Drama at the touch of a lever -- Take me out to the ball game -- Unlimited horizons -- Creepers and neck-snappers -- The zoom boom -- Contemporary zooms
Summary
From the queasy zooms in Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo to the avant-garde mystery of Michael Snow's Wavelength, from the excitement of televised baseball to the drama of the political convention, the zoom shot is instantly recognizable and highly controversial. Nick Hall traces the century-spanning history of the zoom lens in American film and television
Analysis
Alfred Hitchcock
American
Michael Snow
Vertigo
Wavelength
film
television
zoom lens
zoom
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 19, 2018)