"diving-bell" look - in camera?

[christina voros]

Hey there-

shooting on the RED for my first time and lacking the budget or schedule to do tests. I have a sequence thats meant to be in heaven, a la "Diving Bell & the butterfly", working with shift tilt lenses. I'm looking for advice on how to best achieve a gauzy feel with blooming highlights. How much of this should be done in camera vs. saved for post.

Also seeking advice on how i should be rating my exposure outside for this sequence, vs the rest of the film which is interior, dark corridors, flourescent bulbs - looking for rich blacks in the shadows.

any advice greatly appreciated,

thanks,

cv

[James Alan McAleer]

Hi- Faced with a similar problem last year- I made my own limited version of a lensbaby by using the front element of a projector lens I had 'lying around'. -I made bellows from cinefoil and garden wire, all loving stuck together with gaffer tape... Works a treat.

You can approximate this effect in post- but when done optically, it separates the light in a way I have not seen with digital effects.

(sorry for the low quality image- bad camera phone in the dark)

Using it cost me a couple of stops of light.

[Fredrik Callinggard]

Although the lens baby only costs $500 or so and that's what they used for the film