Joshua Tanner Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Hi im shooting a 16mm short in the style of the early 20's silent films, im shooting it hand cranked with a pathe webo but what i want to know is how to do iris in and iris out 'in camera' like they often did on these silent films. any help would be greatly appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Rodgar Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Hi im shooting a 16mm short in the style of the early 20's silent films, im shooting it hand cranked with a pathe webo but what i want to know is how to do iris in and iris out 'in camera' like they often did on these silent films. any help would be greatly appreciated iris in and iris out? what do you mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Zimmerman Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 I assume you could use something like these iris's for spotlights. http://tinyurl.com/3ywx5q Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Tanner Posted January 9, 2008 Author Share Posted January 9, 2008 iris in and iris out? what do you mean? In silent films they would matte out everything except a small circle on a character for example anbd then that circle would expand to reveal the whole scene or image. same thing in reverse to iris out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Hawkins Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 I saw someone who had a little metal iris for his Bolex that did exactly that. Maybe have a hunt round ebay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Rodgar Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 (edited) In silent films they would matte out everything except a small circle on a character for example anbd then that circle would expand to reveal the whole scene or image. same thing in reverse to iris out. I see. A zooming circular black matte (its special-effects-editors real name) in post would be easier to control in case you can't find anything that works for the "in camera" end of things. Otherwise you could find a big enough black foam core board, cut a smooth-edged circle in it and move it back and forth from the camera to the actors. I would go in and out of focus probably but I don't see a way around that, even with the little metal shutter/ iris Tim talks about (which would just stay out of focus) unless you do it in post, which is fast, control-able and easy. I would, however, shoot at 16fps to give it that fast motion look that most silent films had. Just an idea. Edited January 9, 2008 by saulie rodgar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted January 9, 2008 Premium Member Share Posted January 9, 2008 Moving a circle in and away from a lens isn't going to work. You need a physical iris in front of the lens. Some people have used ones from lights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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