P3D Re: motion parallax

[vmacek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Vincent G. Macek)]

boris@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Boris Starosta) wrote:

<<Have members of P3D seen the ad on national TV, for some product I cannot
recall (there's some bad news for the marketing dept.), showing some
mountain bikers splashing through a mud puddle?

In mid splash, the scene is frozen, but the camera is not!!  They proceed
to dolly the camera in and around the scene, showing the water drops and
all, frozen in midair.  It is a dramatic example of the power of motion
parallax as a depth cue.  It is such an unusual special effect, that when I
first saw it, I did a double take, because I thought they had snuck 3-D TV
onto the market without telling P3D!>>

I haven't seen that one, but there's a video by the Wallflowers out that
seems to use the same effects - people frozen, papers tossed in the air
frozen, etc. and the Dylan kid walking through it all.  Very
attention-getting stuff indeed.  Wonder how its done?  Anyone?

Vince M



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