That's an interesting point. However I do believe that history will see my contribution to putting Pauly Shore on MTV as far more damaging to the 7 to 20 age group than any flashy cutting. Has there ever been a study correlating the phrase, "Hey Buuuuudy" with seizures or a rapid decline of one's IQ? ;-)
--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, David Dawkins <dawk2@...> wrote:
>
> John,
>
> You can probably accuse me of fuzzy thinking here.
>
> A thought fell out of my head while reading your post. Is it possible
> that pedastal/set up protects us to some extent? In Japan and many PAL
> countries AFAI recall Black is 0 IRE while NTSC with the exception of
> Japan has 7.5 IRE of setup for black. This would also suggest that the
> potential for harm here is increased by the transition to Hi-Def. ????
> Wilson?
>
> DD
>
> On 2/24/2011 12:44 PM, johnrobmoore wrote:
> >
> > I'd take it seriously if it was part of my delivery requirement, what
> > choice would I have. After decades of cutting MTV News I find it hard
> > to believe in PSE but then I guess I wasn't in the susceptible age
> > range while doing that but my target audience was in the 7 to 20 range
> > so why wasn't there a huge outcry over PSE in the US? Here is a bit of
> > info that comes from the "Harding Test.com" that provides testing
> > services for programming. (I'd have to think they just might have a
> > vested interest here):
> >
> > Background to Photosensitive Epilepsy (PSE) Problems in Broadcasting
> > People with photosensitive epilepsy (PSE) can suffer seizures when
> > exposed to 'flashing' or rapidly changing lights. These seizures can
> > be caused by emergency vehicles, clubs, movies, video games or
> > television programmes. PSE can affect anybody, but it seems that the
> > age group most at risk are 7 to 20 year olds. Television programmes
> > viewed in a darkened or semi-darkened room are often common 'triggers'
> > for causing seizures.
> > During recent years programme makers have had access to a wide range
> > of new production techniques and while colour grading and `fast cut'
> > edits certainly enhance the impact of their programmes, some of the
> > resulting rapidly changing images result in epileptic fits in
> > susceptible persons.
> > The Pokémon Dennō Senshi Porygon episode that was
> > broadcasted in Japan on the 16th December 1997 contained flashing
> > images that caused some 685 children to suffer seizures which required
> > them to be taken to hospital. More than 150 of them were admitted and
> > two of them for over two weeks! This episode, needless to say, has
> > been banned from transmission anywhere in the world. The first airing
> > of the 2012 London Olympics animated logo also caused 30 confirmed
> > seizures and had to be quickly amended.
> > In 2005, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)'s Guidance
> > for the reduction of photosensitive epileptic seizures caused by
> > television (BT.1702), advised all their members (over 180 worldwide)
> > to put compliance measures in place to minimise the amount of
> > television material that can induce epileptic fits in viewers.
> > In the UK and elsewhere in the world, broadcasters use a device
> > developed by Cambridge Research Systems Ltd. called the 'Harding Flash
> > & Pattern Analyser'. This device, named after Professor Graham Harding
> > (whose research work is the basis of the analyser) scans footage for
> > patterns which could cause epileptic seizures in PSE sufferers.
> >
> > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>,
> > Shirley Gutierrez <guanacaa@> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Many of us detest the Dialogue Norm, but the analogy, however
> > humorous, is probably limited. Bad dialog levels probably never caused
> > a seizure. I think Pat's taking this seriously, and feels there's a
> > real public health concern. And my impression is that he understands
> > that it's not good that it all hinges around the standards created by
> > one man. I found his last post instructive.
> > >
> > > Best,
> > > Shirley
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: johnrobmoore <bigfish@>
> > > To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > Sent: Thu, Feb 24, 2011 11:14 am
> > > Subject: [Avid-L2] Re: Strobing Makes The News!
> > >
> > >
> > > Sounds like the visual equivalent of Dialogue Norm and the Dolby's
> > organized
> > >
> > > audio crime gang. ;-)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>,
> > Pat Horridge <pat@> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > > It's not madness. We now know, and have done for some years, that
> > PSE if
> > >
> > > triggered in somebody of a particular age range can cause them to
> > suffer
> > >
> > > epilepsy the rest of their life. If they are able to avoid exposure
> > to it for
> > >
> > > that short window of their life they can avoid suffering it completely.
> > >
> > > > We know this, we can measure what's likely to cause it and we can
> > fix it or
> > >
> > > warn about it. My only surprise is that currently broadcasters have
> > a legal
> > >
> > > responsibility to ensure their content is safe but this doesn't
> > stretch other
> > >
> > > distribution methods like the web and DVDs etc.
> > >
> > > > Its also high time a more standard measurement for PSE was agreed
> > so that
> > >
> > > other venders can provide solutions rather than just professor Harding!
> > >
> > > > Talk about a license to print money!
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > > Sent from Pat's iPhone
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ------------------------------------
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Search the offical complete Avid-L archives at:
> > http://archives.bengrosser.com/avid/
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Avid-L2/
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Individual Email | Traditional
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Avid-L2/join
> > >
> > > (Yahoo! ID required)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Avid-L2-digest@yahoogroups.com
> > <mailto:Avid-L2-digest%40yahoogroups.com>
> > >
> > > Avid-L2-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com
> > <mailto:Avid-L2-fullfeatured%40yahoogroups.com>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Avid-L2-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
> > <mailto:Avid-L2-unsubscribe%40yahoogroups.com>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> >
> >
>
> --
> David Dawkins
> 780-905-9121
> dawk2@...
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
No comments:
Post a Comment