Defocusing An Image

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MoleManX

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Hey Guys,
I have a kind of odd question. I am basically filming a scene which I will later edit to be black and white, BUT I wish the beginning of the scene to be completely unfocused. So the beginning is a white unfocused blob(which will focus to reveal a person) surrounded by black and slowly as the scene progresses come into focus. I understand the focus ring needs to be set on manual but I cant seem to get the effect I want. I wish there to be an obvous and slow focusing as the scene progresses but it doesn't seem to be long enough by just using the focusing ring.

Anyone know a particular reason why the camera will not de-focus as far as possible? Are there any lenses or tricks anyone knows to really defocusing the camera and then slowly bringing it back into focus? Thanks for all the help in advance!

/The Mole
 
Hey Mole... you might shoot the scene in focus and then blur/de-blur your scene in whatever NLE you might be using... I have fcp 4.o and can help If you are also fcp.
Joe
 
I too would have to second that ... do it in post, you'll have options on how fast/slow you want the blur to focus to occur.
 
Thanks! I didn't even think about that! I am currently using Adobe Premiere and think they have some great effects I can use to my advantage. Any particular one you know I should use?
 
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