Can someone tell me what kind of effects were used?

[ibizax21]

Can anyone tell me what the effects used on this are?
http://www.hbo.com/entourage/about/video/whats-next.html?cmpid=ABC124

I saw this trailer today for entourage (above) and I would like to film something similer. I really like how the lighting was done, the zooms, and how it blurs. Can anyone help me out with some advice on how to make something look like this? I'm just getting started and I'm trying to learn. I really like how this trailer was put together and its the style of what I would like to do. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!

 

[wheatgrinder]

Most the blur stuff is camera and selective focus (shallow DOF). If your using a consumer video cam, you'll need a 35mm adapter. (lots of info on the net)

For the flash and jerky effects look at videocopilot.net tutorials on twitch. Might not be "twitch" that has used, but the effect is the same..

Upon my third look, go watch as many of the video copilot tutorials you can sit through.. the titles particularly are almost right out of the tutorials..

The rest is good costume, makeup, set design (color choices etc) and a really cool car..

 

[jkikerx78]

There is a way to accomplish this in post as well. In terms of blurs, zooms and focus...programs like after effects, Composite Lab pro and many others can be used to keyframe them. In other words you can animate the focus/blur to be as sharp or blurry as you want...and at exactly the moment you want. The same can be done for zooms by animating the "canvas"...although zooms done in camera often look much better. Good Luck!