How to get this kind of shot (Goodfellas)

[btownproductions]

How do they do the shot where the background zooms in with the foreground staying in the same place? Are they just zooming in while moving the camera back or something like that? I noticed the frame moves around a little bit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOaV06ruMqg

 

[Luis Caffesse]

Are they just zooming in while moving the camera back ...

Exactly.

Check out this wiki article about the dolly zoom
They actually use that shot from Goodfellas as the example.

 

[btownproductions]

haha I had a feeling I might have answered my own question. I wasn't sure because everyone says that zoom lenses are never used in film anymore, but I guess there are always artistic exceptions. Thanks.

 

[J.R. Hudson]

Zoom lenses are back with ferocity these days.

 

[RyanT]

Are you saying, perhaps zoom lenses are the new rack focus?

 

[Charles Lowthian]

Zoom lenses are back with ferocity these days.

we're bringing 'zoom-e' back :2vrolijk_08:

 

[Curtis.Laronde]

its a mobile restaurant, they drive it when they're shooting the scene.

jkin

ya its the dolly zoom trick. I love how they use it for scenes of realizations. I think they're called vertigo shots. by Hitchock, probably mentions it in the article.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y48R6-iIYHs

 

[samsara]

It's a TRANSTRAV, travelling in+ zoom out at the same time or zoom in and Travelling out.

 

[Andrew Brinkhaus]

Actually the effect is called a vertigo. The difficult part is maintaining the framing as close to the original as possible while dollying/zooming.

 

[stuckfootage]

Dollly zoom works best if you have both dolly motion and zoom
controlled by a single source. However, the cheap way is to control it
with careful rehearsal of the shot. When doing the shot, keep
your attention on the foreground talent, keeping it the same size.

Les

 

[wahrez]

I've always called it a contrazoom.

 

[MDCFILMS]

Zoom lenses are back with ferocity these days.

YEAHHH. Go to the movie store. I think pans and zooms are Wes Anderson's favorite camera movement next to dollying. Darjeering Limited. Great Movie.

Michael

 

[ecking]

Are you saying, perhaps zoom lenses are the new rack focus?

Nope both are heavily abused now. Sometimes at the same time!