How did they achieve the 'blurred lens' look in the film 'The Assass!
Question: '...by the Coward Robert Ford?' (Sorry, ran out of space!)
Several times during this beautifully shot movie, the cinematographer uses an effect where much of the frame is blurred and slightly elongated, with one area left in sharp focus. Does anybody know which filter and/ or lens combination could have achieved this look?
Answers: '...by the Coward Robert Ford?' (Sorry, ran out of space!)
Several times during this beautifully shot movie, the cinematographer uses an effect where much of the frame is blurred and slightly elongated, with one area left in sharp focus. Does anybody know which filter and/ or lens combination could have achieved this look?
Shallow Depth of Field.
You can have the actor sharp, then the background blurry. If you check out "The holiday" movie (A chick flick, I know, but I just saw it, and I think this is what you mean) go to the part where jack black is at the door.
It deals with how much light you are letting in the lens
It could also be rack focus. But that is more where the camera focuses on one element, then changes the focus to another.
special lens
Didnt they use a program for it
That effect has been around for a long time. In the (real) old days (1920s-30s) the photographer would coat the lens with Vaseline, or else he'd put some guaze across the lens to soften the images. It originally was used to photograph ladies of a certain age to take years off their apperance. It has also been used to film "dream" sequences, etc.