The Dynamic Frame: Camera Movement in Classical Hollywood

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If filmmakers who championed “invisibility” did not restrict themselves to follow shots, then the reverse is also true: the follow shot could be flamboyant. Josef von Sternberg would dolly laterally to keep Marlene Dietrich in the center of the frame, while surrounding the star with a riot of décor. As the camera dollied past, foreground objects would fly across the frame, turning simple follow shots into frenzies of movement.

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