12019-01-28T00:32:11+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b13Chapter on long takes and the widescreen cinema of the 1950splain1992019-01-28T02:10:25+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3bThis chapter starts with a general account of classical Hollywood storytelling principles before shifting to an analysis of two trends that put those principles to the test: the long-take trend of the late 1940s and the adoption of widescreen technologies in the 1950s. By rejecting the one-idea-at-a-time approach, both trends required filmmakers to think carefully about how they might use the moving camera to fulfill traditional storytelling functions such as revelation, concealment, emphasis, and understatement. This page includes links for all of the chapter's illustrated clips. For clips that are mentioned in the chapter, but not illustrated, see the "Additional Clips" page.
12019-01-28T00:37:04+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b6.3 Murder, My Sweet1Murder, My Sweet (1944)plain2019-01-28T00:37:04+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b
12019-01-28T00:39:08+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b6.4 Sorry, Wrong Number1Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)plain2019-01-28T00:39:08+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b
12019-01-28T00:40:50+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b6.5 Out of the Past1Out of the Past (1947)plain2019-01-28T00:40:50+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b
12019-01-28T00:41:58+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b6.6 The Big Clock1The Big Clock (1948)plain2019-01-28T00:41:58+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b
12019-01-28T00:44:37+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b6.8 The Paradine Case1The Paradine Case (1947)plain2019-01-28T00:44:37+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b
12019-01-28T00:48:00+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b6.10 Edward, My Son1Edward, My Son (1949)plain2019-01-28T00:48:00+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b
12019-01-28T00:49:26+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b6.11 Black Widow2Black Widow (1954)plain2019-01-28T00:49:58+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b
12019-01-28T00:51:20+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b6.12 River of No Return1River of No Return (1954)plain2019-01-28T00:51:20+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b