Deceptive Shooting (Crunching Depth of Field)

[thehadgi]

It's Mark Wahlberg!

[godslittlehelpa]

depth of field is focus through reduction of aperture and adjusting shutter speed by stopping down you move the focus and this allows you to achieve a focus beyond the lense normal focal capabilites

[duplicatehelix]

lol, the URLs at the end are wrong.

[SantaMonicanVampire]

like a dolly yeah?

[cbcnate]

The punching thing was useful.

But the car thing didn't do it for me.

It didn't even look like it hit her.

[videomaker]

For a different technique for hitting someone with a car, check out our video: Special FX - Hit By A Car

Cheers.

[cbcnate]

Thanks, mate.

[marscaleb]

@cbcnate

The car thing was mostly just the specific example that looked poor. The concept works wonderfully. You can use it in all kinds of situations. Have an explosion that seems to be right next to an actor, while in truth the actor is a dozen feet away.

The point is that you can have anything you want appear to be right next to something else without actually being near each other.

[ConnorGunn]

Wow all of these people that are teaching filmmaking really suck at making videos

[Feuyaer]

That guy on the left SERIOUSLY looks like he has Downe's syndrome. Seriously. Just look.

[ThisIsRedVideo]

Depth Of Field has to do with focus. The type of lens and the F-stop (aperture) affect DOF, and the result is the range of things that are in focus.

When you use a telephoto (zoom) lens to create the impression that things are closer together than they really are it is called a "compression" shot.

While the technique presented here is correct the term you used isn't. This is a "Compression" technique.

[rockerchicas12]

i aggree. :)

[ZeranZeran]

this made me laugh really hard because of the lady throwing boxes.

[RedPanther1]

omg this stuff is done in chico

[WillJStudio]

Must have had an intern on the cg's...Veta Vido Vegamin! Ole! I let my subscription to the magazine lapse a long time ago.

[misterhed]

I thought DOF had to do with focus range, not perspective.

[rhysie21]

Yes, it is purely the field length they are talking about. These "pros" aren't exactly that pro.

[blaw181]

0:30

[professorfoxtrot]

I think it would be fun if the driver of the car overshot his mark and hit the woman anywasy.

[zaphodb777]

Uhhh, accuracy in video is important too. Check the URL IN the video itself. I am afraid you dudes misspelled! vidomaker or videomaker?

(yes that was the sound of a record being scratched by a needle!)

Back to post-production!

[lin2log]

Oh gee, cute. A comedian.

[lin2log]

The title of this is COMPLETELY WRONG!

[cardinalbunal]

I think this is also called "forced perspective."

Yeah DOF is the way a camera "racks" focus where either the BG is clear and the FG is faded and/or vice versa.

[jaimedelgado]

your thinking of a shallow depth of field

[johnlebl]

DOF is the range of distances which could be considered within a reasonable degree of sharpness. There is one plane that is in real focus, for example 12 feet, and a range of distances ahead (30ft) and behind (6ft) that could be considered in focus. That range gets bigger with a smaller aperature until you get around f64(on a 35mm camera) then you are approaching pinhole territory. Conversely, the larger the aperature, the narrower the DOF and The closer the focus point, the narower the DOF.

[garrettmyreel]

Thanks

[greeneyes2892]

AHLO AMIGO

[walagers]

north face sweather boy!

[Pixelman101]

Guys,

Nice video, but I think it has nothing to do with DOF. DOF is the phenomena that only certain objects (at the focus distance) are in focus while objects further or closer away are blurry (out of focus).

What your video shows instead is the 'crunching' of the perspective by zooming in so that objects spaced apart appear closer together than they are (where did I ead that before...)

[NotSoUniversal]

hahaha, thats not a phenomena

[Pixelman101]

Sure, it is! As the angle of view decreases with increasing focal length, the picture resembles more and more a 'planar projection' (i.e. like a side or top view in technical drawings) and consequently 'foreshortening' (i.e. prespective cue) goes through the roof.

[NotSoUniversal]

go look the word up

[ralphtipsmail]

Great thanks !

[sowandpigs]

Thank Mate,  alway enjoy your vid's

[BigHeadProductions]

You can also try going in slow motion. Then when you edit the film put it in fast motion so that it looks like your slow motion punch hits the actor but does not hurt him.

[CyberCrusoe]

Well guys, I usually find your how-to tips a little simplistic, but I really liked this one. We tend to forget about compressing perspective with the zoom.

[qshelg06]

wonderful

[mariomguy]

depth of field can also be used to change the focus in your video. for instance, in one shot, you capture someone staring at an object toward the camera. then the focus changes to reveal the object up close to the camera, and the backround blurs.

[Rubz69]

Andrew looks like Josh Hartnett

[funnyent]

Great video, Thanks!

[spunkycomics]

that was good.

and lol, look at the description of the video to the top right when it is on the "less" setting.

Mark and Andrew demons... lol

[sharuban]

Doesn't depth of field have to do with aperture, focal length, and manual focus?

[videomaker]

Yes, both these tricks are set up with the camera further away, then zoomed in to "crunch" the depth of field... Aperture plays less of a role in achieving the desired effect unless you have a higher-end camcorder (& you'll need filters if you tweak the aperture).

[parrot201]

THat was really helpful info.

[pogochamp113]

first comment!!!

[lucky13studios]

Very Helpful

Keep up the good work

[vintageproduction]

Great thanks