![]() A standard/normal lens produces an image which roughly matches what we see with our eyes. Standard/normal lens focal length between 35mm and 70mm. Alfonso Cuaron’s Children of Men has a fantastic one take which was shot entirely on the process trailer movement. Roger Deakins, known for his cinematography work on films of the Coen brothers, considers 27mm to be his preferred option for a wide angle shot. This is preferrable for many big budget films as it is the most authentic to way to shoot a car scene, but also the most expensive one. ![]() As the car is not subjected to the limitations of traffic and size, the DoP has a better range to shoot their scenes with. This provides better freedom and versatility when trying to shoot vehicle scenes. When cameras are mounted on a trailer towed by a tracking vehicle for the purpose of being used as a moving camera platform, it is known as the process trailer movement. The slow shutter speed movement adds heavily to the chaos of the battlefield. The most noteworthy use of this technique is in Saving Private Ryan’s storming the beach scene. You can also use this effect to show that time has slowed down. This movement brings in a lot of chaotic energy into the shot, as the motion blur is more than expected, the whole shot seems very chaotic. When the shutter speed of the camera is intentionally set to a low shutter speed to get pronounced motion blur in the shot, the shot is then said to have slow shutter movement. This movement has often be used to shoot action sequences, gun fire scenes etc. When the camera moves around the subject in an arc it is called as the arc movement. Deakins is a member of both the American and British Society of Cinematographers. He is best known for his work on the movies of the Coen brothers, Sam Mendes, and Denis Villeneuve. La Haine and Jaws are some of the films to use the Vertigo Movement. Roger Alexander Deakins CBE, BSC, ASC (born ) is an British cinematographer. It is also called the Hitchcock shot or the Dolly Zoom. This movement was first seen in Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo, hence the name. ![]() It can be done slow or fast, slow for a subconscious effect and fast for an unnerving, apparent effect. Majority of the effect has to do with the telephoto compression which gets toggled once you zoom in from a wide angle to a telephoto angle. EXCLUSIVE SIR ROGER DEAKINS MASTERCLASS You can read even more insight from the legendary Sir Roger Deakins CBE BSC ASC in an exclusive Masterclass article written for British Cinematographer Issue 104 by purchasing a Digital or Print & Digital subscription to our magazine. It can extend or reduce distances to the subject in frame. But once executed properly, this movement can incite a different type of unease and unrest in the audience’s perspective. This movement takes synergy and lot of practice to execute properly. It is imperative to maintain the frame size of the shot otherwise the vertigo dissipates. Combining the Zoom in with a Dolly out or a Zoom out with a Dolly in will lead to a vertigo movement. ![]()
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