P3D Re: Dolly shots

[Marvin Jones <Campfire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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>Has anyone tried to duplicate this effect? I remember half paying
attention
to these commercials, and something did not seem right about them. After I
looked a bit closer, I thought how cool the effect is, and how interesting
it might be to see in a stereo movie. anyone try to duplicate it?<

It requires a pretty heavy mechanical load to accomplish (up to 60 cameras
electronically interlocked and heavy-duty optical printing later), so I
don't think you are going to see much experimenting with in on the
amateur/semi-pro level. A lot of the ones I've seen professionally, though,
look "not quite right" because they have forgotten one of the basic rules
of camera movement in animation--the camera should never start to move or
stop moving at full speed. It always should take a few frames to get up to
speed and a few frames to slow down before stopping. In most of the "dolly
shots" the camera appears to take off at full speed with a jerk, and then
stop like it has slammed into a brick wall. That's why the shots often
don't "look quite right."


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