What is this glitch in Jurassic Park?
Watching the movie, Jurassic Park, even the first time I saw it, there's a glaring glitch when the characters Dr. Grant & Ian Malcolm, are waving the flare in the T-Rex scene.
There's a reflection of the flare, which I presumed was some kind of reflection on the green-screen.
However, when Malcolm is running, it not only stays the same distance (I'm guessing the actor is running away from a green screen?), and the reflection even passes in front of him - he is between the reflection-thing and the green screen.
You can see this occur at about 1:40 in the scene. This leads me to believe it was a camera lens error?
What caused this blur, reflection, or refraction, and why wasn't it corrected (it's a very visual error, setting it apart from other goofs)?
Best Answer
It is called lens flare. This occurs when a bright light is scattered in a lens system and, because of internal reflection and lens imperfections, a visible artifact is transmitted to the observation point.
It was not edited out, because it confers realism.
From Vox, previously lens flare was always removed (or shots were taken so as to not contain any). As documentaries started having some, movie directors realized that it gave a realism-vibe common to documentaries. Spielberg wanted to use it (a lot!) in Jurassic Park.
From DigitalRev,
Just as lens flare was once used to convey authenticity, it was used by Spielberg and others to lend that believability to aliens (in E.T.) and dinosaurs (in Jurassic Park).
From Vulture:
In Jurassic Park: The Lost World Spielberg wanted a butt-load of lens flares. He told cinematographer Janusz Kaminski to "shoot against the sun or to introduce the dinosaurs as a silhouette or moving against a bright light."
As a side-note, this may have also simply not been noticed by movie editors. I never really saw this until you pointed it out to me in this question...
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Answer 2
It's a dangling piece of the flare (rather than lens flare as suggested by the other answer). I have been analyzing the YouTube video frame by frame. The extra pink light dangles and waggles 6-8 inches below the main pink flame. Here are some still frames I took.
In the final image at the bottom, you can even see how the dangling piece appears as an uneven streak because it is jiggling, while the main pink flame appears as a completely straight streak.
(Regarding the other answer: That J.J. Abrams lens flare pic is fantastic!!)
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