suggestions on how to film a sequence

[HerzogisGod]

The doors of a small, 7" x 7" box are opened. The box is empty. i want the camera to slowly move inside the box where images will appear, then the camera slowly moves back out to it's former position.

I figure Ill zoom into the box real close then slow disslove my images fading them away as the camera slowly zooms back out.

Id like to physically move the camera but i do not own that type of equipment and it need to be perfectly smooth and slow.

any other suggestions?

 

[clang]

Without camera tracking hardware/software, I'd be tempted to do it with a high-res still photo of the box and images, then zooming/panning and fading in/out, all done in post in your editor. You won't quite get a 3D effect, but done right, it shouldn't be noticeable.

 

[HerzogisGod]

its kind of a live thing where the actor opens the doors of the box and camera moves in.

 

[Gopher_Greene]

The best way is to use a jib. 2nd best if it's a tight shot to begin with is glue the box to the table, lay the table on its side then dolly into the box. The last alternative is as you have said, zoom. You can build your own ubangie with a piece of square tubing. Drill holes at 90 degree angle on each end. Mount the camera on one end and the other end to the tripod. This will allow you to hange the camera overtop of the box pointing straight down. Be sure you have the tripod bagged down!.

 

[HerzogisGod]

Thanks...great ideas

 

[Bob Gruen]

Zooming will not look right as the box will just get bigger on the screen, you will not enter it.

Another thing you could try would be to suspend the camera from a pully and run a cable to the ceiling or other overhead support. If you held the other end over the camera then your movements at the cable would be twice the camera movement, increasing your control.

Bob

 

[Jokerswild]

And you can make life easier on yourself by building the box larger.

 

[HerzogisGod]

The opened box if facing foward with the actor looking into it from straight on (not above)...Its a special one of a kind antique with double doors that open out

Im gonna run some tests this weekend and see how they turn out.

 

[J P]

There is a tool to accomplish this, and it is called a dolly.

 

[Gohanto]

Put the box on a napkin on a smooth table. Place box in front of it. Smooth dolly-in shot.
Don't want the table in the shot? Raise the camera with some books between the camera and the napkin.