soap opera effect

soap opera effect

An informal term for "motion smoothing" or "motion interpolation," a process by which one's TV artificially increases the frame rate of video in order to remove motion blur. As a result, some movies and TV shows have an exaggeratedly realistic visual quality more typical of videotape (the traditional filming medium for soap operas) than film. A: "Why does everything look so weird on my new TV?" B: "It's the soap opera effect. Let's see if we can turn that off."
See also: effect, opera, soap
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • motion smoothing
  • pull in front (of someone or something)
  • pull in front of
  • motion to (one)
  • sua sponte
  • get the ball rolling
  • get/keep/set/start the ball rolling
  • make as if to (do something)
  • make as if to do
  • make as if to do something