12019-01-27T20:17:05+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b11The Front Page (1931)plain2019-01-27T20:17:05+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3bManipulative editor Walter Burns strides through the newsroom while a colleague tries to talk to him. The effect of swiftness is not as easy to achieve as it looks. A tightly coordinated follow shot might actually create the impression of stasis by keeping the character fixed within the center of the frame. Director Lewis Milestone solves this problem by placing a row of desks in the foreground. Close to the camera, the desks fly across the frame, enhancing the impression of breakneck velocity.
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12019-01-25T22:37:11+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3bChapter Two: Purposes and ParallelsPatrick Keating6This chapter covers the years after the transition to sound.plain832019-01-28T02:06:58+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b
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12019-01-25T22:49:37+00:002.16 The Front Page1The Front Page (1931)plain2019-01-25T22:49:37+00:00Critical Commons19312019-01-24T22:58:29ZVideoLewis MilestoneThe Front Page