lune7000
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Post by lune7000 on Sept 24, 2021 20:45:12 GMT
Somewhere in movies- I think in the 1950's- directors started using the fast camera zoom-in. By the 1960's things really took off. Often the fast zoom was used to locate a key item in a scene, or zoom out to show how far someone had to go. Often this was a bit disorienting as it came out of the blue in a movie that had no fast zooming otherwise. The height of this trend seems to have been those 1970's Bruce Lee kick-a-thons. Here the fast zoom really came into it's own as a psychological device showing the heightened mood of alertness which a martial arts fighter should always have. Then, something strange happened- the fast zoom almost completely disappeared from movies. It now resides in the memory banks of 60's/70's mostly abandoned film tricks such as the multi-image screen, the frozen frame, and psychedelic background screen projections (lava lamp walls). It's as if directors will do anything to make sure their film does NOT look like a 60's/70's film (I am currently going through the 70's in film). I'm sure this device still makes an appearance here and there but more advanced Matrix-y/CG tricks have taken over and appear to be with us for good. Which is too bad, b/c the fast zoom did have some great uses that no other technique can replace. Hopefully it will make a partial comeback someday.
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Post by Isapop on Sept 24, 2021 21:35:42 GMT
Someone made a little tribute to Tarantino's use of the "crash zoom".
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