Zoom In While Tracking Away Shots
Submitted by bertie on Mon, 08/15/2005 - 02:48
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- Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991, Stephen Herek. When the kids first meet the babysitter.) [Thanks to grandpa_chum]
- Jaws (1975, Stephen Speilberg. The shot of Police Chief Brody sitting on the beach when he realises he has just seen a boy taken by a shark.)
- Raging Bull (1980, Martin Scorsese. When Ray is about to seemingly put Jake down for the count.) [Thanks to grandpa_chum]
- Return of the Living Dead (1985, Dan O'Bannon. When the girl first encounters the Tar Zombie) [Thanks to grandpa_chum]
Author Comments:
An interesting visual effect is achieved when the camera lens zooms in on an object at the same time as the camera is tracked away from the object. Help me collect such shots from the movies. Suggestions welcome.
i could never tell which way it was but I have always noticed and often mentally recorded when the effect took place... some could be zooming out while tracking in shots though i don't really decipher between the two.
Raging bull- when ray is about to seemingly put jake down for the count
Don't tell mom the babysitters dead- when they first meet the babysitter
Return of the living dead- when the girl first encounters that tar zombie
and one other i don't recall, it might be the jaws one, there are plenty i've seen that didn't work well, I only really remember the ones that did.
I suppose the effect would be the same. I might go to Ask A Filmmaker at IMDb and see what a cinematographer has to say about it.
I'll get around to including your suggestions.
I think the Jaws example is highly effective.
I have asked the cinematographer at IMDb and am awaiting a reply.
Update: IMDb had a problem with their "Ask a Cinematographer" form page, and I've had to re-submit my question. Again awaiting a reply.
Just a guess, but if you did a quick scan of Raimi's The Quick and The Dead, you'd probably find a shot like this. It's been awhile since I've watched it, but he played with his cameras quite a bit on that one. Just has to be a backing-away-gunfighter-zoom in there somewhere.