An amazing use of the probe lens is in Oldboy where we go from an extreme close up of Choi Min-Sik, pull back through the gap of a pair of chopsticks, make pass a dumpling and turn into a medium shot
I'm not into film or moviemaking, but I found everything you talked about to be incredibly well illustrated and explained in a way i could comprehend. It genuinetly sparked interest and i was delighted by how many movie-clips you were able to present for each topic you discussed. Really cool!
I hate DePalma’s split diopter shots. I know I’m in the minority but they’re just… off putting to say the least. The shot in Blow Out with the owl on the right side of frame and Travolta in the distance on the left - that could have just been a split screen effect: same result.
Grammar Police while both "disorient" and "disorientate" are correct, "disorientate" is more commonly used in British English, whereas "disorient" is preferred in American English.
As long as the shot, angle & scene guides the story to where the filmmaker wants it to be, any effort could win. One could abide by Sergei Eisenstein's theories or they could use compositional thinking & framing like the late still-photographer Garry Winogrand, & finally, they could possibly invent something on their own. The filmmaking options are ongoing once the crew & cast starts rolling. Enjoy your Sunday & new week. Continue the good content!
To sum it up, true deep focus means shooting the lens at a very tight, closed aperture which means you have to feed a lot more light into the camera to achieve standard levels of exposure. Split diopters give you some of that deep focus effect while still letting you use more standard T-stops, but as the video stated, they're still going to have some form of marking that indicate where the diopter is creating the split. There are ways to mask it practically, but they're not easy and no matter what, the effect is inherently jarring since it's a visual perspective the human eye can't naturally produce. It also inherently locks the key subjects to their distance and their side of the screen since it means they'll either move through the distortion mark or leave the zone of focus that's being created by the diopter's magnification so camera movement or blocking the actors is a big no-no with a split diopter.
I was wondering the same thing as I was watching the video, but I eventually understood it as this: with an authentic deep depth of field, where you're using a high f stop (high focal length), EVERYTHING at all distances will be in focus. But with split diopter, you can achieve an effect where the foreground and background objects are in focus, but the middle ground is out of focus. Almost like there are two short focal lengths for two objects at different distances.
I would say when you can easily hide the blurry zone. If you want the scene to have a lot of tension or trying to convey a sense of confrontation like in the Mission Impossible scene. That scene conveyed a sense of he's right just above the guy's head. In a scene that you want to include the location as part of getting the feeling of the scene across, you'd choose wide aperture over a diopter. If you're choosing to use a wide angle lens, it doesn't make sense to use a diopter. The diopter is useful for overcoming the natural shallow depth of field of tight close ups.
An amazing use of the probe lens is in Oldboy where we go from an extreme close up of Choi Min-Sik, pull back through the gap of a pair of chopsticks, make pass a dumpling and turn into a medium shot
Yeah
I'm not into film or moviemaking, but I found everything you talked about to be incredibly well illustrated and explained in a way i could comprehend. It genuinetly sparked interest and i was delighted by how many movie-clips you were able to present for each topic you discussed. Really cool!
Loving the love for split focus diopters in this video.
Putting the movie titles in more legible colors and places is very much appreciated.
Pun intended for leaning on dutch angles?
Well, Afrikaans Angle would be odd.
The body mounted camera was used to great effect in John Frankenheimer's film Seconds from 1966
Thank u for the content. It’s very appreciated
Good video men 😊
The snorricam on Pi was a weightlifting belt worn backwards with the end of tripod legs rigged to it. I was there.
Great video.
where did you get that behind the scenes photo from oppenheimer at 12:50?
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I love how 90% of the examples of split diopter were from Brian de Palma films hahahaha
Why not use a wide aperture instead of the diopter
Split diaper - Star Trek II Wrath of Khan used it extensively as a part of the story
Split diaper? You must be talking about Joe Biden. 😂
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I hate DePalma’s split diopter shots. I know I’m in the minority but they’re just… off putting to say the least. The shot in Blow Out with the owl on the right side of frame and Travolta in the distance on the left - that could have just been a split screen effect: same result.
Yeah i don't like those kind of shots either it makes it look weird
How could you bring up Dutch angles and not mention Battlefield Earth as a way of showing how not to use them?
Might just be me but I cannot stand this style of speach
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Это ты ещё не слышал русский перевод этого канала. Там вообще уши в трубочку сворачиваются))
It’s really annoying
This video overexplains and is too slow and the word is disorient not disorientate. 8:16
Grammar Police while both "disorient" and "disorientate" are correct, "disorientate" is more commonly used in British English, whereas "disorient" is preferred in American English.
@@viclebowsky1568 You're right, my bad. Sounded very strange to me. First criticism still stands. Ty for the clarification.
@@viclebowsky1568 Disorientate is actually a Bushism and is only used by philistines.
As long as the shot, angle & scene guides the story to where the filmmaker wants it to be, any effort could win.
One could abide by Sergei Eisenstein's theories or they could use compositional thinking & framing like the late still-photographer Garry Winogrand, & finally, they could possibly invent something on their own.
The filmmaking options are ongoing once the crew & cast starts rolling.
Enjoy your Sunday & new week. Continue the good content!
Very useful. Thank you so much!
Could you do a video comparing split diopter and authentic deep depth of field? I'm curious to see what's the advantage of using one over the other.
To sum it up, true deep focus means shooting the lens at a very tight, closed aperture which means you have to feed a lot more light into the camera to achieve standard levels of exposure. Split diopters give you some of that deep focus effect while still letting you use more standard T-stops, but as the video stated, they're still going to have some form of marking that indicate where the diopter is creating the split. There are ways to mask it practically, but they're not easy and no matter what, the effect is inherently jarring since it's a visual perspective the human eye can't naturally produce. It also inherently locks the key subjects to their distance and their side of the screen since it means they'll either move through the distortion mark or leave the zone of focus that's being created by the diopter's magnification so camera movement or blocking the actors is a big no-no with a split diopter.
@@tatehildyard5332 I see. Thank you very much!
I was wondering the same thing as I was watching the video, but I eventually understood it as this: with an authentic deep depth of field, where you're using a high f stop (high focal length), EVERYTHING at all distances will be in focus. But with split diopter, you can achieve an effect where the foreground and background objects are in focus, but the middle ground is out of focus. Almost like there are two short focal lengths for two objects at different distances.
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What are the practical considerations for deciding of a diopter lenses vs. small aperture + maybe some blurring in the center line?
I would say when you can easily hide the blurry zone. If you want the scene to have a lot of tension or trying to convey a sense of confrontation like in the Mission Impossible scene. That scene conveyed a sense of he's right just above the guy's head.
In a scene that you want to include the location as part of getting the feeling of the scene across, you'd choose wide aperture over a diopter.
If you're choosing to use a wide angle lens, it doesn't make sense to use a diopter. The diopter is useful for overcoming the natural shallow depth of field of tight close ups.
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Amazing!
All the support!
you should fix your erroneous video about lens compression and crop factors
What's so wrong about it?