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"Sugar"-technical question.

Posted by powermatic on June 7, 2009 at 17:46:47:
There's a long Steadycam tracking shot in this movie following (behind) the protagonist out of his motel, down the street, through some kind of arcade, to a bowling alley. Nothing that unusual in that regard, but what was interesting was the extremely short depth of field throughout the shot-for all intents and purposes the only object in the sweet spot was the hero's back. That is until the bowling alley, when depth of field increases to include a group of people in the distance (there might have been a cut at that point-I don't remember one, but I can't say for sure).

The question is, what lens/technique did they use for this? I'm thinking a short focal length, opened up wide, but I'd be curious to know. And how would the DOF be increased at one point without an edit?

The movie was shot on film, btw, not video, so I'd guess that computer manipulation isn't the answer. And the shot was effective for it's apparent purpose-to accentuate the character's sense of isolation in a foreign land.

"dammit"