optical effects
Light plays tricks
Optical effects are visual phenomena created by the behavior of light—refraction, reflection, diffraction, or interference.
Rainbows, mirages, and halos around the moon are natural optical effects.
In film and photography, optical effects are techniques achieved through camera work or lens manipulation rather than digital processing: The director insisted on practical optical effects rather than CGI.
- causticsSubstances that burn chemically
- mirageAtmospheric optical deception
- heat shimmerOptical distortion from warmth
- diffractionWaves spreading past obstacles
- lensLight-focusing curved glass
light bending · interference · green flash · dispersion · trick of the light · iridescence · corona · afterimage · hologram · crepuscular rays · god rays · Fata Morgana · color shift · reflection · glory · prism · polarization · shadow play
- Film EffectsCGI, matte painting, compositing, green screen, blue screen
- soap bubblesbubbles, soap bubbles, bubble wands, iridescence, surface tension
- atmospheric opticsrainbows, halos, haloes, mirages, sundogs
- film photography35mm film, camera, roll film, lens, negatives
- mirrors in artreflection, mirror frame, convex mirror, looking glass, hand mirror
- Avant-Garde Filmexperimental cinema, underground film, art film, art house, avant-garde cinema
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