SimonLL Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Hi, I'm doing a short film in a couple of weeks and the first scene has the main character cleaning his gun and preparing for a hit. The first shot of the film is from the inside of the gun barrel, the cleaning brush slides out which lets the light in and the eye of the character looks down the barrel. I don't want it to be like the classic James Bond one. I don't need to clearly see the grooves inside the barrel although it could be nice. I'd like it a bit more "natural looking" by just seeing the grooves at the end of the barrel, with the interior completely black. I am contemplating different ways of doing this shot. I tested a Scott-Towel roll and it felt a bit big. The other problem with cardboard is it can bend and sometimes little pieces of it lift up making it obvious. A 1" pvc pipe might do it if it's long enough. I could try to get a post house to add the grooves on it in VFX. My challenge is to cover the lens with it. I know the classic James Bond used a pinhole lens to shoot it. I might want to try that with the actual prop gun we are gonna be using, but the cheap pinhole lenses I've seen on sale at B&H seem to be quite soft. If it can help, we are shooting with a Sony FS700+Odyssey 7Q. Most probably Cooke mini S4 with uncoated front elements. Any ideas how to achieve that shot? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan kessler Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 (edited) You say the original Bond opening was shot witha pinhole. Are you sure? I'm inclined to thinkit was a graphic element comped over the live action. In any case, you will probablyget the best results using CG.No lens I know of can give you the extremedepth of field at the magnifications you wouldneed for such small props. Plus, lighting theinterior would be tough, to say the least. If you're going to go the practical route, you should consider a much larger prop. I wouldn't bother, though. CG can do it all. Edited December 29, 2014 by dan kessler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan kessler Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Okay, there's another option I didn't consider before, because I've never used one myself. That would be a borescope. Just saw some demo stuff online that looked rather cool. They are routinely used to inspect gun barrels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Dunn Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 You say the original Bond opening was shot with a pinhole. Are you sure? I'm inclined to think it was a graphic element comped over the live action. Yes, it was clearly animated.. The composite used to be pretty dirty as well until the recent restorations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonLL Posted December 30, 2014 Author Share Posted December 30, 2014 That's what I read on Wikipedia. "The sequence was created by Maurice Binder for the opening titles of the first Bond film, Dr. No, in 1962. Binder originally planned to employ a camera sighted down the barrel of a .38 calibre gun, but this caused some problems. Unable to stop down the lens of a standard camera enough to bring the entire gun barrel into focus, Binder created a pinhole camera to solve the problem and the barrel became crystal clear.[1]" link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_barrel_sequence Thing is I do not want that james bond look. I don't mind not seeing inside the barrel and assuming the fact that it's dark. If one were to look down a barrel in such a way, only the end of it would be exposed to light. After a bit of thinking, I think I might just go with a pvc pipe glued onto a perforated lens cap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Dunn Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 I think he means he used a pinhole camera to produce stills which were then animated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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