I’m talking about the part that starts about 33 seconds into the clip (the view from outside the hospital).
Is it as simple as a crane or scissor lift & a steady cam… or are the “scenes” you see through the windows put there with computers?
It seems like the first shot swoops (technical term) in like on a crane… but when the camera moves left & right you never see the camera swing out too far, it just gets to where it needs to be and stops steadily. Is this easy to achieve or incredibly complex? How did they shoot this?
There’s a similiar effect I’ve always wondered about, it basically looks exactly like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6zPy3s1_18#t=99 except over looooong distances: the camera will either start or end on a close-up, detailed shot of a person or scene, but then it will either pull way back, like “the whole island of oahu is now in frame” back. Do they just do those by coming in close with a steadicam on a helicoper, flying it away, then speeding up the footage or what?
Just be ready to spend a whole lot of money with Chapman Leonard. Their Lenny III jib has a maximum reach of 35 feet with a manned platform, 55 with a remote.
I looked at the clip just to hear which version of “Over the Rainbow” they would be playing. These days, I think that most people performing that song are doing variations on either Israel Kamakawiwo’ole’s or Eva Cassidy’s interpretations. In that clip, it was Israel Kamakawiwo’ole.
Presumably using motion control on a camera crane isn’t too difficult to achieve. Once you run through it a few times manually, you can record it, and adjust it in the computer for perfect timing.
What you aren’t seeing are the crew members just out of shot in each room giving directions via radio commands from the Director.
