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- From: miner@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
- Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.misc
- Subject: Where was this special effect used?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov4.205023.44405@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
- Date: 4 Nov 92 20:50:23 CST
- Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services
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- ALIEN LANGUAGE SIMULATION
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- I'm going to describe a special effect that I "invented" and have actually
- encountered in a sf movie but I can't find it; maybe you'll recognize
- it.
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- I used to do this as a kid; the idea is to produce the effect of an
- alien speaking English.
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- (a) write out the lines you want the alien to speak;
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- (b) transcribe the lines phonetically;
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- (c) reverse the results of (b), so that you have a reverse
- transcription;
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- (d) make a tape recording of the results of (c);
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- (e) play the tape backwards.
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- If this is done fairly carefully, the result will be understandable
- English, yet very alien-sounding--impossible to confuse with any
- earthly foreign accent.
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- I saw years ago a TV sci-fi movie where this was done--I recognized it
- immediately and yelled, "There's my idea!" (so I'm not the only genius
- in the world...) But I can't locate it. Anybody recognize the
- technique?
- --
- -Ken <miner@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> {Sometimes you have to look reality straight
- OPINIONS ARE MY OWN {in the eye, and deny it. - G. Keillor
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