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Last month I covered two movies that grossly exaggerated night vision. Hollywood has perpetuated certain myths about night vision. To some, this is as bad as guns making an actual foley noise every time the firearm is handled. We will take a look at some more movies and TV shows and rip apart the scenes in this Hollywood night vision myths part 2.
In the video clip above the film utilizes some POV footage that appears to be from an actual night vision device. As the camera moves around you can see the vignette of the POV circle at the far left and right hand sides of the screen. The cinematographer either used a lens to zoom in and physically cropped out the top and bottom or this was done in post. Regardless it was awesome that they actually used real night vision to film rather than try to fake it.
Night vision does not do this. While image intensifier tubes certainly amplify light, they do not keep amplifying all light and metaphorically become brighter than the sun. This movie was made in the 90s and so they were most likely using either Gen 1 or Gen 2 night vision. From the NVG POV scenes, it looks to be Gen 2 since the fixed pattern noise is not found in Gen 1 systems.
Another problem with Patriot Games is the choice of night vision device and weapons. The bad guys got their hands on some UZI SMGs. But trying to aim while wearing PVS-7 is nearly impossible without a laser. The problem is the fact that the objective lens is in the center of the goggle. The image is split into two and bounced using mirrors into your eye. Due to the shallow depth of field that night vision lenses have, you would not be able to shoot very well without aiming. You would not be able to get a proper sight picture. So then you would have to resort to hip firing if you did not have a laser.
Below is a screenshot of supposed POV from the starlight night vision scope that Dane, aka GOD, uses to shoot this bad guy. This is not what night vision looks like. It is green phosphor or white phosphor. Also, check out the fake reticle and range finder.
However, the little blue LED is the only thing that is real in this scene. Thermal is black and white. In some thermal devices, you can use different palettes that help better show temperature differential. What thermal cannot do is see through solid objects like a brick wall. And yet that is what this movie is trying to portray.
We do see a lot of NVG POV and this time these filmmakers make the same fake POV image. Binocular night vision with dual tubes looks just like ordinary binoculars. When you look through them your eyes coalesce the two images into one circle. From the NVG POV scenes, it looks like they may have been using Generation 1 night vision and compensated for the poor low light performance by turning on some lights. Watch Clarice grope around in what appears to be a well-lit room. Ahh, the magic of acting. As she fumbles around in fear, you can see a harsh shadow casted from the lights used to illuminate the scene, I suppose they could have used IR lights in this scene.
The Venn diagram of two POV circles is false stop perpetuating it. Unless Hollywood would have you believe you are looking through a GPNVG monocular. According to L3, you can split pano quad tubes and use the siamese bino as a monocular. In this instance, you would have the POV seen above.
The night vision sequences in the game are not bad. It definitely gives the look and feel that you are looking through white phosphor night vision however I wish they had taken it an extra step and strive for better accuracy.
Another glaring issue is the ever-present IR illuminator. See the photo below. You can see a distinct circle of light. We do not see anything giving off this artificial light but it only seems to be generated by the main character you are controlling. Your teammates seem devoid of IR lights other than what is on their guns.
I hope you enjoyed this edition of Friday Night Lights. I have a couple more movies and video games that I can take a closer look at their night vision use and then rip it apart to tell you where they got it wrong or in some rare instances, they did it right. If you have any recommendations for night vision scenes in video games, in movies, or in TV shows let me know in the comments below.
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