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How would you create the 'panic shot'?

 
 


BrianMacKenzie
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Sep 11, 2005, 7:31 PM

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You know the typical scene in horror flicks where the main actor stumbles across something scary, they then show the face of the actor...the background zooms at a faster rate than the main actor to capture the 'closed in' feeling of the panicking actor.

how is this captured sans-greenscreen? (i have access to a greenscreen if this is the only way)

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Stoney
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Sep 12, 2005, 5:46 AM

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I'm not sure if this is the effect that your looking for, I also can't remember the "term" for the effect, but you can truck in on your subject at the same time zoom out. So basically you are moving the camera straight toward the subject and zooming out at the same time. If that doesn't quite do it for you, you could also move in the subject and then do the key in the zoom out and adjust it prior to, to the speed that you are looking for.
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BrianMacKenzie
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Sep 12, 2005, 7:16 AM

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That sounds like exactly what I am looking for, thanks. Could you please explain this a little further?

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and then do the key in the zoom out and adjust it prior to, to the speed that you are looking for.
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videobear
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Sep 12, 2005, 8:30 AM

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Hitchcock pioneered this effect in, I think, "Vertigo". Possibly its most memorable use is a scene in "Jaws", where the sheriff realizes that a shark attack is taking place on the beach right before his eyes.

Zooming out widens the camera's field of view, making things "shrink". If you physically move the camera toward the subject at the same time as you zoom out, the subject will stay the same size but the background will appear to shrink in size. This produces both an intense focus on the subject's expression (horror), as well as producing a disorienting effect. This disorientation helps to communicate the subject's own confusion as the unexpected happens.




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Doug Graham
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BrianMacKenzie
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Sep 12, 2005, 9:02 AM

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Thanks guys! Much obliged

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Stoney
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Sep 12, 2005, 9:06 AM

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There you go, another great explanation. What you would need to work on is the speed and angle of your camera movement, in conjuction with the speed of your zoom out. You definitely would want to use some kind of stabilzation on the camera for smooth movement. Somtimes a wheelchair can work nicely depending on the location. So think of it as pushing the camera toward or into the subject, at the same time zooming out with the lense. Good luck.Smile
Stoney
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Phil Harris
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Sep 15, 2005, 1:06 PM

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If you're interested in the name for this kind of shot, it is called a "stretch shot." It works in both directions. By that I mean if you dolly out while zooming in the subject stays the same size but the background changes. By the same token, if you dolly in and zoom out at the same time, the reverse "stretch" occurs.
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Razz
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Oct 14, 2005, 6:03 AM

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That would be a 'dolly zoom' where the size of the actor stays about the same but the background compresses. Look at the original 'Jaws' film when police chief Brody sees the shark from the beach.
You will probably need several takes to coordinate your zoom with your dolly in.
Good luck
Razz


Jack_Tripper
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Dec 30, 2005, 8:25 PM

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You can find more information here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_zoom


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