Mary Crowley Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 Hi, I don't know if this question hs already been asked, but here goes anyway. I just saw Zodiac and loved the shot where the camera tilts up from the bottom of a building that being built, and as it does, all the scaffolding etc moves. It looks like a simple time lapse shot, but surely they didn't leave a camera there long enough to catch it. Any ideas? Mary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted June 4, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted June 4, 2007 It's not historical time-lapse footage of the Transamerica building being constructed -- it was CGI (computer animation basically with a fake time-lapse effect.) But yes, normally you'd have to leave the camera out there for the duration in order for the framing to stay constant (and a tilt-up or down, or a pan, would require a complex motion control rig, or simply careful camera movements if it didn't have to be smooth. It's a little like stop-motion photography.) Nowadays, though, someone probably would use a digital still camera with a high resolution, and if the camera was brought out there once a day, a picture taken, and removed again, so the framing wasn't precise, it probably could be realigned in post by zooming into the photo a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergio cassini Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 (edited) check out the video slideshow on this site studiodaily,explains it all. Edited June 4, 2007 by sergio cassini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Crowley Posted June 4, 2007 Author Share Posted June 4, 2007 Thanks for that. Its a fantastic website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Satsuki Murashige Posted June 4, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted June 4, 2007 The April 2007 issue of Cinefex has an article about that shot and the other effects shots in "Zodiac," quite informative. You can order back issues here: http://www.cinefex.com/index/listings/backissues.html It's a pricy publication though, like $13 or so at newstand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Lowe Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 (edited) The photography really looked superb on this movie. There were very few shots at all that gave away its digital origins in a bad way, and a few night and evening shots that just looked great (like Collateral and Miami Vice). Edited July 12, 2007 by Tom Lowe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Glenn Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 The opening scene with the couple was a bit surreal to me. The composition gave the characters a very strange rendition as if it were live television but on film Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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