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How is this effect achieved while filming?

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cultrara
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I don't know what the technical term is, but the effect is making the subject stay relatively the same size while the background depth changes. I think it may be done by zooming in while moving the camera backwards, but I really have no idea.

Here is an example at 00:24. Does anyone know how to do this and what its called?


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cultrara
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After some digging around I found my answer. Mods go ahead and delete this thread unless other people find it helpful.


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gusestomp
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I think this is it. I've read it somewhere, but I'm not sure where.
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123+ski
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it is called a Hitchcock zoom, and that one was done (I believe) by zooming in while moving away. Here is another example


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123+ski
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and I just saw your post where you figured it out already
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J_BISCHOF
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I would moreso say its the vertigo effect/shot
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gravel
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it is still called the hitchcock zoom... he didn't just "call" it that, that's actually what it's named.
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Algebra
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GOODFELLAS
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JuliusJ
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huh, pretty cool.
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J_BISCHOF
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again, if anything its CALLED a dolly zoom. just because hitchcock made it popular doesnt make it his zoom.
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Holte
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Sure, but the term Hitchcock Zoom is used pretty regularly.
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304NordMan
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Thats cool Ive always wondered about that, see it in edits sometimes. I think it happens accidentally a lot when the filmer is too close to the man in the air and has to zoom out rapidly while moving downhill at the same speed that the skier is. Creates the same effect.

Also, that Jaguar is meeaan
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Tikayt
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Hitchcock brought that technique.
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Tikayt
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Sorry for double post. First time cinema experienced this technique was in the movie Vertigo, 1958.
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skiP.E.I.
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Good thing to know how to do! Definitely worthy of some research
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Brentizzle
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that car looks fucking tight!
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mvf
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Tried a few with time lapses before. Trippy shit.
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[NT]
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More simple than you would think- just move away from the subject while zooming in on it. using a dolly to "move away" from it would make the cleanest results
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Ankilla
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that's so sick
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BryantPhoto
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Vertigo.
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PacificRimJob
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Dolly zoom. Hitchcock Zoom. Hitchcock Push (how I learned it). Vertigo effect. etc...

One of my favourite techniques for conveying 'discomfort' and 'odd space' actually..

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cultrara
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This thread makes me wonder if anyone actually reads the other posts besides the op. The first post is me answering my own question and letting mods know they can delete the thread.
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.qzyxya
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Funny how everybody is arguing and downvoting each other's posts when you're literally arguing on some arbitrary name. Who the fuck cares, call it what you want...
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