Film History (2007) - Notes on the Split-Field Diopter

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• article: Notes on the Split-Field Diopter
• author(s): Paul Ramaeker
• journal: Film History (09/Aug/2007)
• issue: volume 19, issue 2, pages 179-198
• DOI: 10.2979/FIL.2007.19.2.179
• journal ISSN: 0892-2160
• publisher: Indiana University Press
• keywords: Aesthetics, Alfred Hitchcock, Barry Salt, Bob Fisher, Conventions, David Bordwell, Jon Lewis, Motion pictures, New York City, New York, Sidney Bernstein, Stephen Pizzello, Technological change, Thomas Elsaesser, Universal Studios, Warner Bros.

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Abstract

Drawing extensively on trade publications, such as American Cinematographer, and on the analysis of specific shots from films such The Andromeda Strain, The Boston Strangler, All the President's Men, Dressed to Kill and Blow Out, the author examines strategies cinematographers employ to conceal the focal split when using the split-field diopter and points out how directors such as Brian DePalma use the diopter instead of shot/reverse shot editing and to achieve deep focus in anamorphic filmmaking.