History Main / FalseCameraEffects

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' dims the image whenever the normal third-person camera is pointed directly at the sun, presumably to emulate the effect of a bright light on the image on a digital camera. This effect does not appear when the Telescope, the Picto Box. or bare first-person view is used.

* Creator/TelltaleGames are using [[{{Retraux}} various downgrades of the visual quality]] lately:
** ''VideoGame/NelsonTethersPuzzleAgent'' has an intentionally low framerate to match the cartoons it is based on.
** ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'' season 3 has a noise filter over the screen at all times.

* In ''Disney/TheLionKing'' a RackFocus is simulated during the "Circle of Life" sequence (the shot with the ants and the zebras). There is also a simulated TrackingZoom when Simba sees the wilderbeest stampede.

Common types of FalseCameraEffects include [[LensFlare lens flares]], FishEyeLens shots, wide-angle shots, simulated scanning lines, and the VertigoEffect. If the action bumps or shakes the "camera", it's CameraAbuse. OminousVisualGlitch can be related. Most often, these effects are replicated because of TheCoconutEffect: for instance, we think of [[SingleMaltVision swirling multiple exposures]] as being "what inebriation looks like", even if ''eyes'' [[RealityIsUnrealistic don't work that way]].

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* In the GameCube remake of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' if you go into the holding cell [[spoiler:where Chris or Jill was imprisoned in the underground lab]] the FixedCamera is grainy, angled from one of the corners on the ceiling, and has a fish-eye distortion effect as if you're looking at a surveilance camera feed on your tv.

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* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive''. [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2009-08-26 This page]] simulates a RackFocus shot.

* The ''Franchise/MetalGear'' games had several.

* The ''Franchise/MetalGear'' games had several. Looking around in First Person View when outside can give you a lens flare which shifts, brightens and vanishes as you turn your gaze towards and away from the sun - and changes the background noise to make it sound like it was shot through a SteadiCam.

* gaussian and bloom effects and a single pair of overlapping exposures for a drugged or concussed character- these replicate impaired ability to focus the eye's lens, contract the pupil, and synchronize one's eyes.
* the depth of field effect depicted in the page image, with or without double vision effects. [[note]]This one is easy to demonstrate to yourself in real life: place a finger about a hand's width in front of your nose and look at it. Now look at something behind it. Now look at something behind ''that''. Some people may also notice "double vision" on distant objects when looking at their finger and doubling of their finger when looking at the distant objects. The brain sometimes edits this out for people with a strongly dominant eye, however.[[/note]]

* Episode 1 of ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' includes a brief sequence of Nanoha running that is made to look like it was filmed with a hand-held camera. There are also water droplets on the camera during Nanoha and Fate's final battle.

* One of the best examples occurs in the ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime'' series. When the environment is very bright, you'll sometimes see a ghostly reflection of Samus' face on the screen. There are a few other effects, too -- the screen fogs up when near sources of steam, and raindrops dot the screen if you look up in rainy areas. These are all justified because the protagonist really ''is'' supposed to be viewing the world through a piece of glass (She wears a helmet).

* Episode 1 of ''VisionOfEscaflowne'' includes {{Lens Flare}}s in outdoor shots when Hitomi is practicing track and field.

* In episode 6 of ''MidoriNoHibi'' there is a moment when Shiori is speaking about her mother in heaven; it's presented using a pseudo-FishEyeLens, shot from above down into Shioiri's face.

* If we're talking about lens flares, pretty much every video game since the first Unreal.
** The ''Franchise/MetalGear'' games had more. Looking around in First Person View when outside can give you a lens flare which shifts, brightens and vanishes as you turn your gaze towards and away from the sun - and changes the background noise to make it sound like it was shot through a SteadiCam.
*** If Snake gets hit in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4'', the camera gets noisy every time he's struck.
** Both ''VideoGame/{{Penumbra}}'' episodes give off a strong effect if the character looks too long on the monsters around him. Used in gameplay, too, because eventually he'll panic and give himself away.
** Similarly in Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth. Looking at monsters (or down when in high areas) make the vision blurry until it's nearly impossible to see anything. (The character still controls normally, however.)

* "Yura Yura" the last opening for the original ''{{Naruto}}'' series uses this.

* "false" Fish Eye Lens shots, use a type of [[UsefulNotes/GraphicalPerspective drawn perspective]] that replicates the curved shape of the retina and the curved lens of the eye While much more complicated than linear perspective, it creates a better sense of depth and scale, and allows a more immersive field of view.

* the depth of field effect depicted in the page image. The last one is easy to demonstrate to yourself in real life: place a finger about a hand's width in front of your nose and look at it. Now look at something behind it. Now look at something behind ''that''. Some people may also notice "double vision" on distant objects when looking at their finger, though the brain may edit this out for people with a strongly dominant eye.

Common types of FalseCameraEffects include [[LensFlare lens flares]], FishEyeLens shots, wide-angle shots, simulated scanning lines, and the VertigoEffect. If the action bumps or shakes the "camera", it's CameraAbuse. OminousVisualGlitch can be related. Most often, these effects are replicated because of TheCoconutEffect: for instance, we think of overlapping double exposures as being "what inebriation looks like", even if ''eyes'' [[RealityIsUnrealistic don't work that way]].

Exceptions include "false" Fish Eye Lens shots, which use a type of [[UsefulNotes/GraphicalPerspective drawn perspective]] that replicates the curved shape of the retina, gausian effects for disorientation (say a drugged or concussed character) replicating the loss of the ability to focus the eye's lens, and the depth of field effect depicted in the page image. The last one is easy to demonstrate to yourself by placing a finger in front of your nose and looking at it, and then looking at something behind it; you eyes can only bring one plane into focus at a time.

See also {{Retraux}}.

Common types of FalseCameraEffects include [[LensFlare lens flares]], FishEyeLens shots, wide-angle shots, simulated scanning lines, and the VertigoEffect. If the action bumps or shakes the "camera", it's CameraAbuse. OminousVisualGlitch can be related. Most often, these effects are replicated because of TheCoconutEffect - we think of a blurry screen as being "what disorientation looks like", even if our actual ''eyes'' [[RealityIsUnrealistic don't work that way]] (with the exception of "false" Fish Eye Lens shots, which use a type of [[UsefulNotes/GraphicalPerspective drawn perspective]] that replicates the curved shape of the retina instead).