Classic Cinema FILM LAB Effects

Matte painting, optical printing, traveling mattes and optical/digital effects are all tools in the effects department bag of tricks.

Basic Optical Printer

Research Products Optical Printer.

Optical Effects

Matte Painting with animation camera element composited on an Optical Printer.

Optical Effect

Split screen optical effect with pic-in-pic plate.

Miniature with Pyro EFX

Miniature Wire Pole with pyro EFX shot with high speed carmera. "Sweetened" by Optical comosite thechniques & elements.

Practice Quiz

Practice Quiz
1. The basic optical printer consists of a camera and a lamp house.
2. In order for the optical lab to create optical effects from your camera original an Interpositive element must be created from your original.
3. To remove light scratches from the non-emulsion side of original negative the optical lab uses a liquid gate movement on the optical printer to "fill in" the scratches.
4. List one optical effect. Superimpose of titles over live action footage.
5. List one optical effect. Motion effects, skip printing, speed up action, flop action, flip action etc., etc..
6. A camera adapted to transport two strips of film through the gate is known as a bi-pack camera.
7. Information contained on the edge of the original camera negative, known as the key code numbers, is used to line up the negative for optical production.
8. What two printing elements are needed in order to transition from a color image on the screen to a black and white image on the screen? Black & white fine grain and an Interpositive.
9. Dailies are printed on a continuous rotary contact printer.
10. Titles printed over a live action background can utilize a drop shadow to make the title stand out from the background plane.

Practice Quiz
1. The basic optical printer consists of a camera and a lamp house.
2. In order for the optical lab to create optical effects from your camera original an Interpositive element must be created from your original.
3. To remove light scratches from the non-emulsion side of original negative the optical lab uses a liquid gate movement on the optical printer to "fill in" the scratches.
4. List one optical effect. Superimpose of titles over live action footage.
5. List one optical effect. Motion effects, skip printing, speed up action, flop action, flip action etc., etc..
6. A camera adapted to transport two strips of film through the gate is known as a bi-pack camera.
7. Information contained on the edge of the original camera negative, known as the key code numbers, is used to line up the negative for optical production.
8. What two printing elements are needed in order to transition from a color image on the screen to a black and white image on the screen? Black & white fine grain and an Interpositive.
9. Dailies are printed on a continuous rotary contact printer.
10. Titles printed over a live action background can utilize a drop shadow to make the title stand out from the background plane.