If you track IN and zoom OUT apparent depth increases while framing
remains constant. This is the way it's done in Jaws but, if memory
serves, it goes in and out at least once in Vertigo, or at least there
are two such shots,
Nicky Hamlyn.
On 29 Jun 2009, at 19:11, Henry M. Taylor wrote:
> Is there a technical term for the visual effect achieved in
> Hitchcock's Vertigo where the camera simultaneously tracks forward
> and zooms back (or the reverse)? It has in the meantime become very
> common in films. I would also be intrigued to know whether Hitch and
> his DP Robert Burks were indeed the first to use this feature.
>
> Thanks for all comments and suggestions.
>
> Henry
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