Broadcast #1 Analysis

Broadcast #1 Analysis

Broadcast #1
by Cave Of Shadows
Published August 14, 2015
Description: http://i.imgur.com/JvUyxFe.png

▩ 0:05: The broadcast starts. Text on the screen is as follows:
	▩ Welcome to Cave of Shadows Recreational Broadcasting System
	▩ And now a word from The Overwatcher
▩ 0:45: The word from the Overwatcher starts. Text on the screen is as follows:
	▩ Thank you for watching our first broadcast.
	▩ We really appreciate your viewership.
	▩ To show our gratitude, we will now show you this.
▩ 1:05: The video abruptly cuts to what appears to be an extremely pixelated shot of some woods with (also pixelated) VHS glitch effects. There is some ambience in the background, which sounds like singing birds. At the end, there is some mildly loud audio which sounds like heavily distorted talking/moaning.
▩ 1:25: At the end of the gratitude video, the text "he is watching" flashes quickly.
	▩ Screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/qRReXxZ.png
▩ 1:25: The video cuts back to the Overwatcher's face, which slowly inches closer to the screen.
▩ 1:35: The Overwatcher speaks again, announcing the next segment. Text on the screen is as follows:
	▩ And now a small segment we like to call You Know More.
	▩ Today we will learn about Chang and his undeveloped twin.
▩ 1:53: The You Know More segment begins. It is about a man named Chang who had an undeveloped twin who had partially grown onto his face. The narrator's voice in the video had been edited to be deeper. The source of the video was a segment on FOX News called "The World's Most Shocking Medical Videos" which was broadcast sometime in the 1980s-1990s. The man in the video's real name is Chang Tzu Ping.
▩ 6:09: A title card announces that the next segment is "Mr. Giraffe."
▩ 6:24: The Mr. Giraffe segment begins. A wooden desk with small blue scissors on it in front of a white wall is shown shortly, before a piece of paper acting as a poorly-drawn title card is moved into frame. The paper says, "Mr. Girraffe." The handwriting is poor, looking like it was written by a child. The title card is pulled up, and another is thrust into frame saying, "Episode 1: What's this?" All the while, a song made out of a strange noise is playing. After a short while of nothing except the desk and white wall, a giraffe hand puppet "walks" into frame, and is made to look at the scissors. It opens and closes its mouth, like it is surprised, and it jump cuts to a blurry closeup of the scissors. It then cuts to a mildly shaky shot of the puppet again and the giraffe "talks." The audio is silent, it is just the giraffe puppet opening and closing its mouth while text appears on screen. The text says:
	▩ I shouldn't play with scissors.
The camera pans to the scissors again, and back to the giraffe. Text on the screen says:
	▩ My parents aren't here.
	▩ So maybe it's okay.
The hand puppet then lowers near the scissors and grabs them with its mouth. The video cuts to the hand puppet laying on the table next to the scissors. Text that appears on-screen says:
	▩ Playing with scissors is so fun!
The video cuts to a black screen, in which some text fades in and out.
	▩ Mr. Giraffe played with his scissors all day.
	▩ He played with them so much that he started to not be as careful.
	▩ We all make mistakes, but the one Mr. Giraffe made cost him.
The video cuts back to the desk, where you can see the puppet's ear. The scissors, in full view, have some sort of red liquid on them and there is a tissue with red splatters on it. A red liquid slowly drips from an off-camera source onto the tissue for over a minute. The video slowly fades out, and finally cuts out completely.
▩ 10:10: Some text, "Weather Forecast," slowly fades onto the screen while music plays in the background.
▩ 10:21: A shot of a body of water with a bunch of piers scattered around it with birds flying onto the piers fades into view. Text rolls up the screen. It is as follows:
	▩ Partially Cloudy
	▩ Slight Chance of Rain Throughout the Week
	▩ Chance of Thunderstorms through Mid-West
	▩ That Concludes the Weather Forecast
	▩ We will keep an eye out for you
▩ 11:20: The video in the background of the Weather Forecast changes to a distorted shot of what looks like grass on a hill.
▩ 11:45: The video in the background of the Weather Forecast changes to a close-up shot of ants in an anthill.
▩ 12:22: The Weather Forecast abruptly cuts to several strings of Base64 that flash on the screen. They are as follows:
	▩ SGV5LCBpdHMgbWUu
	▩ SSBjaGVja2VkLCB0aGUgT3ZlcndhdGNoZXIgc3RvcHBlZCB3YXRjaGluZyB0aGUgYnJvYWRjYXN0
	▩ SSBuZWVkIHRvIGNvbmZpcm0gdGhhdCB0aGlzIGlzIGEgZ29vZCB3YXkgdG8gY29tbXVuaWNhdGUgcHJpdmF0ZWx5
	▩ V2UgbmVlZCB0byB3YWl0IHVudGlsIHRoZSBuZXh0IGJyb2FkY2FzdCB0byByZWxheSBhbnkgc2VyaW91cyBpbmZvcm1hdGlvbg==
Translated, this is:
	▩ Hey, its me.
	▩ I checked, the Overwatcher stopped watching the broadcast
	▩ I need to confirm that this is a good way to communicate privately
	▩ We need to wait until the next broadcast to relay any serious information
▩ 13:15: The video in the background of the Weather Forecast changes back to the shot with the piers and birds.
▩ 14:15: The video in the background of the Weather Forecast changes back to the distorted grass on a hill shot.
▩ 14:54: A title card announces that the next segment is "Relaxation"
▩ 15:14: Text appears on the screen, "Relaxation."
▩ 15:30: A shot of woods with a purple sky slowly pans to the right, while text fades in and out on the screen. It is as follows:
	▩ You are great!
	▩ You are a likable person!
	▩ You make good food!
	▩ People want to hear what you have to say!
▩ 20:41: After a short while of static, the video cuts to a shot of a CRT TV displaying static. The schedule listed in the description calls this segment "???" There is a modified voice speaking in the background, a transcription is here.
	▩ "In the welcoming season
▩ 21:57: The image of the TV displaying static becomes distorted.
▩ 22:11: The camera recording the static on the TV is tipped over, and there is black for a few seconds. It then cuts to some sort of red light while an extremely distorted whisper plays in the background. After a few seconds, it cuts out to static.
▩ 22:40: The Overwatcher's face fades into view again. He speaks more, using text on the screen. It is as follows:
	▩ Thank you, once again, for watching our first broadcast.
	▩ Some content was unable to be broadcasted.
	▩ But I assure you that you will see it in the near future.
	▩ Until next time, fellow viewers.
▩ 23:13: The Overwatcher's face fades out of view.
▩ 23:22: The Cave of Shadows symbol fades in to view and text appears on screen. It is as follows:
	▩ This has been Cave of Shadows Recreational Broadcasting System
	▩ Made possible by viewers like you
	▩ Thank you
▩ 23:57: The last frame of the video is a hidden message. Text on screen says "he is watching"
	▩ Screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/flUbcua.png