The cinema as a graphic art : on a theory of representation in the cinema (1959)

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THE CINEMA AS A GRAPHIC ART T ยป 1> T ENOUGH OF THEE ! 31a. Continuation of the same cutting piece. Secor phase of the pan upward over the monument. As t\ process continues the foreshortening of the object increased. 2 ib. Continuation of the same cutting piece, phase of the pan upward over the monument. Thir 32. In the foreground is part of the railings, wit Eugene taken through them. Frontal construction. Th shot is taken with a short-focus lens focussed exactly c Eugene's original position. In the course of the shot h moves towards the camera, and his face fills the entii frame. Thus we reach a close-up, the composition ( which is shown on the scheme by a dotted line. As th focus has been fixed on Eugene's original position, th close-up is taken partly out of focus. Moving swift] towards the camera, Eugene utters the threat : " Enoug of thee ! " At the moment of the shout the face lost almost all definition (to correspond with the hysteria ( the shout). 33. Mid-shot of Eugene. With his back to th camera, he raises his clenched fist. All the depth c the shot is out of focus. (The shot is taken with long-focus lens with insignificant depth of definition.) 34. A cloud passes over the moon. The shot i taken in the same technical conditions as those of th previous editing cut-ins, with the one difference that i this shot we reduce the speed of photographing, whic on the screen results in a swifter movement of the clouc 92