{"id":3042,"date":"2021-04-16T23:35:25","date_gmt":"2021-04-17T04:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/?p=3042"},"modified":"2021-04-16T23:35:25","modified_gmt":"2021-04-17T04:35:25","slug":"dolly-zoom-exploration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/2021\/04\/dolly-zoom-exploration\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolly Zoom Exploration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I finished up my quick Dolly Zoom Study. Several versions were created for review &#8211; using the same character movement but changing the background. I also threw in animated color corrections to better sell it in After Effects. Below is the final compilation (click on the image for the GIF to animate):<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/MAM_DollyZoom_ver3.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3043 size-medium\" title=\"Dun, dun, dun.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/MAM_DollyZoom_ver3-300x169.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/MAM_DollyZoom_ver3-300x169.gif 300w, https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/MAM_DollyZoom_ver3-768x432.gif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From a technical perspective, performing the maneuver digitally was very easy. I had full control of the camera and was able to tweak things to get things how I wanted.<\/p>\n<p>The background composition sold the effect. Having a flat one dimensional BG (upper right) made things very dull and ineffective. Similarly, the upper left version added depth with the workbench, but it moved in parallel to the Character&#8230; not in contrast, thus limiting its value.<\/p>\n<p>The lower left version did have two walls in the shot, and I felt it was an improvement; but the lower right had the most dynamic staging. As such, it had the most dramatic. Overall, it was a cool exploration into the Dolly Zoom, and I&#8217;m glad I have it in my skillset moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>A footnote: this was done in Lightwave 2015&#8230; I still don&#8217;t have much of a clue how to use 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I finished up my quick Dolly Zoom Study. Several versions were created for review &#8211; using the same character movement but changing the background. I also threw in animated color corrections to better sell it in After Effects. Below is the final compilation (click on the image for the GIF to animate): From a technical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[63,118,140],"class_list":["post-3042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-after-effects","tag-lightwave","tag-the-dolly-zoom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3042"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3045,"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3042\/revisions\/3045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}