Right now, I am at the beginning stages of producing a short film that heavily involves the kinescope look of the 1950s and 60s. I already
have a plan set up to shoot my footage in B&W and take it into Adobe Premiere to fiddle with the contrast, apply film grain, and apply the
image orthicon halo effect. The key component for me is to film that rendered footage on a separate vidicon camera (be it a television
camera or CCTV camera) and screen to achieve the true kinescope look.
The one downside is that I'm finding it very hard to look for a good vidicon cameras on EBay to complete the look, and there's no use
trying to find one through retail since vidicon tube technology is few and far between in major stores. My last guess is to try my hand at
CCTV cameras that shoot in B&W, otherwise I'm done for. Does anyone know about any cameras that still employ the vidicon tube or
something that achieves a similar look?
