TV STATIC WITH SOUND EFFECT

[tvteacher2]

I have Adobe Premiere Elements 4.0 and I want to end a video with the effect of it looking like it goes to a TV screen of static with that sound.  Is there any possible way to do that???

[the_wine_snob]

My first thought would be to tape an analog TV tuned to a channel with no signal. Otherwise, you could probably pull the Ant. connection and tape that.

For the Audio, if you do not get what you want (I'd use the Audio Out on the TV to the Audio In on the camera), you might look for on-line SFX sites. Here are a few:

http://www.stevengotz.com/audio.htm
http://www.findsounds.com/ISAPI/search.dll
http://www.freesound.org/index.php
http://www.a1freesoundeffects.com/
http://www.ljudo.com/default.asp?lang=tEnglish&do=it
http://www.sounddogs.com/
http://www.soundsnap.com/

I'm also sure that there would be stock footage of the "static" on video, but think that your video camera would get exactly what you want, including the bezel, if needed.

Good luck,

Hunt

[Guest]

Static like on a TV is easy... use a greyish matte and apply the Noise effect and set the noise to 100%... looks just like my TV when the signals gone...

[tvteacher2]

Thanks for your help.  Can you explaining it a little better though?  Where would I get a greyish matte?  I would like to have it look like the poltergeist thing like that static with the blac and white with the sound.  Is the sound already there or would I have to get it from somewhere else.

[the_wine_snob]

Paul's idea is a good one. For the Grey Matte, you can do that a couple of ways, but Project>New (icon upper-right)>Color Matte is probably the easiest. Just choose a grey color for this, then add a Noise Effect. You can add "animation" a couple of ways. I'd apply Motion>Scale and go to ~ 120%, then Keyframe Motion>Position to this. You could get more involved by then doing a Copy/Paste to the Video Track above, lower Opacity on the upper and change its Keyframing, so that you have two "fields" of noise moving about.

As for the Audio, you could capture it from a tuner, or TV or by locating an SFX file. The URL's that I furnished should have several, though you will have to search each site. Google might yield other sites and other files. Many of the sites that I included offer free Audio files, though some are for sale, or by subscription. In my SFX library, I think I have maybe 3 dozen different "static" files. If you get one that you like, but it's not quite right, you can use the freeware Audacity to modify it.

Good luck,

Hunt

[the_wine_snob · Accepted solution]

Using similar to what I outlined above, but without any Keyframing, I lowered the Opacity of the Copy on VT2 to 50%, and then added the Old Film Effect and then the Black & White and finally Invert Effect. Looked great with some random "flickering" of the image, almost as if a signal was "trying" to get through. If one was going to go from this to an image on the screen, you might want to Keyframe Levels, to brighten the "static" up to the point that the image appears. You could transition to this with all sorts of Effects, like Gaussian Blur, and maybe Facets. It's up to you to decide on the exact look that you want and need. Wave Warp and Mosaic come to mind.

Hunt

[Guest]

Yes the keyframing is not really needed. And if you dont want anything too special the simple grey matte with Noise effect applied at 100% should do the job.

[the_wine_snob]

When the OP mentioned Poltergeist, I assumed that something a bit more than static "static," would be required. [Pardon the double static.] That is why I was looking for a bit more, that could be built upon. For just plain "static," I agree completely.

Hunt