X-Jim_Colman
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Feb 23, 2004, 5:11 PM
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Re: Filming through a peephole
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: Hello,
: I am at present attempting to build a set for my latest production, i was just wondering the best way to film through a peephole you get on peoples front doors.
: Has anyone tried this and made it look good! im looking for the same effect that was created in the film "Ð" (pi, not sure if the character came out correct!) where hes looking through the peep hole.
: Would it be better to film through the peephole its self, or use a fisheye lens and try to recreate the effect?
: Any idea would be grand!!
: Thanks
: Bart
I think it depends if I wanted to show the camera moving up to the peephole and looking through or simply show the POV of the person looking through the peephole.
In the first case, I'd make a door with a larger than normal peephole and simply use an Elmo camera or a snorkle lens and dolly the camera up to the door. An Elmo camera has a diameter about the thickness of a tube of lipstick. A snorkle lens is a wider but it allows you to use a higher quality camera.
In the second case where you show an actor going up to a door and looking through the peephole then cutting to what he sees, I'd use a fisheye lens and simply film the "other side" of the peephole.
Jim
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