ABSTRACT
Camera movement can be a powerful tool when combined with a lens’ ability to manipulate how motion is perceived. The reduced field of view of telephoto lenses and its impact on movement along the x-axis, for instance, can produce an unusual effect when combined with a circular tracking camera move around a static subject, making it look as if the background is revolving quickly behind them. Director Taylor Hackford’s psychological thriller Dolores Claiborne, based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King, has an elegant use of this technique, in a scene where a character makes a life-changing discovery about her childhood. The story follows Selena, a depressed and alcoholic journalist, as she returns to her Maine hometown to defend her mother Dolores after she is accused of murdering a wealthy woman she worked for as a maid.
