"Wind Vision" Effects (I.E. Lord of The Rings)

[0dirtyjersey0]

Hello, this is my first post!

I'm currently working on several concepts and shooting with a DSLR at the moment. Right now I'm using Premiere and AE for composting. I wanted to create a visual effect the same as used in the "Lord of the Rings" series. I can't find an example on youtube at the moment so I'll just describe until I can below.


When Elija Wood's character puts on the ring there is a selective focus effect employed, where the center is focused and the outside edges are both blurred and have a "wind" motion to them creating trails. I can't seem to find out how this was created despite looking for some time on google. Does anyone know? Thanks, I appreciate an help!


-With a lensbaby or Tiltshift lens I can get the selective focus...or even just as a plugin. It's the "wind"/tails part I can't figure out at the moment!

[Josh_HLS]

well what type of "wind" effect are you looking for? a soft breeze or like a harsh wind or what? sorry, I cant quite recall the scene you are talking about either...
Also, if you want it to go in front, behind, or just to the side of the guy makes a lot of difference too. Can you post a picture of what you have so far and what you're trying to achive?

[Vladimir Zharov]

If I understand your request correctly you could use kind of mix of Radial Blur and Turbulent Displace with a mask.

[ragupasta]

If I remember correctly reading somewhere on the net, the wind vision as you say was stock fire footage used as displacements in comp for the start of the effect. I'm not a compositor so other can tell you better than I