Theatrical Contact Lenses & More!

Theatrical contact lenses are used primarily in the entertainment industry, but can also be purchased by individuals. You can purchase those contact lenses from your personal eye care professional, or you can browse through a huge variety of different styles from many different web sites on the internet. If you like the movie Twilight, and think you would look pretty sharp as a vampire, you can make your eyes the same color as the vampire’s eyes in the movie. Or perhaps you’re going to a Halloween party and you would like to dress up as a character from one of your favorite horror movies. There are many websites you can go to where you can purchase horror movie type theatrical contact lenses, from bright red ones, to black ones, to white ones, and even contact lenses that will give you the blood shot eye affect.

Maybe you would like to dress up as an animal, whether it be for Halloween, or perhaps for a part in a play, you can purchase contact lenses to make your eyes look more “animal-like.” For instance, there are contact lenses available to make your eyes look like goat’s eyes. You may have noticed if you have looked at a goat’s eye that the pupil is rectangular in shape, rather than round like a human eyeball. You can also find theatrical contact lenses that will change your round pupil to look like a cat’s eye, which is more like a slit in the iris. Many animals have different shaped eyes and pupils than human’s do, so if you’re dressing up as an animal, or even if you just want to freak out your friends or co-workers with your crazy eyes, you can find many different types of “animal eye” contact lenses on the internet.

Another type of theatrical contact lenses is the type that makes it look like you have had an injury to your eye. This could also come in handy for a part in a play or a movie, as well as if you are dressing up for Halloween as an injured person or animal. These contact lenses have “blood marks” on them to make it look as though your eye has been injured. You can purchase different ones depending on what kind of injury you’re looking to have.

Many movies use theatrical contact lenses as part of their special effects. Eyes can tell a lot about a person in a movie such as if they are sick, scared, injured, or perhaps “un-human.” Zombie movies benefit from contact lenses, as do many horror movies and action movies with super heroes.

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