The Dynamic Frame: Camera Movement in Classical Hollywood

1.5 The Last Laugh

The camera shares a rotating platform with the film’s star (Emil Jannings), and it appears that the protagonist is sitting still while the world spins by in the background. This shot does not represent the porter’s literal point of view. The effect instead is “semi-subjective,” as if the film were offering us an external and an internal view simultaneously.

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