Seen in Alfred Hitchcock's 'Vertigo' (1958), the film director invented an in-camera effect named the Dolly Zoom, also known as the Vertigo effect. This effect is achieved by the camera moving away whilst the camera lens zooms in to the subject, or vice versa. The camera moving farther away makes the foreground subject, for example the person, to be the focal point. However, if it moves in closer, the background becomes the focus. In relation to Vertigo, this effect was used by Hitchcock to allow the audience to relate to the feeling that the character was experiencing every time his acrophobia kicked in.
Just another example of the cinematic power of the Master of Suspense himself!
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Seen in Alfred Hitchcock's 'Vertigo' (1958), the film director invented an in-camera effect named the Dolly Zoom, also known as the Vertigo effect. This effect is achieved by the camera moving away whilst the camera lens zooms in to the subject, or vice versa. The camera moving farther away makes the foreground subject, for example the person, to be the focal point. However, if it moves in closer, the background becomes the focus. In relation to Vertigo, this effect was used by Hitchcock to allow the audience to relate to the feeling that the character was experiencing every time his acrophobia kicked in.
Just another example of the cinematic power of the Master of Suspense himself!
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