I've always thought that those shots in film where the camera seems to be taking us through the looking glass were quite interesting. For example, a doorbell rings, and the protagonist looks through the peephole to find three armed guys on his stoop. That the camera can capture that fisheye look is really cool. I tried to emulate the shot (sans the heavily armed antagonists, of course. For the time being). The second shot, the longer one, seems to have some trouble with the auto focus. If I do end up using such a shot, I'll likely want to use a tripod for stability.
The third clip is a ceiling light fixture at an inverted angle, which would have worked perfectly except for the plaque with the writing on it that is clearly upside down in the shot. Live and learn.
More tomorrow, as always.
The inverted perspective is really cool, I think, because even though it's part of your house and I've been there many times, that shot somehow seems like it's not your house.
ReplyDeleteIt would be interesting (and I think I've seen this done in some films) to have the shot go gradually from an inverted, strange perspective to a familiar, known perspective.