Opt: An Illusionary Tale
This show focuses on optical illusions. Host LeVar Burton appears to be rockclimbing during a blizzard, but the director yells cut and reveals that LeVar is really in a studio. LeVar explains that sometimes optical illusions and special effects can play tricks on your eyes. Then he goes on to show that by using props, an Ultimat blue background, fake snow and a wind machine, he was able to simulate rockclimbing during a storm. Using these same special effect, LeVar walks through the imaginary land of Opt from the book, "Opt: An Illusionary Tale". This book contains many optical illusions and LeVar demonstraits a few. Next, we meet an artist who paints pictures that look real. And LeVar describes also use diguise and camaflogue to hide from their enemies.
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CC - Closed Caption
HD - High Definition
16:9 - Anamorphic Widescreen
LTR - Letterbox
DVI - Descriptive Video Information for the visually impaired
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