Pixelated Machine?


Whats with the pixelated machine in the recordings? Was there a reason for this bit of equipment to be pixelated? Not sure what it did, i think it made noises to scare away spirits or something....

Overall a reasonable found footage film. A few good scares involved.

Just confused with the added pixelation...?

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yeah that was weird, wondered about that too. Just watched it, it was ok but just for being so damn unoriginal i´ll give it a 4.
Not particularly good acting, it was hard to hear what they said, and some overall weird things in the script. But the biggest minus is the total lack of any originality.

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"total lack of any originality"....
it's a horror film. I'm curious though. When someone says this stuff.... what do they mean? When you say it lacks any originality you have to have some notion in your head that you're comparing it to. So what's a horror film with loads of originality?

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It doesn´t have to have loads of originality. I´m a huge horror fan so usually it´s not a problem, but this was so derivative it was almost funny.

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All worthy points. Although slightly off topic.

I want some information on the mysterious pixelated machine. Does anybody have any ideas on why its been pixelated...?

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I mean, it's just a wild guess, but the best theory I could invent was that it was their (the film's investigators) "amazing invention", one not yet patented or something, so they wanted to block what it looks like to anyone who would view the footage and try to copy/rip-off their device. I was guessing that it was their pride and joy, and that they hoped one day for every Paranormal Investigative Team to buy one, just like they so many other tools which were once original and are now ubiquitous.

All I could come up with! :)

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amazing invention", one not yet patented or something, so they wanted to block what it looks like to anyone who would view the footage and try to copy/rip-off their device


^ this

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I was wondering about that also... Maybe the machine gave off some kinda reception or signal that made it do that when captured on digital film?

Good movie so far. I'm about half way thru.

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My guess is the machine exists in real life, and the company that makes it told the people making this bad movie that they would sue if the director showed it in this movie.

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'Session 9' is a horror film with loads of originality.

I prefer Imaginality to reality.

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The quiet dialog was so that you would turn up the volume, forget you had done so and then be caught off guard when it got very *beep* loud all of a sudden. It was quite effective lol.

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The guy calls it an "ultrasound transister that's usefull in making annoying spirits disappear" I'm guessing it's pixalised because these things don't even exist and so the production had to use a household applience, like a hi-fi system with lights on or something and they didn't want the audience to see what it was. Just an idea so don't slate me for it lol.

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Many reviews and comments on-line regarding this device and the decision to pixelate it. I would say the producer/director had no reason other than to spark discussion regarding it. It worked.
My take is that it was pixelated because it was their one of a kind signature device and it failed to accomplish its task. You might not want to have future customers see what it looks like.

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Yeah, it worked, but because it was annoying in that (a) it further emphasized just how hard it was to see and hear half of the film because of the horrendous "documentary style" cinematography and occasional "I've got Dixie Cups over my ears in a cavernous bathroom" audio, and (b) it made you think "Hello?? Director? Writer? It's part of your job to explain $h|t like this" . . . which in no way helps the film because it's just another thing in a long string of them that pisses you off instead.


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I thought the pixelization , for any reason , was not necessary .

However , I did think back to the movie The Legend of Hell House(1973) where the paranormal investigators use a similar device.

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I thought it was strange it took two forum pages to reference that classic lol
thought the exact same the minute the "hum" was heard from it.

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I'm thinking it has something to do with Japanese porn...

But I like the "protect our invention" theory.

Or maybe they used an actual machine with some brand name on their that they weren't supposed to or something.

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Pixelated machine was the best part of the movie.

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Yes! Yay, pixelated machine!

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Probably because they realized during editing or something that the device they used looks similar to something else already used by some other ghost buster series or movies, OR may be it was a rectangle shaped device with a rounded corner and they realized apple mite sue them lol, whatever the reason was, it was shot during filming and somebody decided it needs to be blurred out later because it was similar looking to something else.

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Yeah, I agree - I was thinking the box looked too *beep* or too obviously a cheap prop.Think with your head, your heart is an idiot

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It was a bubble machine, there's a deleted scene where they have a rave to try and force the spirit out.


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I agree that it is intended to keep their "machine" secret from
any viewers of the footage, so their tech guy fuzzed it out,
until they get the patent in, lol.
I disagree, however, that it was done as an afterthought, I think
that it was in the script, and a very clever and original idea.




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