Just science-fiction XXIX : Green and blue for ultra-special effects !

by Jean-Jacques COURTEY, Doctor in Economic Geography, Ph. D

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In this new article of "Just science-fiction", we want to talk about green and blue, which are in a way magic colours for cinema and television. Their common use can totally modify your perception of things.

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Green or blue are particular colours for cinema and television. They are generally the colours dedicated to special effects, even red can be also used for a similar purpose in music shows for instance. But you have to know that green neutralizes red.

Blue was used first in cinema in science-fiction movies. But nowadays, due to the development of numeric video-cameras which sensors are very sensitive to the green, this colour is more frequently chosen. However, blue is still in use for weather forecasting.

Technically, a coloured cloth is used as a backdrop for the researched purpose. And you can buy yourself this type of cloth, for photography for instance. You may not think you can do it yourself for fun, as it may look not so obvious to manage.

In fact, the use of green or blue is depending on the environment.

If you are in a forest, blue is better than green for instance, because it can be distinguished from the colour of leaves.

Another possibility, far more rare, is to use both colours at the same time. But you have to be extremely skilled to do that.

Of course, if the articulation of those two colours is given by a seemingly "natural frame or set", like the "Lake of seven cities" in Sao Miguel (Azores) for example, it can be a good help. And in that case, you can have the feeling that the way this lake has been drawn, shows how much its creator knew about the secrets of green and blue for ultra-special effects !

Normally, you choose only one colour for special effects. But in the case of the "Lake of seven cities", which has got two different parts united by a bridge, with blue and green, it should be possible to make "ultra-special effects" with a good professional software. Of course, it would require from you, as a director, a terrific skill to use simultaneously green and blue, as nobody does it usually. We already pointed out in the previous article that with its special design this lake... is nothing less than an "anterior past clock" !

Blue and green are typically chosen for special effects, because their pigmentation is far from the colour of human skin.

Above them, it is possible to make a flying saucer appearing for instance.

If you want to insert a green character, you will have to use the blue backdrop. And if you wish to show smurfs for instance (which are blue), then green colour is the one to use.

The simultaneous use of green and blue, if well made, can create a strong impression of movement, as if you were in another dimension - just because in a way, it is like if you were really entering... the 5th one !

Green and blue are the colours of Poseidon (Neptun), the famous God of the Sea.

In Greek Mythology and in the lost history of Atlantis, water was using the magic of their specific radiations, through its waves.

Astonishingly, in sophrology those two colours - or radiations - are associated with inner peace or serenity (green), and love (blue). Thus, it is also possible to use those two specific waves with a psychological retro-action, in order to squeeze and reduce drastically collective selfishness and meanness. You just need to use at a distance the "anterior past clock" we were talking about above, by inducing a reflexive impulse !
So the topic of redemption to come (or its potential disclaim on the opposite) is unnecessary for the time being.

To summarize, the blue or the green are used as backdrop for the subject. And in the assembly inlays can be made on it, either live (weather report for instance) or in the post-production (movie for example).

By using green and blue at the same time, you may create the appearing of a "portal", when a movement has been initiated.

The most troubling one is the movement towards the left - "anterior past"-, which is inducing an almost immediate hypnotic effect on your eyes. It works also on the other side, but with less power.              

Hence, it seems that the use of green and blue is the most effective... in the asymetry of an invisible "clock".

So then, the reality our eyes is perceiving is different from what it is really, when you realize how it works.

From that remark, just imagine the difference between what you perceive ordinarily with your eyes and your true environment, which you do not even notice most often !

In truth I tell you, your everyday life is not as boring as you imagine : it might be in fact, far more extraordinary than you could suppose if you were taking habit to hold your breath for just six seconds - to gain a wider consciousness !