FILM: Nocturne - Opening Shot Optical Zoom
This striking opening shot carries the viewer from the super-diegetic credits into the narrative. The transition from optical zoom to crane shot is not seamless (look for the shift around 0:27), helpfully delineating physical & optical components.
- from Nocturne (1946)
- Creator: Edwin L. Marin
- Posted by Clifford Galiher
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FILM: Nocturne - Opening Shot Optical Zoom
by Clifford GaliherThis striking opening shot carries the viewer from the super-diegetic credits into the narrative. The transition from optical zoom to crane shot is not seamless (look for the shift around 0:27), helpfully delineating physical & optical components.
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