The Queue

Be they sinister, or joyous, a dolly-in is a powerful tool.

Does digital cinema mean green screens and fully-CGI characters? Or realistic shaky-cam and more accessible filmmaking? (The answer is yes, and yes).

The camerawork in ‘Succesion’ would be deemed “imperfect” in other contexts. Here’s why it serves the show’s narrative without you even knowing it.

If the camera has a perspective, it’s worth asking whose perspective it belongs to.

Sometimes capturing an eery vibe is more important than accurate migratory patterns.

“Handmade suits, raking in loot/Five-star general, y’all best salute.”

Does punching your gun forward make the bullet hit harder? Who cares, it looks cool.

Admit it: we all have a folder on our desktop containing a mountain of screengrabs.

“My name is Thornhill. Roger Thornhill! It’s never been anything else!”