit during the experiment and record the video with the
computer rather than with the camera. Once in the computer, examine each frame
of the video and "grab" frames that have optical texture, such as
blotches of color. Examine each grabbed frame in a photo editor as if it were a
photograph. Use magnification, intensity changes and rotations while looking for
features.
We highly recommend that you read the section about
Video ITC in the book, There is no Death and
There are No Dead.
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