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There's a second tracking shot in Contact worth noting: when Ellie Arroway - after hearing the signal on her headphones - runs into VLA building, up the stairs, into the control room, and begins to start the analysis of the signal. It's no Children of Men, but it does amp up the tension in what could have been a dry scene filled with terms most of the audience did not understand.
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@MISS MERCY STREET: And the cool part is, that it's made up of two shots- one shot on location at the VLA, and one on a soundstage- digitally melded in the middle. "Contact" is filled with tons of scenic manipulations like this- it really pushed the envelope on subtle digital effects for its time.
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@MajorMattMason: Like the long shot of Ellie as a child running up the stairs to get medicine for her father.
The camera starts off at the top of the stairs, looking down as Ellie runs up. The camera leads Ellie in slow motion as she turns the corner, runs down the hall and into the bathroom. At the end of the shot, we see Ellie's hand come into the frame like the camera is Ellie's POV, even though we've been following Ellie since she was downstairs! The tracking shot turns into a shot seen as reflected in the bathroom medicine cabinet mirror- a shot that is impossible if done practically (without FX).
The shot was actually filmed as a regular high-speed dolly shot, and then flipped and inserted in the mirror (which was shot as a second shot, with a bluescreen replacing the mirror.)
The effect is otherworldly and disorienting. Reply
The camera starts off at the top of the stairs, looking down as Ellie runs up. The camera leads Ellie in slow motion as she turns the corner, runs down the hall and into the bathroom. At the end of the shot, we see Ellie's hand come into the frame like the camera is Ellie's POV, even though we've been following Ellie since she was downstairs! The tracking shot turns into a shot seen as reflected in the bathroom medicine cabinet mirror- a shot that is impossible if done practically (without FX).
The shot was actually filmed as a regular high-speed dolly shot, and then flipped and inserted in the mirror (which was shot as a second shot, with a bluescreen replacing the mirror.)
The effect is otherworldly and disorienting. Reply