Outrageous Media Virtual FX

09/23/2024

This is a Music Video I made, with my 2024 Song Frankenstein, which is part of a new series of Lyrical Halloween [and other] songs I am recording for the first time, since 2016 when I wrote and co performed HALLOWEEN NIGHT song that my animator Stan Bissinger turned into a talking and singing Jackolantern Animation https://youtu.be/mYmbU0NePCk?si=PxLkwUndhNpLcwhr

03/03/2023

Besides being the maker of Virtual Santa, and Founder of Video Projected Decor, and a Twin Cities area Video Producer, I am also an indie filmmaker and have been since 1977. In Feb 2023 I had a strange experience that I can only compare to “some of the incredible events that were showcased in the 1960's era TV show ONE STEP BEYOND starring John Newland'" which according to their claim, TOLD STORIES THAT REALLY HAPPENED. It is a great series you can find on YOUTUBE, and you should watch it....Many unexplained mysteries were factually documented as true, or otherwise unexplained.

As this pertains to me. My experience about Vanishing and Reappearing Screws is so uncanny, that when this "One Step Beyond experience" happened to me while doing a minor house repair project - within one week I made a 7 minute film about it. My film, in Black and White has John Newland's Intro, and I think you will really enjoy watching it. Aside from my increased HD video quality, it feels like I made one episode for this show.

I made the film entirely by myself in about 4 hours filming, and 12 hours editing. Think of this is a good example of my work, on a very small budget. I'm pleased, and think it turned out pretty nice considering the small effort + the fact that "I'm not really an actor, I only play one on video". … Jon Hyers in 2023

I'm Jon Hyers...besides being the maker of Virtual Santa, and Founder of Video Projected Decor, and a Twin Cities area Video Producer, I am also a filmmaker ...

01/06/2023

Couple of photos from our 2022 Stock Footage and Holiday FX, Gangsters.

11/01/2020

NO ANNUAL HALLOWEEN PARTY THIS YEAR. For those few of you who might wonder, we've started to get call and emails wondering if the Tradition continues, as it has in the Hyers Family since, around 1791! But sadly, due to Covid19, we cannot take a risk.

I understand that about Half of the United Statians think that Covid is made up...but oddly we're taking it seriously. Many people are getting together like it's any other year, and from what the News reports, record numbers are getting sick from it...therefore we can't take the risk. Really bums me out. It's bad enough to get almost no Video Work this year because many clients aren't doing their seminars, training films, etc. Then on top of it is the Virus. So we will just have to have a bigger party in 2025, or whenever this is all over with. Jon Hyer

04/02/2020

LUKE SKYWALKER FIGHTS THE CORONA VIRUS AND WINS - [aka Luke from Star Wars, first movie]. Please post this everywhere you can. These are dark times, and this is a fun way to have a smile. Jon Hyers

Star Wars Luke Skywalker Kills a large Coronavirus that has invaded the interior of the ship.

12/16/2019

Virtual Santa Nov 25th, 2019 update: Santa's Toys in Indiana to begin selling Virtual Santa and my other Christmas videos. As is my habit, if mentioned new resellers of my products because first off, I think it's fair and I know someone will be a past customer of their business and would want to know that.

I contacted Santa Toys Mark Schmidt and he replied with a phone call very interested in my products, and though it took 2 years for him to finally place an order, they have some DVDs and will be selling online. They are only the 5th actual brick and mortar Christmas Products business to buy these products [directly from my marketing efforts] since Virtual Santa was released in 2002, which does not include Walmart who actually Called Me when they purchased virtual santa.

Most IMPORTANT to me these days, Santa's Toys is selling our Virtual Black Santa DVD. We made this in 2017 for the African American Decorator, who I [Jon Hyers] still don't know how to find. We've struck out totally going the route of African American Product: 1. Retailers 2. Artists/Manufacturers 3. Newspapers 4. Radio Shows 5. TV shows 6. Press release companies - none of which ever responded to my letters and phone calls 2 years straight. Therefore Mark Schmidt deserves praise for his forward thinking regarding this special DVD, that is truly rare, and will appeal to the AfAm audience.

Santa's Toys is in Santa Claus, Indian [seriously!!], and has a fantastic architectured building. Their website is https://santastoys.com

11/13/2019

Anyone out there who sees my posts, have an online store selling Christmas items? If so, I'd like you to sell my Virtual Santa. https://youtu.be/o4ywPZrPwm4 Though I have made more than 100 other Holiday titles, this one get the most sales, because Santa is in the Top 5 most favorite "ICONS" of Christmas, and that's just a fact.

Another fact that nobody knows, or few anyway - in 2004 Virtual Santa was not selling very well in the first two year, and it was added to a 60 Chapter DVD set we sold, as just one effect. We no longer sell that set, and it's a good thing. The demo included here is Brand New, and is a revised 2016 demo [for the HD REDO of the original 2002 video]. I combined the feel, voice and Jazzy music of the original demo.

These two videos combined have sold to close to 450,000 units between VHS, DVD, USB, and download - yet that's still a long ways from the 7 billion people on Earth, so if you got any kind of resale website situation, please let me know.

As long as I have you here, we also made Virtual Black Santa with Larry Jefferson, MOA Santa. However I am simply not finding the African American Consumer. Same question to you on reselling this [demo enclosed], and if anyone TRULY knows of any specifically African American products website/store I'd like to know. Disclaimer: It's not my idea that there should be any type of segregation of the consumer retail industry - however as I am in fact the maker of the First Black Santa window decoration, I'm well aware that such a product is unique in the Niche of Products that African Americans would be the purchasers of....Thanks Jon
Hyers

https://youtu.be/pI2y8wjCvv4

This is our demo commercial for Virtual Santa Premium [demo made in 2019] , video released in 2016. This is a revised demo. The original demo had to be RUSHE...

10/12/2019

Well, I need some feedback from people...about DEMO VIDEOS, on youtube and I'd like some "paragraphs" from whoever is willing to say more than, the typical facebook..."YEAH" ...I agree, or a Thumbs Up. " I need some substance. My company [and others] use Demo-Commercials put on youtube to show my Video Projection products in use. Though I personally hate TV commercials interrupting my favorite show, Youtubes are voluntarily watched when a "customer" is checking out a product to buy. When someone like me, is selling an unknown Video or Video FX series [like Virtual Santa or Ghostly Spirits], you as a customer of projection fx...WANT...to see what effects are included, and how they are used. My demo commercials do that.

SO my problem is, I have one reseller, who has been a real problem, when it comes to using youtubes. Initially he did so in the first 5 years [of 10] of selling my DVDs, but recently has been taking a 4 minute demo, that shows all 20 fx included, and good practical usage shots, and replacing it with a single shot 30 seconds, of just one effect, leaving customers in-the-dark about the rest of the content. He does this because he claims, "people will find your products somewhere else". Which makes no senses to me, because he still uses the same DVD/USB cover that anyone else is selling. He also flip-flops on insisting I remove my name so that nobody knows who made the video!!!!

Folks...even WALMART let me put my name on their projector product that licensed my effects. The end result is he makes almost no sales, those sales he does make are DVDs that luckily still have a youtube up, and years blow by, and anything new from me ends up with no youtubes, and no sales....and the guy don't learn.

So what I want from any of you so willing....after reading what I said above, give me your opinion on the value of a demo video for a product that IS VIDEO CLIPS, that you never before saw, and as a typical shopper....want to see exactly what you are getting and what it looks like.... [keep in mind the obvious, any company selling, almost any Hollywood movie does not need the trailer to sell it, because it ran in theaters, and had TV commercials [demos], where my FX are not in theaters.]. Thank you, Jon Hyers

09/20/2019

Also [wow Jon!! 3 posts in one day??!!] usually it's once a month!! I don't know where any facebook readers might shop, but last year, 2018 a Retail Store with Website began selling my FX DVDs, USB Projector, here they are: https://www.christmastraditions.com/…/halloween-projector-e…
The story with Traditions is [and don't start tearing up!] One of my long time friends and freelance camera operators/advisor/website "doer" Julie has tons and TONS of diseases and syndromes. Shrinking Spine, Major Allergies, Muscle decay of some form, and more. In 2018 I paid her enough for marketing to get a major discount in her Healthcare, and she did web marketing looking for potential resellers [of which there are few for me, except via Morris], and she found Traditions in 2018 and they've been doing pretty good. So if you shop there, they got my newer items......

09/20/2019

Darn it, I gotta be fair. This time it's four+ of them. Back in 1999 LARRY KIRCHNER from Halloween Productions, befriended me [ha ha, better than beheaded right???] my first time speaking at the National Halloween show and began selling my FX DVDs in 2009. He has continued to represent me to haunted houses and that's very great - cause Larry's Company is very very significant in the world of haunted houses. http://www.hauntedhousesupplies.com/outrageous_media_special_effects_dvds.htm

Certainly not Last is my friend DARREN VADER of Christmas Light Emporium - in Texas out of the flood zone, he found me in 2015 and has been doing great sales of my FX since then, he's paid for my Booths at Tradeshows, and been a super-duper $Sharing$ supporter of my fx. We've had joint booths, ate out a lot together at Trade shows, a lot of good I can say. His site is....https://thechristmaslightemporium.com/collections/digital-decorations-and-projection-effects?page=2

And certainly there is Chris Moss of holidayprojection.com has been selling my products since 2009, though we have never met. And the fine folks at FRIGHTPROPS.com and Brian at Backfromthegrave.com have been selling my items for a many years now, greatly appreciated. And I hope I did not forget anyone.

There are many great former resellers [retired] from the past 25 years, and I must state for Kindness and Posterity, MORRIS COSTUMES keeps me in business as does their great resellers. Thanks to all for 25 years...and hopefully more..... I've got effects of all kinds, if you wanna try something new, there's a few places to get it.....JON [THERE I MADE UP FOR NOT POSTING EVERY DAY LIKE SOME PEOPLE]

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09/20/2019

Oh GEE, who is smarter the Smart or the Dumb? Well I am the 2nd. I changed my own website URL. I made the feeble attempt to try to change my name away from OUTRAGEOUS MEDIA first coined in 1996, to Virtual FX Video. But few found that site. So..for those few of you out there interested in Halloween Effects, www.outrageous-media.net is my new URL for Post 2013 Effects and the Old one dating back to 1998, and still going is www.outrageous-media.com ETSY has done very well for me, and that one is https://www.etsy.com/shop/HolidayVideo - and if for any reason the first photo below comes up BLACK...I got no idea why, I am about to find out.....JON

09/20/2019

Special Effects Supply has just begun selling my FX products. Owner Steve Biggs met me about 20 years ago on my first time Speaking and Vending at the National Halloween show. I recently began contacting, old contacts from years back to find resellers, and this guy is WONDERFUL. Despite being a successful special effects products supply house, he put the photo of Me at my house on Halloween night, on his Main Page at the very top!!! That is truly honorable to the highest degree. I have never had another company feature me on their front page, the first item you come to. COOL!!!

You can check them out at http://fxsupply.com The following Youtubes are from 2010, when John Edel [local actor a lot of you know] interviewed me at my house, Halloween night and did a wonderful news story extended segment on my FX work as it was in 2010. For you local Minnesota actors/crew who didn't know what this Crazy Jon Hyers casting calls were all about, this is the start [sort of] it first started in 1996, but Projection in Large began in 2010.
https://youtu.be/_082HGbtwjU
https://youtu.be/TL_HcfSOQTM