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Flashes?

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rabblewowza

Lately I've been noticing a lot of "flashes" in things I've been watching, notably during scenes meant to be spontaneous. This isn't the same as lens flare; it's much more dominant and, imo, prettier.

Here are a few examples:

http://youtu.be/2ZI4MWGeW6U?list=UU5yVeWxC5dQd1CNq4naTBAw
(starting at 0:33 during party flashback)

and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn88xJtBgiU&feature=youtu.be

Does anyone know how this effect is achieved? I'm sorry if this is painfully basic, but I'm drawing blanks on any sort of practical method.
 
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These are fake celloloid overexposure 'burns' and scratches.
They used to be created by letting light hit the celluloid, without really overexposing. (And without lens. A friend of mine once described how a DOP did it on set, but I don't recall the details.)
 
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I highly doubt those were created practically. The effects were a bit different in the two videos you posted, but both appear to have been done in post. FCPX has a built-in transition that looks a bit like the second video, and the first video looks like the effect could have been created easily.
 
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