Peter Jackson's - Crossing the Line Effect Question?

[Koo]

Hi,

Does anyone know how to get the same effect, as when the bomb drops at about the 6th second into the clip?

Thanks,
Koo

 

[Brook Willard]

Without watching it, I assume you're referring to the digital camera shake, yes?

 

[Radoslav Karapetkov]

Hi Koo.

 

[Russell Fogle]

No offense but that "effect" was the only aspect of the short that I personally thought wasn't top notch. Looked a bit rushed in post to me. They could have tweaked it and made it more realistic in my opinion.

That effect is quite easy to do in several ways...

Final Cut Pro. double click the clip that you want to apply it to. Find the area in which you want to apply it. Click on the "Motion" tab in the Viewer window. Add key frames for scale, rotation, center & click on the "motion blur" box. Every few frames make more key frames and change all of these parameters. Keep adding, tweaking and moving the key frames until you get the results that look the most realistic for that particular scene.

You can also create the same effect in After Effects or Motion with better precision.

Or you can go "Old School" when shooting and attach a drill to the tripod. In the drill you need something that will spin off of it's center. The results will vary by the size of the item and how far off center it is the speed in which the drill is spinning... Usually it's a small wood circle attached off center via a long bolt. That way on que you can make the camera shake in real life like a bomb going off or a much faster shake in bursts like your seeing the point of view from a machine gunner. These are basic tricks done in old war movies. WARNING: You may vary well rattle your camera equipment to pieces doing this and don't dare attempt to do it on a RED recording to anything but CF media. You'll defiently piss off the RAID Drive and drop frames...

Cheers.

 

[Kreisky]

Looked a bit rushed in post to me. They could have tweaked it and made it more realistic in my opinion.
QUOTE]

think so too !
But Jackson is a great director !

 

[Jannard]

"Crossing" was shot in two days and complete post (including delivery from NZ to Las Vegas) was one week. Remember that they had never seen RED footage before and there was only a primitive version of RED Quick to decode files. Given the timeframe, we all consider "Crossing" a miracle.

Jim

 

[Russell Fogle]

I'm aware of the miraculous turnaround and couldn't agree More Jim!

My comment wasn't meant in any way to downplay the accomplishment that it was! On the contrary such a feat would only be achievable by a true master with the courage to take it on...

Certainly no disrespect intended and I should have stated in my original comment that I'm sure that it would have been a better effect under better circumstances...

 

[Russell Fogle]

P.S. it's all fun & games until the owner goes into the assembly room and superglues your camera to the work bench.

 

[Brent J. Craig]

I suspect much of Crossing was shot with the Clairmont Image Shaker.

 

[Russell Fogle]

I disagree... Definitely done in post.

 

[Brook Willard]

I suspect much of Crossing was shot with the Clairmont Image Shaker.

None of it was. At least that's how it was described to me.

 

[Emanuel A.]

"Crossing" was shot in two days and complete post (including delivery from NZ to Las Vegas) was one week. Remember that they had never seen RED footage before and there was only a primitive version of RED Quick to decode files. Given the timeframe, we all consider "Crossing" a miracle.

Jim

I love the way you equate the timeframe... What will we say in a year about the Build 1...5?

E.

 

[Peter Simpson]

No motion blur in the effect, dead give away to me that it was done in post.