The Dynamic Frame: Camera Movement in Classical Hollywood

2.x24 Marie Antoinette

Taking advantage of John Arnold’s M-G-M focusing device, assistant cameraman William Riley racks focus to the background when Marie Antoinette turns her head to look at the camera. The effect is unobtrusive. Later, the camera dollies to frame an ironic composition, using another set of candles to evoke the idea of a prison.

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