Hitchcock’s Vertigo

Hitchcock’s Vertigo

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Hitchcock’s Vertigo
Hitchcock’s Vertigo
Behind the Vertigo Effect: Technical Innovation and Artistic Impact

Behind the Vertigo Effect: Technical Innovation and Artistic Impact

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Feb 16, 2025
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Behind the Vertigo Effect: Technical Innovation and Artistic Impact
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The "Vertigo effect" - more technically known as the dolly zoom - stands as one of cinema's most innovative and psychologically powerful camera techniques. Created by Irmin Roberts for Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo" (1958), this revolutionary shot simultaneously pushes in and pulls out of a scene, creating a disorienting visual effect that perfectly captu…

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