It would be interesting to see, however, when the specific function of a “focus puller” emerges. Best Damian On 24/01/2011 17:40, "Hrvoje Turkovic" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Reliance on depth of field has a long, 'pre.Wellesian and pre-Bazinian history, hardly to be reduced to a "modernist turning-point"! See D. Bordwell's study 'Exceptionally Exact Perceptions: On Staging in Depth' (Chapter 6, in his On the History of Film Style). Hrvoje -- Film-Philosophy After hitting 'reply' please always delete the text of the message you are replying to To leave, send the message: leave film-philosophy to: [log in to unmask] Or visit: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/film-philosophy.html For technical help email: [log in to unmask], not the list -- Film-Philosophy journal: http://www.film-philosophy.com/ Film-Philosophy Conference (6-8 July 2011): http://www.film-philosophy.com/conference/ Contact: [log in to unmask] -- -- Dr Damian Sutton Reader in Photography Department of Art and Design School of Arts and Education Middlesex University Cat Hill Campus Chase Side Barnet, Herts. EN4 8HT Tel. (0)208 411 6827 Homepage: http://damiansutton.wordpress.com -- Film-Philosophy After hitting 'reply' please always delete the text of the message you are replying to To leave, send the message: leave film-philosophy to: [log in to unmask] Or visit: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/film-philosophy.html For technical help email: [log in to unmask], not the list -- Film-Philosophy journal: http://www.film-philosophy.com/ Film-Philosophy Conference (6-8 July 2011): http://www.film-philosophy.com/conference/ Contact: [log in to unmask] --