Pyramid of Glasses

wow! where was this held at? I was more nervous when he started pouring the champagne! ha

Pretty cool, but why?

i was really hoping to see it completely filled up

this was held in holland, the guy shouting in the end says: 103(referring to the number of layers i suppose), we made it. A new world record.

Not to be the cinema police or anything, but a “pan down” is more accurately called a “tilt.” A pan is used to describe horizontal motion from a fixed axis, while a tilt is used to describe vertical motion from a fixed axis.

While it IS possible to perform a pan while the camera is in motion, that isn’t the case in this shot (sometimes, as in Hitchcock’s Rear Window, zooms and tracking shots are combined to create a radical shift in the depth of field of a shot).

The beginning of the shot is a “zoom,” in which the optics create the illusion of pulling back, not to be confused with a “tracking” shot, in which the camera actually does physically pull back, push forward, or travel sideways (usually on dolly track).

I’d fear for the people standing close to the base of the pyramid. It looks like they had some sort of plexiglass barrier, but can you imagine a mountain of glass shards blowing out in your direction?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrahedral_number

OK maybe it is just the anarchist in me but I really wanted to see the whole pile collapse… safely of course.. but what a sight that would be!

smashy smashy

blm, they really must be strong. I was thinking of the weight of all those glasses on top and why wouldn’t the glasses below be crushed? Or at least the stems broken?