{"product_id":"the-dynamic-frame-camera-movement-in-classical-hollywood-9780231190510","title":"The Dynamic Frame: Camera Movement in Classical Hollywood","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe camera's movement in a film may seem straightforward or merely technical. Yet skillfully deployed pans, tilts, dollies, cranes, and zooms can express the emotions of a character, convey attitude and irony, or even challenge an ideological stance. In \u003ci\u003eThe Dynamic Frame\u003c\/i\u003e, Patrick Keating offers an innovative history of the aesthetics of the camera that examines how camera movement shaped the classical Hollywood style. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn careful readings of dozens of films, including \u003ci\u003eSunrise\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Grapes of Wrath\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRear Window\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSunset Boulevard\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTouch of Evil\u003c\/i\u003e, Keating explores how major figures such as F. W. Murnau, Orson Welles, and Alfred Hitchcock used camera movement to enrich their stories and deepen their themes. Balancing close analysis with a broader poetics of camera movement, Keating uses archival research to chronicle the technological breakthroughs and the changing division of labor that allowed for new possibilities, as well as the shifting political and cultural contexts that inspired filmmakers to use technology in new ways. An original history of film techniques and aesthetics, \u003ci\u003eThe Dynamic Frame\u003c\/i\u003e shows that the classical Hollywood camera moves not to imitate the actions of an omniscient observer but rather to produce the interplay of concealment and revelation that is an essential part of the exchange between film and viewer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePatrick Keating is associate professor of communication at Trinity University, where he teaches courses in film studies and video production. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eHollywood Lighting from the Silent Era to Film Noir\u003c\/i\u003e (Columbia, 2010).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50318593753362,"sku":"9780231190510","price":40.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e582e98e-2c6a-4d04-9b98-85f2a27f4b8a.jpg?v=1727558495","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-dynamic-frame-camera-movement-in-classical-hollywood-9780231190510","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}