Patent ID: 8964067
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for producing a visual special effect comprising the steps of: providing an array of cameras deployed along a curvilinear path with each camera focused on a common scene containing a moving object; controlling time actuation of a series of proximate cameras along said array of cameras so that each camera begins to capture a respective light tunnel image of the common scene at a different point in space from each other; controlling a time length of exposure of the proximate cameras to allow a controlled amount of light tunneling caused by said moving object to accumulate respective light tunnel images; capturing a first series of said respective light tunnel images on a plurality of cameras of the array of cameras, from the moving object to form a frozen image effect of the moving object; actuating a particular one of said cameras to capture a second set of light tunnel images of the moving object over time; selecting a second series of images from said second set of light tunnel images captured by said particular one camera; and displaying in a motion picture medium said second series of images one of immediately before or after displaying said frozen image effect; wherein the frozen image effect comprises stopping the moving object in space, in a series of images while viewing the moving object from various angles along a sequentially changing perspective view along the curvilinear path; wherein said second series of images is captured over a first time period; wherein said frozen image effect is captured over a second time period whose beginning adjoins the end of the first time period.