brian brookshire Posted March 9, 2014 Posted March 9, 2014 The shot starts about .45 sec. in (never mind the German!) How the hell is this done and esp. in '83 w/ a huge camera? I'm interested in building a rig for my GoPro so any advice or links...is this shot like Hitchcock on the stairs in "Psycho" and Spielberg w/ Brody seeing the shark on the beach in "JAWS"? where the camera dollys in and simultaneously zooms out as I can seem to figure this one out! Thanks in advance.,...
Brian Drysdale Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 I assume you're talking about the shot where the camera seems to move with him and then he turns away from the camera. Although there also appears to be a body mount type shot. If it's the latter they could've used a 16mm camera, although it hard to tell or possibly something like a Bell and Howell 35mm Eyemo camera or an Arri with a 200ft mag. 35mm film cameras have been used to shoot freefall parachuting: http://difficultisworthdoing.typepad.com/difficult_is_worth_doing/part_1/
Brian Drysdale Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 However, if the twisting away shot, I'd assume he's attached to a separate camera mount by a loop that keeps him in the same position relative to the camera and he moves with the camera.
Premium Member Bill DiPietra Posted March 11, 2014 Premium Member Posted March 11, 2014 Scorsese did the same thing with Harvey Keitel - for a much longer take - in Mean Streets. And that was in 1973.
jeff woods Posted March 13, 2014 Posted March 13, 2014 Maybe I'm repeating something, but at 1:51 there appears to be a still of the rig used... -j 1
Alan Kovarik Posted February 21, 2022 Posted February 21, 2022 On 3/9/2014 at 4:09 PM, brian brookshire said: The shot starts about .45 sec. in (never mind the German!) How the hell is this done and esp. in '83 w/ a huge camera? I'm interested in building a rig for my GoPro so any advice or links...is this shot like Hitchcock on the stairs in "Psycho" and Spielberg w/ Brody seeing the shark on the beach in "JAWS"? where the camera dollys in and simultaneously zooms out as I can seem to figure this one out! Thanks in advance.,... They used a system of ropes and pulleys for camera movement and sometimes fire service cranes.
Alan Kovarik Posted February 21, 2022 Posted February 21, 2022 They also used a rig mounted on the actor (with camera shooting through a mirror) as you can see here. Similar rig used Aronofsky in Pi.
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