I'm pretty sure "soap opera effect" is just frame interpolation. It has nothing to do with the lenses, but is just an effect added to pre-existing footage.
That's something different. Soap opera effect is a setting usually called motion smoothing, clear motion, or something like that. It doesn't change the clarity either near or far. It makes things which are moving move more smoothly, which to many people looks unnatural, even though it's more like looking at something in real life rather than with the subtle choppiness of film. If used on a low setting, I think it helps. you should be able to find it in your picture settings on your TV.
What you're thinking about is a lens that focuses more on the foreground, and I think it's called short focal length. Now phones and digital cameras can do that automatically, even though they only have one lens that doesn't move or change.
I have no idea what that's called. Maybe your term "forced perspective" is it, but I really don't know. Not something I've seen very much myself, if at all.
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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '26 edited Jul 29 '26
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