Needs Moar Lens Flare
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About
"Needs Moar Lens Flare" is a sarcastic expression criticizing the overuse of lense flares in contemporary cinema. The special effect became a subject of online parody following the release of JJ Abrams' 2009 science fiction film Star Trek, which was known for its gratuitous use of the lens flare effect.
Origin
he eleventh film adaptation of the Star Trek franchise was directed by JJ Abrams and premiered on May 8th, 2009. Shortly before its theatrical release, Abrams acknowledged the lens flares in an interview published by the science fiction blog io9 on April 27th, 2009.[2] Following the premiere in May, Star Trek fans and bloggers began commenting on the overwhelming presence of lens flares throughout the movie. Many image macros taking aim at the director’s obsession with the special effect were posted in a thread on the ontd_startrek Livejournal[3] page on June 10th, 2009.
Spread
On July 19th, 2009, LiveJournal user truthiness submitted a post to the ontd_startrek[3] community page, in which he claimed to have counted 1,013 lens flares used in the Star Trek film. On May 4th, 2009, YouTuber partmor uploaded footage from the 1970s Star Trek television series edited to include many lens flare effects (shown below). Within the next four years, the video received over 340,000 views and 840 comments.
On August 15th, 2010, a page titled "Lens Flare" was created on the trope database website TV Tropes,[4] noting that it was often used in cinema as an example of the "coconut effect,"[6] in which unrealistic elements are inserted into films because viewers have become conditioned to expect them. On June 18th, 2011, YouTuber BoyGeniusComedy uploaded a parody trailer titled "Lens Flare: The Movie," in which lens flares are portrayed as the villain in a film directed by JJ Abrams (shown below). Within the next two years, the video accumulated more than 140,000 views and 185 comments.
On January 25th, 2013, The Daily Dot[5] published an article about the Internet's reaction to an announcement that Abrams would be directing a new Star Wars film, featuring several photoshopped Star Wars posters with added lens flare effects (shown below, left). The same day, the Internet news blog UpRoxx[7] published a post titled "All Lens Flare Everything," which featured a slideshow of notable images parodying the Abrams' Star Wars announcement (shown below, right).
Notable Examples
Lens Flare
"Lens flare" is a effect caused by light that has been scattered over a camera lens by internal reflection. In film-making and cinematography, lens flare is often used intentionally to invoke a sense of drama or to screen the artificial textures of CGI-edited motion pictures. Modern film camera equipment has components that prevent flares from occurring during shoots.
Search Interest
External References
[2] io9 – JJ Abrams tells us why start trek has so many lens flares
[3] Livejournal – I counted the goddamn lens flares
[4] TV Tropes – lens flare
[5] The Daily Dot – Can the Internet handle a JJ Abrams Star Wars Flick?
[6] TV Tropes – Coconut Effect
[7] UpRoxx – All Lens Flare Everything
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Comments ( 38 )
This isn't here already? Herp. Is it me or do youtube links seem to break easily when you try uploading them?
YT quickly removes those videos 'cause the damn copyright.
a suggestion: upload the video mirrored.
You really need to find examples outside of Star Trek. Either that or change the title and article to say that this is a Star Trek specific meme.
Nothing to do with copyright since embedding them works, the vids are all still there but I'm stuck with a load of broken links on the article that can't be removed.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LensFlare Here is one of the best lists of lense flares I have ever seen. That and lens flare has been around 4ever. +1 Confirm
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AudibleSharpness another thing that is not the same but is directly similar.
Fringe was such a lens flare fest :/
Needs more Len Flare, Burn and Dodge Tool
w+1, And I know I used Twilight Zone clips and not Trek. But its Shatner. Sue me. I swear it's relevant.
Check out my Star Trek box set unboxing video – moar lens flare!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2S4E2rHcQg
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@Supersosko cannot…stop…clicking…
I didn't mind the lens flares at all. It was the atrocious script that made me hate JJTrek.
This article needs moar lens flare.
Remember those digital cameras circa 1999?
The ones that'd get a massive lens flare if the sun was remotely visible on the horizon?
@Stormwatch:
You kidding? The 2009 Star Trek movie was awesome.
lens flares eveywhere
JJflares rock stfu.
A perfect analogy for this:
Lens flares for JJ Abrams is the explosions to Michael Bay.
hmm. i actually liked that effect in the Star Trek movie--i thought it made the bridge look awesome.
I thought that movie was awesome
The only thing I hated is that when they first use the Red Matter, a single drop was enough to create a planet-sized black hole
But when they activate the whole freaking cubic ton at the end, the black hole is practically the same size as the Enterprise
What up with that, yo?
I feel like Battlefield 3 should be mentioned here. The sun was your biggest enemy in that game.
''@ENDO''
Eating Vulcan (and the supernova) made it bigger?
@Pseudogenesis
let's be honest, try walking toward a sunset. I find this screen shot rather realistic, actually.
JJ Abrams just really REALLY likes shiny objects
@Ponicorn The sun doesn't obscure objects that are in front of it with such a huge radius, and that's not a sunset. :p if anything the light during sunset is dimmer because the light has to pass through a much thicker atmosphere to reach you.
Michael Bay has Explosions.
J.J. Abrams has Lens Flares.
Can't see SHIT, Captain! Too much goddamn lens flare in the way!
All the lens flare. All of it.
Now you're just looking for things to get upset over…..
I loved this movie, but I had three problems:
1. Lens flare overuse
2. Totally unnecessary sex scene that creates pure awkwardness
3. Doesn't keep original feeling of Star Trek, but cool in its own way
USE ALL THE LENS FlARES!
J.J. Abrams recently apologized for it in an interview
Was hoping for some MGSV images.
Lens flare can also be used to invoke a sense of beauty or divinity.
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