Okay, so there& #39;s a vocal group of film fans who absolutely HATE the look of split diopter lens shots (the foreground and background are both in focus).

So I removed all the split diopter lens effects from "Jaws", and replaced them with traditional depth-of-field. Enjoy.

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For your pleasure, here’s a split screen comparison of the original split diopter shots (top) and my synthetic traditional depth-of-field shots (bottom).

Want to read more about split diopters and how focus is used in cinema? Check out this great piece by my buddy @tadleckman.

Cheating Depth: The Magic of Split Diopter Shots https://tadleckman.wordpress.com/2017/05/03/cheating-depth-the-magic-of-split-diopter-shots/">https://tadleckman.wordpress.com/2017/05/0...

I wrote a little blog post about removing the split diopter effects from "Jaws", along with a short explanation of how I did it.

And, just in case it& #39;s not abundantly clear, I adore split diopter shots.

"Jaws" De-Dioptered: http://fxrant.blogspot.com/2019/01/jaws-de-dioptered.html">https://fxrant.blogspot.com/2019/01/j...

My wife was lucky enough to play with split diopters on one of the movies she produced in film school, for which I helped with some visual effects.

"Baby in by Drink" (1996), Directed by Chris Newberry, Directors of Photography: Alex Moulton and Zach Braff @cfnewberry @zachbraff

my face when I hear that an oscar-winning director and hero of mine saw the jaws video and loved it

So, as @vashikoo has illustrated, the dialogue scene in front of the vandalized Amity Island billboard in "Jaws" is the film& #39;s longest shot. https://twitter.com/vashikoo/status/991465247067127808">https://twitter.com/vashikoo/...

Here are some other long shots in "Jaws".

[to fit into Twitter& #39;s maximum video length, I sped up the footage]