Close up of Text

Robbie Comeau

Robbie Comeau

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I have a shot in an upcoming short, where I show text in a novel, really close, and I want to pay attention on a certain word "Booker"...Should i zoom in real close, and film that area of which "Booker" is in, then in post, add a vignette effect, and gradually blur everything, until Booker is nice and noticable? Or is there another nicer way of doing this, WITHOUT lenses lol.
 
Like this:

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Doing it in post will give you a lot more control. I'd do a nice gradual dissolve from the plain page to your 'vignette' effect (as above) version of the same page.

Another option would be to highlight the required text using lighting, e.g. a thin line of light through a doorway or through sunlit trees or whatever - if you can make it look coincidental and not contrived, that could look nice
 
I think post is your only way to go because I believe otherwise you'd need a phatty macro lens... which then means a whole bunch of stuff to mount for the dvx
 
Oh no doubt i'm doing this effect in post, just wanted some ideas. I think i'll stick to my vignette, and maybe try clang bang's idea :)

O man a macro lens would be PERFECT
 
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