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waking up effect
hey everyone…
i’m having a bit of trouble. i’m usually pretty good visualizing an effect, and then hard-heading my way to that desired result.
BUT. i have an effect for a project in which the camera acts as someone’s eyes: the POV of a person waking up.
and i KNOW i’ve seen this effect in a movie somewhere, but for some reason can’t specifically think of any examples.
i’ve shot on an HVX, and the final output is DV, so i can move the image around. and i can play with exposure and blur and whatnot. but i’m also trying to get the whole “eyes opening/closing” thing.
any ideas?
can anyone think of an example in a movie i can check out?
i’m a little stumped.
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4 Replies
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POV from person waking up effect is seldom achieved effectively with only that POV effect.
This effect is best achieved when you set the effect up. And, like almost all editing… effects are only as effective as the setup.
That being said, you can get achieve your waking-up POV better effect when you apply a peripheral-like view from the camera. By that I mean you may need to use a fish-eye lens effect with a stronger center focus and softer edge focus… and, they you transition to a clearer focus set to a wide angle lens like view… and, gradually working to the normal film focus you will use for the entire clip.
FWIW Joe Moya
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Just “act it out” and you’ll know what effects you’d like to do. Every “waking up” shot you’ve seen in a movie was based on the production’s crews ideas of what it would be. I doubt you’d find many the same. Some are as simple as blurry to in focus. Some are bloom effects.
I’d blur your eyes, rub them and then slowly try to readjust.
Like Joe said it’s all about setup. That has a lot to do with the storyline…
If your waking up in bright sunlight… If your waking up after a hang over… etc.I have to add to Joe’s ideas that think of the fact you have two eyes, not just one like a lens shows. (This brings up “acting it out”) FORCE your eyes out of focus and what do you get? I see two offset images that are blurry and stretched across each other.
Experiment, but remember you just need to sell the shot.
Tim Robinson
tim@erobinsons.com
Pride-Mobility-Products
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Another way of possibly achieving this effect through AE with no setup just the footage of the original shot.
Animate a mask on a single balck solid(a little bigger than your composition) to represent the opening and closing of the eyes and apply either a blur effect(which ever one suits best from your POV) or you can apply cc time warp and see how things work out for you. SFX will also help enhance your shot!Now i hope this helps you in some way or i could be completely out of context with what you have in mind!
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I think Memento has a POV waking up effect.
Dan Fredley
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