Optical Illusions
Cognitive Tricks
Visual Engineering
Movie Magic
Wildcard
100
What are optical illusions?
visual effects that trick the human brain into misinterpreting what the eyes are seeing
100
What does distort mean?
To twist, stretch or change something so it no longer looks, sounds, or mean what it is suppose to
100
Monocular cues allow your brain to judge depth and distance using how many eye(s)?
One; 1
100
What does FPS mean?
Frame Rate; frames per second
100
Would a movie be shown in a higher or lower FPS?
Higher
200
What are the two types of photoreceptors
Rods and Cones
200
What does orientation mean?
The direction of something or how its facing
200
What is perspective?
The way things are seen from a specific angle
200
What is misdirection?
When you make someone look in one place so they don't notice what else you are doing
200
Which photoreceptor help us see when it's dark. They help us see motion but not color
Rods
300
What is the complementary color of magenta?
green
300
Kanizsa's Triangle (shown above) is an example of what type of illusion
A. Completion Illusion
B. Geometric Illusion
Paradoxical Illusion
Completion Illusions
300
What is the photography technique that makes objects appear larger, smaller, closer, or farther away than they really are by changing the camera angle and the distance between objects?
Forced Perspective
300
What are two techniques filmmakers use to create effects?
forced perspective, miniature, mirrors, camera angles, lighting, props
300
What is the difference between monocular and binocular?
Monocular uses one eye whereas binocular requires both eye
400
What are the two types of afterimage?
Positive and Negative
400
When creating 3D drawings, what 2 kind of lines did we need to draw?
Parallel lines and curved lines
400
What is an example of how forced perspective is used
-Hobbit
-Disneyland
-Adidas Advertisment
400
What is the optical illusion where something that is completely still looks like it is moving
Apparent motion
400
Infinite Staircase (shown above) is an example of what type of illusion
A. Completion Illusion
B. Geometric Illusion
C. Paradoxical Illusion
Paradoxical Illusion
500
What colors do cones help us see in bright light?
red, green, blue
500
What is a paradoxical illusion?
Objects or shapes that are impossible to exist in the 3D world but looks completely normal as flat 2D drawing
500
Name 2 different types of monocular cues
-Relative size
-Overlap
-Linear Perspective
-Motion Parallax
500
Name one camera angle and it's purpose
Worm's Eye: taken from low angle to make someone look super tall or powerful
Bird Eye: video taken from a high angle to make someone look smaller
Dutch: the camera is tilted sideways to make the world look weird
500
What is the first optical device to use persistence of vision phenomenon?
Thaumatrope