Where the camera runs of a track panning in or out while the lens zoom does the opposite, which creates an incredible illusion as if the background is coming towards the audience, yet the subject stays the same. This is a camera trick which has been used in many films, famously in Vertigo, Goodfellas, E.T, Matirx Reloaded, Lord of the Rings...
It is commonly used to represent 'falling away from oneself' or a feeling of unreality, it works by distorting perspective therefore distorting your perception of the situation.
However, in practise this shot was unattainable for this particular piece, nevertheless i shall be trying this out in the future when i have a suitable dolly device, e.g a skateboard/shopping trolly/roller blades that will smoothly produce this effect.
Long exposure photography works similarly to creating a time lapse effect in cinema. The longer the length of the exposure in photography, allows more light to enter the lens, giving a sense of movement, and life into the still image, which i think, is where the true beauty in photography lies.
This image is quite beautiful, showing a street at night time, working especially well due to the symmetry. The main thing to keep in mind is keep the camera dead still, which i unfortunately couldn't do due to the absence of a tripod. Below i have found a video on youtube depicting the time lapse technique, i personally think the effect is mildly boring without a main character in, however at the same time it is beautiful to watch nature take it's course. This video is of London, Onntari, where 40cm of snow fell in 2 days...
Below is a similar video that i found while trying to find the previous technique, however it brings me onto the next effect i would like to talk about which is Stop Motion, where hundreds of photos are taken of an object moving, placed together in a film...
However, this is rather weird and bizarre... below is an extroidinary piece by PES called Western Spaghetti...
This animation won the Sundance Film Festival 2009, and is truly beautiful down to the sense of imagination and visualisation, it teaches you to think outside the box, and create new meanings to everyday objects, much as the Pop Artists did. The visual connection always astound and inspire me in stop motion animation, similarly to the video 'Food about you' shown below...
This video displays how green screen is used in films such as Sin City, based on a graphic novel, where the footage is desaturated then used chroma key to highlight distinct bright colours of their choice, this is then interjected with parts of animation, to depict the dystopian city that is ridden with crime.
At 2.55 this exact scene is played the outcome of effects...
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