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Jaws - Zoom effect ??

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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
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    Could they have placed the two actors on a moveable seat and track? Then zoomed in on them as they moved forward too. Or they could be changing the lens angle from wide to tight? Not sure.


  • #3
    indough
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    it's called a dolly zoom. you can either dolly back as you zoom in on the subject, or vice versa


  • #4
    krudler
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    Hitchcock used it too in Vertigo


  • #5
    Miguel_Sanchez
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    Scorcese did a great slow one in Goodfellas.


  • #6
    mike65
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    "Reverse Zoom", pull out camera as you zoom in (obviously you have to get the out/in ratio correct).


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  • #7
    humanji
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    Witchcraft.


  • #8
    Chris_Heilong
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    pull back and zoom at the same time


  • #9
    ScumLord
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    Plenty of guides on how to do it on Youtube too.


  • #10
    Duggy747
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    Pull forward, zoom back with appropriate timing.

    Lots of films use the dolly zoom, love this one from Goodfellas:


  • #11
    Mellor
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    mike65 wrote: »
    "Reverse Zoom", pull out camera as you zoom in (obviously you have to get the out/in ratio correct).
    Chris_Heilong wrote: »
    pull back and zoom at the same time

    Other way around lads.

    The shot in jaws is going from zoom/tele to wide angle. It's zooming out, with the camera rolling in on a dolly.


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  • #12
    Technocentral
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    By zooming in and tracking out at the same time, maintaining the same frame of view but drastically increasing the depth perception.


  • #13
    krudler
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    I think I'll watch Jaws today now :D


  • #14
    mike65
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    Mellor wrote: »
    Other way around lads.

    The shot in jaws is going from zoom/tele to wide angle. It's zooming out, with the camera rolling in on a dolly.

    Ah I'm dizzy now! :p


  • #15
    .ak
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    One of my favourite shots in a movie. Still get tingles watching it.


  • #16
    ScumLord
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    .ak wrote: »
    One of my favourite shots in a movie. Still get tingles watching it.
    Yeah, for some reason it works best in that film. Everywhere else I've seen it used it looks like an exceptionally plain effect.


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