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Transcript: Leah Remini: Scientology & the Aftermath (Season 1 Episode 0): Forward masking and subliminal sequence (2016)

  
S1E0(YT) | 00:00:08.108

This is a record of the subliminal messaging embedded in the first moments of Season 1, Episode 0.1 The relevant video footage begins, at approximately seven seconds into the program, with a number of transition frames for “forward masking”2, and continues with a subliminal sequence of emotionally charged profiling terms flashed as text items on screen for approximately 33 to 34 milliseconds per item. 3

I captured the video using a high resolution LCD monitor4 and video capturing software.5 I then produced the footage in video editing software 6 with a frame rate of 29.971 fps.

I used open source video editing software7 to extract the relevant footage as still frames, to record the time codes for each frame in terms down to milliseconds, and to summarize the technical information on my captured and produced video:
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Video8
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Codec 4CC: H264
Image Size: 1280 x 720
Aspect Ratio: 1:1 (1:1)
Frame Rate: 29.971 fps
Total Duration: 00:43:20.567

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Extra Video Properties
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ExtraDataSize: 36
Extra data: 01 64 00 1F FF E1 00 15 67 64

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Audio
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Codec: AAC
Channels: Stereo
Bitrate: 16000 Bps / 128 kbps
Frequency: 48000 Hz
Total Duration: 00:43:20.512

 Forward masking in the form of incongruous “transitional” frames.
S1E0(YT) | 00:00:07.941
S1E0(YT) | 00:00:07.974
S1E0(YT) | 00:00:08.008
S1E0(YT) | 00:00:8.041
S1E0(YT) | 00:00:08.074
S1E0(YT) | 00:00:08.108
S1E0(YT | 00:00:08.141
S1E0(YT) | 00:00:08.174
S1E0(YT) | 00:00:08.208
S1E0(YT) | 00:00:08.241
S1E0(YT) | 00:00:08.274
S1E0(YT) | 00:00:08.308
S1E0(YT) | 00:00:08.341
S1E0(YT) | 00:00:08.375
S1E0(YT) | 00:00:08.408
S1E0(YT) | 00:00:08.441
S1E0(YT | 00:00:08.475
S1E0(YT) | 00:00:08.508
S1E0(YT) | 00:00:08.541
S1E0(YT) | 00:00:08.575
S1E0(YT) | 00:00:08.608
S1E0(YT) | 00:00:08.642
S1E0(YT) | 00:00:08.675
S1E0(YT) | 00:00:08.708
S1E0(YT) | 00:00:08.742

S1E0(YT) | 00:00:08.775
 Low opacity background. Subliminal sequence begins after these frames.
S1E0(YT) | 00:00:08.808
S1E0(YT) | 00:00:08.842

S1E0(YT) | (No text) | 00:00:08.875
 BELIEVER (33 ms.)

S1E0(YT) | BELIEVER | 00:00:08.908
 TRAITOR (34 ms.)
S1E0(YT) | TRAITOR | 00:00:08.942

S1E0(YT) | (No text) | 00:00:08.975
 BELIEVER (34 ms.)

S1E0(YT) | BELIEVER | 00:00:09.109
 TRAITOR (33 ms.)

S1E0(YT) | TRAITOR | 00:00:09.142
 ENEMY (33 ms.)

S1E0(YT) | ENEMY | 00:00:09.175
 DEFECTOR (34 ms.)
S1E0(YT) | DEFECTOR | 00:00:09.209
S1E0(YT) | (No text) | 00:00:09.242

S1E0(YT) | (No text) | 00:00:09.275
 LEAH REMINI (zooms out to white screen)

S1E0(YT) | LEAH REMINI 00:00:09.309

Notes

  1.  Remini, L. (2016-12-19). Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath: Ask Me Anything (Season 1, Episode 0). A&E Television Networks. IMDB. ↩
  2. Ref. Macknik, S. L., & Martinez-Conde, S. (2007). The role of feedback in visual masking and visual processing. Advances in Cognitive Psychology, 3(1-2), 125-152. doi:10.2478/v10053-008-0020-5.  PDF format ↩
  3. This range of stimulus duration is known to fall below normal thresholds of consciousness. Radu, I. M. (2016 October-December). Subliminal perception of complex visual stimuli. Romanian Journal of Ophthalmology, 60(4), 226-230. PDF format ↩
  4. ASUS ProArt PA248Q LCD Monitor ↩
  5. TechSmith Snag-it, using the “High Quality” option in “Capture Preferences.” ↩
  6. Cyberlink PowerDirector 16 ↩
  7. Avidemux 2.7.0. Available for download at https://sourceforge.net/projects/avidemux/ ↩
  8. Download excerpt: S1E0-Subliminals.mp4 (13.75 MB) ↩