I have a tub of Vaseline and have hardly scratched the surface. I’m curious whether anyone uses it for anything other than their lips.
I have a tub of Vaseline and have hardly scratched the surface. I’m curious whether anyone uses it for anything other than their lips.
I’ve seen it used on Cinema Camera filters to make funky reflections in the lens.
We were filming a dream sequence and to make the edges of the image soft and blurry, we used an optical flat (a clear filters basically a piece of clear glass that slides in front of the camera’s lens) and the DP (director of Photography, aka the Cinematographer) smeared some Vaseline over the edges of the flat, painting the blurry edges with his finger. It worked really nicely, unfortunately I can’t find the final video online to show the result.
I’ve seen hairspray used on a clear filter to create a similar bloom effect!
Saving this for future filming thank you!
Back in the olden days of television, a very thin film of Vaseline on the lens softened the wrinkles of anyone on air.
How old are we talking about? 1990’s or 1950’s?
The olden days of the 1950s and even 1960s.