Patent Document ID: 20110292215
Application ID: 12955468
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 an image of the 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 to provide 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; and displaying a sequence of respective light tunnel images from the plurality of cameras of the array of cameras in a motion picture medium to create the special visual effect from a sequence of points of view moving along said curvilinear path while viewing said common scene, wherein the sequence points of view is rotated between first and second angles on the motion picture medium to change the point of view of the frozen image.