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In Reply to: RE: "The Secret in Their Eyes" posted by Larry I on October 19, 2010 at 10:37:24
I well remember watching the opening shot of "The Player and noticing that the camera was doing exactly what the actor was talking about. I liked the movie, but that's the only scene I actually remember.
Another great tracking shot is at the climax of Hitchcock's "39 steps," where the protagonists know that the guy they're looking forward is somewhere in a crowded ballroom. The camera tracks from a very wide shot forward--forward--forward until the screen is filled with the eyes of the person they are looking for. The power of this shot is lost on the typical home tv--you need a BIG SCREEN!!
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Yup, that is a great scene by Hitchcock. He was so well aware of how cuts can kill the tension and distroy momentum, and unintentionally give away information best kept secret. In Psycho, when the detective is in the house climbing the stairs to mom's room, he did a long continuous shot. In order to keep this tension going and to change the shot from one facing the detective to an angle where the viewer can see the attack coming, he had the camera slowly rise till it was directly above, looking down (obviously the house had no roof on it). This also conveniently hid the face of mom so the view could not see that it was Anthony Perkins.
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