Patent Document ID: 20130235225
Application ID: 13873734
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
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 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; applying an image adjustment to one of said respective light tunnel images, wherein the image adjustment is one of shift the position of the light tunnel image of said moving object in a vertical or horizontal plane, wherein said image adjustment is to shift the axis within said scene which is centered in the said frozen image effect; and actuating a particular one of said cameras to capture a second set of light tunnel images of the moving object over time; selecting a first series of images from said second set of light tunnel images captured by said particular one camera; and displaying in a motion picture medium the said first series of images one of immediately before or after displaying the said frozen image effect.