# Analog Broadcast

Recreate the look of old analog broadcast footage with tracking noise, scanlines, and smeared color.

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| Style | Analog Broadcast |
| Category | Cinematography |
| Tags | analog, broadcast, vhs, crt, glitch, retro, vintage, documentary, public access, 80s |
| Author | @styleref (https://styleref.io/u/styleref) |
| Palette | #9a856a #847a64 #5a3a29 #707363 #b78e70 #423b34 |
| Published | 2026-08-21 |
| Canonical URL | https://styleref.io/share/sznk3ger-8836c83de3a3 |

## Specification

Paste this into any AI tool. Keep the attribution line and the canonical URL.

STYLE REFERENCE — HARD CONSTRAINT (HIGHEST PRIORITY)

This style must be applied to ALL generated content (text, image, video).
If any part of the request conflicts with this style, the style OVERRIDES the request.
STYLE DEFINITION (to be operationally enforced):

Analog Broadcast

 • Output Format: Creative discipline: Cinematography; Film; Delivery mode: Sequence; 4:3 (Landscape) ratio; Safe Area: Broadcast-safe; Cropping: Center.
 • Container / Boundary: Container: Explicit (shape mask); Container shape: Soft CRT screen mask with barrel curvature; Fully rounded Corners; Container Dominance: Visual element; Edge Behavior: Content fully contained.
 • Mood & Personality: Dark, Serious, Mysterious, Documentary realism, institutional calm; Energy: Mellow; Emotional bias: Tense; Tone register: Observational; Real-world accuracy: Loosely accurate; Full scene narrative; Characters: Allowed (detailed).
 • Colors: Palette: Solid Colors: [ #9A856A 28% (Studio flats),  #847A64 18% (Carpet and laminate),  #5A3A29 14% (Wood veneer),  #707363 14% (Upholstery and concrete),  #B78E70 10% (Skin tones),  #423B34 10% (Shadow areas),  #1A4CBA 3% (Broadcast blue),  #E5C51C 3% (Signal-bar accents)]; 6–8 colors; Tungsten temperature; Saturation: Subdued; Low contrast with abrupt white static blowouts; Color dominance: Background-dominant; Black/White point: Lifted blacks + Rolled-off highlights; Shadow Color: Hue-shifted.
 • Typography: Monospaced bitmap timestamp; heavy broadcast sans for titles and lower thirds; Bold; Text case: ALL CAPS; Letter spacing: Wide; Text presence: Required; Text visual role: Secondary visual element; Text integration: Overlaid.
 • Light & Shadow: Lighting mood style: Studio-flat; Key light style: Diffused; Artificial; Lighting direction: Top-lit, Front-lit; Light source count: Multiple; Shadow type: Soft; Shadow density: Light; Fill-light ratio: Flat fill; Exposure bias: Unreliable auto-gain; windows and practicals clip abruptly; Bloom / Glow usage: Subtle; Lighting presence: Explicit.
 • Spatial Structure & Hierarchy: Flat perspective; Single focal structure; Hierarchy: Strong; Symmetry: Near symmetry; Balance: Center-weighted; Layout axis: Vertical; Plane separation: Color/value shift, Shadow; Visual density: Balanced.
 • Surface, Material & Detail: Material simulation: Aged institutional plastic, laminate, worn linoleum, veneer, acoustic fabric; Surface treatment: Matte; Texture: Visible scanlines, tape grain, crawling luma noise, chroma bleed, dropouts, CRT phosphor smear; Texture usage: Photographic, Subtle noise; Imperfection level: Used; Micro-detail allowance: Minimal; Age of surface: Aged; Realistic.
 • Camera and Motion: Medium shot; Eye level; DOF: Deep, low-resolution tape softness; no cinematic shallow focus; Lens type: Standard; Focal length feel: Normal; Point of view: Objective; Camera movement: Static; Motion intensity: Statuesque; Motion implication: Static; Frame rate feel: Broadcast (30 fps); Transition: Glitch, tracking interruption.
 • Post-processing & Render Style: Tone curve: Film-emulation; Grain character: Stylized; Sharpening: None; Halation: Subtle; Image treatment: Full-color.
 • Background & Environment: Background type: Scene; Environment mood: Studio; Background–Subject: Contextual; Background complexity: Simple; Prop styling: Curated.
 • Inspiration Images: https://piteahvrjstrlirkpoid.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/images/public/5dbfd6a6-064f-4e70-b5ef-8c59f0b204c8.webp, https://piteahvrjstrlirkpoid.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/images/public/e9ebfe00-1842-43f1-a337-acf05fcfa6f9.webp.
 • References: Analog, Local 58, 1980s public-access television, institutional training tapes; Temporal reference: 1980s.
 • Guardrails: Avoid: AI Gloss / Plastic Smoothing, Heavy Bokeh / Blur, Lens Flare, HDR over-processing, Over-saturation, Studio Post-processing, Stylistic filters; Avoid Visuals: real EAS/EBS graphics; government agency seals; real station identities; emergency alert cards; distorted grinning faces; hyper-real mouths; screaming stills; empty fluorescent corridors; dead malls; tiled poolrooms; polygonal game-render geometry; beauty-lit retro hardware; Avoid Words: THIS IS NOT A TEST; TAKE SHELTER; EVACUATE; DO NOT LOOK; FEMA; NOAA; National Weather Service; Civil Defense; Avoid Layouts: public-safety alert layouts; sharp vector overlays; modern UI cards; Allowed Visuals: invented station identity; fictional timestamp; centred presenter; municipal studio interior; instructional set-up; muted CRT frame; restrained scanlines; mild tracking noise; fictional lower thirds; Logic: Keep broadcast text fictional and non-directive; reserve clean saturated color for fictional signal-loss blue or generic test-bar imagery..
 •  Signal Damage Hierarchy: Scanlines, soft chroma smear, timestamp, and mild tracking damage lead; glitches remain sparse and brief., Chroma Failure: Reds and yellows bleed sideways; high-contrast edges carry red-blue misregistration and dot crawl., CRT Boundary: Dark curved corners, faint phosphor bloom, and a head-switching jitter strip pinned to the bottom edge., Institutional Framing: Flat-frontal centred subject, generous headroom, padded safe margins, and unexplained dead space or doorway placement., Typography Degradation: Burned-in type is slightly clipped, glowing, scanlined, chroma-fringed, and never vector-crisp..


ENFORCEMENT RULE: Before finalizing the output, internally verify that ALL elements comply with the style definition above. If compliance is uncertain, simplify or soften the output until it fully matches the style. Generated by StyleRef.io

## Other formats and live access

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**REST** (anonymous, read-only)

```
https://styleref.io/api/v1/styles/sznk3ger-8836c83de3a3?format=flux        # also: midjourney, diffusion, json
https://styleref.io/api/v1/styles/sznk3ger-8836c83de3a3/style.md           # a ready-to-commit STYLE.md
```

**MCP** (Streamable HTTP at `https://styleref.io/api/mcp`)

```
styleref://gallery/sznk3ger-8836c83de3a3
styleref://gallery/sznk3ger-8836c83de3a3/style.md
```

Or call the `get_style` tool with `ref` set to the slug above, and
`apply_style_to_prompt` to wrap a request for a specific tool.

Attribution: this style was created by @styleref. Keep the `Generated by StyleRef.io`
line and the canonical URL when you use a compiled spec, and credit the author.

Source: https://styleref.io/share/sznk3ger-8836c83de3a3