How Contact Lenses Are Made For Movies | Movies Insider
Eyeworks for Film has produced contact lenses for "Game of Thrones," "James Bond" movies, and "Star Wars." We visited co-director Sinead Sweeney in London to find out how the lenses are produced and even get fitted with some of our own. Actors wear contacts to change their color pigment, look older, create imperfections, or even transform into another species. Beverly Hills optometrist Reuben Greenspoon is credited with first using lenses to augment a character’s appearance. Greenspoon was tasked with changing an actor’s eyes from natural brown to blue in 1939’s "Miracles for Sale." He created a glazed blue-ceramic material. The lens was attached and run through a kiln to fuse the glass and ceramic together, leaving a round aperture of 4 millimeters through which actor Henry Hull could see. Since hydrogel contact lenses went into mass production in 1971, lenses with simple color pigments have become pretty accessible. But designing and painting bespoke lenses is still an art form. Our lenses were hand-painted by award-winning Cristina Patterson of Eye Ink FX in the US and manufactured by No7.
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How Contact Lenses Are Made For Movies
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Shows a bizarre eye *This eye isn't real* Me: Shocker
@littledreamsanimations3623
4 жыл бұрын
same😂😂
@ridanoor3228
4 жыл бұрын
Same! 😂
@Bruhmoment-dv4fp
4 жыл бұрын
Same
@wallybayola6286
4 жыл бұрын
Same?????
@jing3463
4 жыл бұрын
Me: ISSA GOAT
“These eyes aren’t real, in fact they are contact lenses.” me: "ya no sh*t Sherlock" 😂😂😂
@clownboy6131
4 жыл бұрын
"Oh here's Sherlock's eyes"
@guze_wolf9973
4 жыл бұрын
I wanted to say that 😂😂😂😂
@blumne_lefleura
4 жыл бұрын
when you dont know what to say during an introduction😂😂
@Nadical
4 жыл бұрын
Oh well I'm sorry Watson!
@littledreamsanimations3623
4 жыл бұрын
@@blumne_lefleura 😂😂😂
I can’t believe people had to put glass contacts in their eyes!!
@heliopolitan444
4 жыл бұрын
Good example of this is the Lost boys. Those vampire eyes were glass contacts 😖
@bones_man327
4 жыл бұрын
Dang that must hurt!
@yuitachibana6145
4 жыл бұрын
Pietrina my dad used to have glass contacts when he was younger; crazy right?? He said they didn’t hurt a bit!
@KoreanAnimeFreakx
4 жыл бұрын
y'all would be surprised. i've put glass contacts on before and it didn't hurt one bit. it's like i didn't even put anything on my eyes. same goes for wearing normal contacts. i'd wear any type of contacts over my eye glasses anyday!
@ivetignatova2495
4 жыл бұрын
you know it's normal most companies sell contacts with prescription?
Hold up THEY CHANGED THE EYE COLOR OF A PERSON IN A BLACK AND WHITE MOVIE
@clairoswife
3 жыл бұрын
thats what i was thinking
@avocado3-in-182
3 жыл бұрын
Bruh, it’s like washing your hands after taking a shower.
@lunarbeetlejuice9768
3 жыл бұрын
Also for a matter of contrast. If you look at on set photos for the Addams family tv show that was filmed in black and white, the house is a motley amount of bright and pastel colours so that it doesnt all become one big gray sludge on TV.
@someperson5015
3 жыл бұрын
@@vanilla-rice-cooker yeah
@wizardlizard2034
3 жыл бұрын
@@avocado3-in-182 I do that dawg 😐
The thing is. What if lenses get stuck. It would be a nightmare.
@dumpster9048
4 жыл бұрын
It won't as long as you don't sleep in them
@Irfn-fo3ps
4 жыл бұрын
@@dumpster9048 exactly..
@miathechihuhua6928
4 жыл бұрын
If it did they would do surgery
@evanwatling3897
4 жыл бұрын
dumpster even if you sleep in them chances are they won’t get stuck.
@sgrpwz
4 жыл бұрын
The thing is. Why are you. Talking like this.
*sees snake eyes* “oh wow those look like Crowley’s eyes..” Optometrist lady: “these are the ones we used on David Tennant.” Me: slsikasjkaskan I KNEW IT
@wormyvampire
4 жыл бұрын
saaaaaaaame
@user-sw4ww3ho4q
4 жыл бұрын
I CAME TO SEE IF CROWLEY WOULD BE MENTIONED!!!😆😆😆
@catharsis2323
4 жыл бұрын
I love how there's two Crowleys now (Good omens and Supernatural) and I have to figure out which one haha
@bokuto_is_bipolar_af287
4 жыл бұрын
I SAW THEM AND I GOT SO EXCITED WHEN THEY SAID THAT
@CherryVilla21
4 жыл бұрын
That was me when I saw those eye contacts. So proud that those are Crowley's eyes.
People who make contact lenses for movies and TV shows are my newest addition on my list of professions I never really thought about but I now have a deep appreciation for
@EmyN
4 жыл бұрын
Dilay Yilmaz Yess and also people that do fake food for movies
Imagine how uncomfortable they were back then
@venetiia
4 жыл бұрын
Hope Roseberry my Nan actually used to have hard contact lenses for vision not the look
Why would they be concerned with changing an actor's eye color from brown to blue in 1939
@hernameisrio505
4 жыл бұрын
Ikr
@olivesalad808
4 жыл бұрын
yeah lol
@emmie9411
4 жыл бұрын
There's still a tonal range though. The variety of shades within the black and white (all the types of grays between) are important in depicting an image. Without enough contrast, the picture can come out muddy in some areas, with all of the light colored objects blending into each other and the darker objects doing the same, so it'd make it harder to see
@celicobain8270
4 жыл бұрын
Brown looks "flat" while blue has more "depth". It can transform anybody's eyes/look- even in b&w.
@moonyfoxy876
4 жыл бұрын
@@ChristopherTradeshow bruh lmafo bruh lmfamo lmafo lmfao bruh bruh fmlao rbuh mlafo
"These eyes aren't real" Every 60 seconds a minute passes in Africa
@malihafaisal1178
4 жыл бұрын
S
@usernamesmatter
4 жыл бұрын
Maliha Faisal yo mama
@meggamiauw4266
4 жыл бұрын
Nooo really?!
@Microwaveswoo
4 жыл бұрын
Emkito OMG rlly? I thought it was 1 second!!
@inthedwithusadollslife1257
4 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣💀💀💀
Girl: "Oh my Goodness! I look like a fish!" Me: Aren't those goat eyes?
@Uncle_Smidge
4 жыл бұрын
Goat eyes are an oval pupil; these look to be based on a cuttlefish. But they do have a similar weird vibe to them, yeah?
@oliviang2815
4 жыл бұрын
@@Uncle_Smidge Oh I didn't know that. Cuttlefish have such distinctively W-shaped eyes so I thought these were based on either a goat or an octopus. Thanks for clarifying it.
@cleorubindionela7575
4 жыл бұрын
More like frogs eyes
@aleksandrafurczon6717
4 жыл бұрын
Horses eyes or goats eyes, but blue ofc
@dee-jaylibnao8602
4 жыл бұрын
@@Uncle_Smidge i don't think goat eyes are oval
"you need quite a skilled artist to do these sorts of things" shes complementing herself AND her team. i love it
Dear lord those first lenses were creepy
Immediately thought of Good Omens when this popped up in my recommended; turns out this company did work on pretty much everything I ever watched that has characters with more or less weird eyes. You guys are doing an amazing job that my shaky hands could never do. Thanks for contributing to film magic!
“These eyes aren’t real in fact they’re contact lenses” *hmm yes the floor here is made of floor*
@moonbean657
4 жыл бұрын
XD I've seen that A LOT but it's still hilarious "ah yes the floor here is made of floor"
@goowadeshravni2479
4 жыл бұрын
Sometimes when I close my eyes , I can't see
@sage_ever_green1793
4 жыл бұрын
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
@winterandspark9985
3 жыл бұрын
When I cut my hair it’s shorter
@yahalomren
3 жыл бұрын
@@winterandspark9985 So I'm the only one with their hair getting longer after cutting it? Huh
Why am I watching this, I don’t even wear contact lenses.
@supermiiemiie5352
4 жыл бұрын
ElmAlph a the exact same thing I asked myself lol
@hellloooopeopleee
4 жыл бұрын
ElmAlph a same
@JustinLHopkins
4 жыл бұрын
Uhm, because it’s interesting and learning something new is a good thing.....
@autumn_leavesx4422
4 жыл бұрын
You don’t need to wear contact lenses to watch this video. Dear god I don’t get these comments.
@umok5399
4 жыл бұрын
They’re just saying, that it’s weird learning about something you don’t even use.Jeez, you guys are pretty rude.
There it is! Crowley's eyes! I asked around everywhere but now I finally found it! I knew it that it wasn't regular cat eye lens because I have never seen that shade. Although they had to edit it later because it spined a lot. But it still looks good
5:51. When I saw those lenses, I've immediately paused the video and gave it another look thinking. " What are the chances that those lenses is what David Tennant wore in Good omens"...... ... ... It was revealed it from David Tennant and immediately grin from ear to ear.
@PortalJay
4 жыл бұрын
SAME I was screaming for a good five minutes
@ArchivePigeon
4 жыл бұрын
omg saaaame
@kinkypande5381
4 жыл бұрын
Same
@shawtyslikeamelody7595
4 жыл бұрын
*good omen theme plays*
@sunnyafton1598
4 жыл бұрын
I saw them and being such a die hard good omens fan almost screamed
"These eyes aren't real" This is my new dog, his name is Dog.
No one: Lady: “Serpent ones we used for David Tennant in good omens.” Me: freaks out about David
@noitakuu_art
4 жыл бұрын
Same XD
@479g-uh5rm
4 жыл бұрын
I freaked out about good omens lmao
@cocaineenthusiast8373
4 жыл бұрын
i went to the comments just to see if anyone else freaked out
@jxtearz
4 жыл бұрын
The rule is to always freak out when someone mentions David Tennant.
@froggietin
4 жыл бұрын
I was dozing off but then heard good omens and David and I jumped up immediately
is it just me or my eyes hurt while watching them put on the lenses.
@elizann3185
4 жыл бұрын
•Krizeah P.• me too, I wear them and by watching this my eyes got teary 😭
@fbi7927
4 жыл бұрын
I think its kind of satisfying 😅
@jemi-active4994
4 жыл бұрын
I mean i wanna pull my eyes out-
@ElisabethGaffney
4 жыл бұрын
I wear contacts so I didn’t feel uncomfortable watching this but before I did wear them, these things made me feel like that too
@cakbane_draws
3 жыл бұрын
Same here
Her eyes said: 🥺
@bunnii9397
4 жыл бұрын
🔮👄🔮
@moonbean657
4 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, next we'll have this 🌍👄🌍
@jellyj220
3 жыл бұрын
Yes 🔥👄🔥
It's really cool how those contacts help show that our eyes rotate in our head. The horizontal middle part is always parallel to the ground even when she turns her head!
@melwaters7717
9 ай бұрын
You are right, the eyes do rotate like that to stabilize our vision, but also consider the lenses are weighted, so that can also be a contributing factor.
@marsfeathers
9 ай бұрын
@@melwaters7717 how are they weighted unevenly? Its not that I don't believe u I just don't know how that would work with contacts
Tbh the contact “fish eyes” as she referred to them did not look weird at all to me
@MissSkullCrusher
4 жыл бұрын
Just looked cute tbh
me: *wears contacts everyday to see* them:*acting like contacts are some kind of complicated being*
@kendra5115
4 жыл бұрын
sameee
@ElisabethGaffney
4 жыл бұрын
Fr though
@sharoonjohn3850
3 жыл бұрын
can totally relate....lol
“These eyes aren’t real” *My LiFe Is A liE*
Crowley and David Tennant is mentioned. Good Omens series. Me: Can I hear a "Wahoo"?
@oliveluvgod9840
4 жыл бұрын
Hannah Summers I WAS WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO COMMENT ON THAT
@smolmagicalbean4681
4 жыл бұрын
Wahoo!!
@captivatingares7429
4 жыл бұрын
WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOO
1:29 shes wearing CONTACTS over CONTACTS, how uncomforable must that be
@leighanneisagoddess4421
4 жыл бұрын
Where?
@Dinanysos
4 жыл бұрын
Im very sure in this scene they just edited the eyes red and didn't make her wear 2 lenses, since it would be a risk for the eye
@manoloholaa
4 жыл бұрын
It's very risky to put lenses over lenses because the cornea needs oxygen to function, normal lenses have pores to let the cornea "breathe" and 2 lenses would "suffocate " the eye
@richardaragon5188
4 жыл бұрын
I accidentally put 2 contacts in 1 eye once when I first started wearing them 2 years ago, it just felt like a thick contact and my vision was very blurry
@qasim5135
4 жыл бұрын
I've worn multiple contacts at once just to try it and mis different colors
Too bad nobody thought to go back to the legend Lon Chaney Sr. He actually used to make his own ceramic eye caps almost 100 years ago for stage AND screen. The pains that Chaney went through to become a character were phantasmic! He would also keep cotton wool in his cheeks to change his facial structure. But he was one of the first to take a lightbulb, smash it down, and then file it down to fit his eyes. How far we have come!
When it came to the black and yellow contact lenses for the Troi and Data characters from Star Trek: TNG, the makeup department painted regular contacts but didn’t use professional eye contact paint. When the actors were finished filming for the day and the colored contacts were put into contact solution, the paint would come off. Marina Sirtis who played Deanna Troi demanded the contacts be made by professionals after that.
@isabelvenegas7000
4 жыл бұрын
I didn't know marina wore contacts in tng :0
I’m dying at this thumbnail lmaoooo
"Create imperfections" * shows blind person *
@sweetnsour3693
4 жыл бұрын
Lol
@oscara4853
4 жыл бұрын
Storm is not blind
@smeaglesmegg1243
4 жыл бұрын
@Lila Twyx No blind person has white/grey eyes
@Gloomyraindrop
4 жыл бұрын
Storm isn't blind but go off
@okay6470
4 жыл бұрын
Cool, but storm still isn’t blind so
crowley's eyes from good omens!!!
Crowley eyes hell yes
Bro I got so excited when they mentioned Crowleys eyes
That whole shop looks amazing and they've worked with so many celebrities?!
I JUST LOVE IT WHEN I SEE MY FAVORITE CHARACTERS UNEXPECTEDLY BECAUSE I WATCHED THIS VIDEO WITHOUT HAVING THE THOUGHT OF THE CHARACTER AND THEN THEY JUST APPEAR AND YOU SCREAM LIKE A FOUR YEAR OLD IN A TOY STORE LMAOOO
@miab-p6874
3 жыл бұрын
Yes. I was really happy when I saw the ones from Penny Dreadful! :D
Instead of those imagery creature eye looks, those that mimic eye injuries are more interesting to me. I’ve always wondered how those effects were achieved. It somehow never occurred to me that those were done by lenses.
"create imperfections", --> shows halle berry in his most iconic role to date
I RECOGNIZED THOSE SNAKE EYES I KNEW IT WOW
How did I know they were gonna bring up David Tennant's Crowley HOW DID I KNOW
0:33, Now why would you care about the colour of someone's eye in a black& white movie?
@winterandspark9985
3 жыл бұрын
I’m pretty sure it’s the lightness Like brown is darker than blue so it’s lighter if it’s blue
Me: wants to get eye contacts to look like Crowley from good omens * sees how big the contacts are in this video * Me: w e l l *nevermind*
my eyes automatically teared up for some reason
WHEN I SAW THOSE SERPENT-LIKE LENSES I IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT ABOUT CROWLEY (DAVID TENNANT FROM GOOD OMENS) AND GUESS WHAT I WAS RIGHT AND I LITERALLY SCREAMED BECAUSE I LOVE HIM SO MUCH OML
@marrygbg
4 жыл бұрын
Exactly the same happened with me! He is a great actor right?
Nobody: Greenspoon : you know color glass in your eyes isn’t such a bad idea
*not gonna lie she look good with that contact lense 🤭*
No one: Absolutley No One: Thumbnail: *ANIME EYEEEEESSSSSS*
@KazzieBB
4 жыл бұрын
You've never seen an anime before if you say that the thumbnail looks like them
@khatunamezvrishvili6211
4 жыл бұрын
What kind of anime are you watching?
@bedowedo
3 жыл бұрын
Excuse me? I'm assuming you haven't seen anime before
That sage mode contact lenses at the beginning.
@andreahl3494
4 жыл бұрын
Lolz... I was thinking of octopus but okay. Glad to see another fan here.
1:01 holy geese that scared the freak out of me
Why is no one talking about how she pronounced aqua man 4:42
@autumn_leavesx4422
4 жыл бұрын
It was fine
@Brindledpit
4 жыл бұрын
Hey guys don’t get triggered when I was typing this comment I wasn’t even thinking she was British
Why I can't see any *SHARINGAN* over there!
“Ackwa-man! I am Ackwa-man..”
I actually thought Crowley's eyes where edited in the show and not real :'0
Omg the glass contacts look so painful and uncomfortable
so glad Davids lenses were in here, thats the only reason why I clicked no the video
I don’t if it’s because I’m stupid but when I clicked on this video I thought it was going to be about contact lenses that allow you to watch movies.
@theo8606
4 жыл бұрын
SAME
I thought this was gonna be a black mirror type invention
Do they also do custom lenses? Might want to order ...
@cash_eye
4 жыл бұрын
Same
@PestoPasta666
4 жыл бұрын
I want to know the price point though 😂
This eye look @ 6:50 is pretty cool for an everyday look, like one eye would be kind of aesthetic.
Don’t forget the cosplayers. Also, if you wear prescription contacts, it’s normal. I have a set with one blue and red and it changes the colors slightly.
me: huh, I wonder if they also made crowley's eyes the video: *shows crowley's eyes* me: oh
When I saw those yellow eyes I was like. Hey that looks like crowl- HOLY CRUD.
Did anyone else notice the “WONDER WOMAN 2020”???
@EmyN
4 жыл бұрын
Ikr? I wonder what character is going to wear it
Who else did a small happy dance when they heard good omens?
All I want are the contacts David Tennant used in Good Omens
you couldn't pay me to put glass in my eye, they were some real troopers in 30's.
the craft and detail in movie making is mind blowing.
But why would they change their eye color in black and white film?
0:05 “These eyes aren’t real” Me: “YOU DON’T SAY!”
As a person who has keratoconus and has to wear scleral lenses, I appreciate this type of art
glass contacts I am not surprised. Then they created Gas Permeable. My mom still has to wear them, and she can't change out for something different since the gas permeable has created small ridge in her eyes. She's worn them since the 70s. I am thankful for the new material for contacts. I use my contacts for certain things. But I do really prefer glasses.
I love how they show Yondu
Lmao I thought you can put these contacts in during movies, so you don’t get distracted if someone in front of you is on their phone.
"These eyes arent real" Me:surprised pikachu face
“These eyes aren’t real” Oh wow I didn’t notice...
Every time i see them wearing dramatic lens I can’t imagine how uncomfortable that feels like
"These eyes aren't real, infact there contact lenses" Ah yes, the floor here is made out of floor
*ALL HAIL HYPNOTOAD*
“James bond, Star Wars and EVEN game of thrones” Star Wars is like way bigger than game of thrones but ok
@alinasmolian5439
4 жыл бұрын
no it's not?
@anthonyfox585
4 жыл бұрын
J N game of thrones is better
@Ana-ql4bp
4 жыл бұрын
you've started a war
@naanbread4523
4 жыл бұрын
The star wars movies are classics, it has many, many crossover shows and stuff and the whole fanbase is huge. I don’t think that in 40 years there is still as much potential in GoT as in star wars now. I don’t say it’s better than GoT, I just think it’s bigger.
@naanbread4523
4 жыл бұрын
Ana yeah😂😂
Cast of the vampire diaries said that wearing this contact lenses make them feel like they have hundreds of fake lashes in their eyes.
*shows bizarre and unreal eyes* Them: "These eyes aren't real, intact they're contact lenses!" Me: tHeY aReN't? sHocKeR! :O
Her: These eyes aren’t real Me: Wild man
Me : ooooh I wonder if they did crowleys eyes Them : serpent eyes for David tennant- Me : :D
2:00 Billi Piper 💙💙
@miab-p6874
3 жыл бұрын
Yes!
"These eyes aren't real, in fact they are contact lenses" Me: **Pretends to be shocked** 😱
I never really thought that movies used contact lenses made specific for them. Now that I do I think it's logic, but still amazing.
This takes "tinted eyes" to a whole new level lol
That whole eye exam would lowkey be a great asmr.
“these eyes arent real” me: surprised pikachu face
OMG, is that Billie Piper at 2:00?! On the set of Penny Dreadful?!
Great video!!!
These eyes aren't real *MY WHOLE LIFE WAS THE TRUTH*
Just people holding the contacts makes me feel disturbed. Especially when they begin to put them in, it sends a chill down my spine. How do you do it without the fear of poking your eyes?
When I started to watch this video, I wanted to say - nothing suprising for someone who wears contact lenses for vision defect, but... wow, these are so big.
I always wonderd how they made the colored eye lenses from the Flash, now I know! Thanks!
Good omens 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚
Me: *puts on contact lenses* Also Me: *rubs eyes* “Ow!”
This is making my eyes water 💦
So I guess the cat eye ones I had weren’t weighted the stupid things would always be facing the wrong way as soon as you blink the damn things would spin I have a set of black sclera lenses now they’re really not too difficult to put in but I find they displace easier if you blink a little too quickly