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looks like the video I co-directed for ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead failed The Harding Test for UK broadcast standards for triggering epilepsy... this will involve editing the piece (again), getting it dubbed to PAL (again), and sending it off to Germany (again)...

specifically, there were 94 "red flash" violations, 575 "luminance" violations, and 28 "extended failure" violations of international broadcast standards...

is this the equivalent of ..Trail of Dead destroying their gear at the end of a show?

from the harding site:
"Photosensitivity is sensitivity to flickering or intermittent light stimulation and visual patterns. It affects approximately one in four thousand people. A number of people have this sensitivity but have not yet had a seizure and therefore have not been diagnosed with the condition of photosensitive epilepsy. The most common trigger for photosensitive epilepsy in Europe is the domestic television set. Almost fifty percent of patients are sensitive to the 50Hz flicker of television, and some seventy five percent of patients are sensitive to the 25 Hz flicker from the line raster which can be observed with close viewing. The onset of photosensitive epilepsy in an individual occurs typically around the time of puberty; in the age group 7 to 20 years the condition is five times as common as in the general population. Three quarters of patients remain photosensitive for life."

detailed info here:
www.broadcastpapers.com/whitepapers/CambridgePSE.pdf

parke says "congratulations you made a Blipvert"

you can see the video here:
www.vimeo.com/3491007