Kit Mackenzie

@Simon Wyss Thank you very much, after a few readings and a bit of American Cinematographer Manual consultation I reckon I've got my head around it, fascinating technique. Any idea how the OCN was masked to give the soft edges? Although on closer inspection perhaps the edge isn't soft actually and it was a hard matte? Do you have a source for Dunn's explanation? Would love to read more about his techniques over the years. Thanks

Yes I couldn't see any slide and the out of focus area appears to curve out to the edges which would mean you couldn't slide it in. @David Mullen ASC I can't discern any shift in the movement of the crowd though - so not dissolving between a version with and a version without the effect. Are you suggesting they shot the blurred version without the crowd and then partially overlayed this and compensated for exposure somehow? There does seem to be a slight flicker... Or are you saying the effect was done completely in the optical printer by introducing a filter at that process? Thanks

Hello! Apologies if this is been addressed before but my searching hasn't pulled anything up... West Side Story - 1961 - 39m 5s. The wide shot of the hall dancing and then the middle begins to blur. We then cut to shots that are constantly blurred but how was this transition shot carried out do we reckon? There's no noticeable dissolve in the action of the dancers so I couldn't see it being a dissolve from a clean to blurred pass - it seems like it must be something more complex no? Tricky to demonstrate in still images only but a few below and the clip is here: Thanks

This is sold now - thanks.

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