So, I was looking around at old shows on my own server. And I suddenly got really really obsessed with the title sequence for Ultra Q. The pseudo-anthology monster show that would later, in its second iteration, become the more well known Ultraman.

I saw this title sequence, I can guess that it was probably made with a big tub of colored paint that had the title on it and a couple of spinning things on the bottom scrambled it while an upside down camera captured the distortion. The result, when strung right side up in a final print would then be shown as reversed footage where it starts as a swirly mess and magically unswirls into the intricate design of the title.
At least, that’s how I guess they did that. And it just stuck in me. I NEEDED to replicate it. Somehow. So… I opened Fusion. And. A few hours later… I got a fairly convincing result out of a few dozens of nodes.

I’m not quite sure what I’ll do with this newfound skill. But at least I could satisfy my need to replicate an ancient title sequence.

Also. I had found the show in two forms. Both as a colorized version and the original black and white. Both looked reaally cool in their own rights. So I did my Fusion renders in both color and black and white as well.

Feel free to reach out to me here on the webpage with a comment if you want me to go further into how I did do this replicated effect.