Between Handheld Camera and Steadicam: The Body-Mounted Cinematography of Seconds (1966) and Its Legacies
2023; Indiana University Press; Volume: 35; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2979/fih.00002
ISSN1553-3905
Autores Tópico(s)Cinema and Media Studies
ResumoABSTRACT: This article considers a lesser known variety of camera movement that emerged between the rise of handheld camerawork in the 1940s and the invention of the Steadicam in the 1970s: body-mounted cinematography, where the camera is directly attached to the operator. Looking closely at John Frankenheimer's film Seconds (1966), as well as examples from sports cinematography, I show how body-mounted camerawork moved across multiple media practices during the 1960s, then reemerged in the 1990s with a new generation of smaller and lighter mounts. Exploring these varied uses, I argue that they articulate a range of different relations between body, camera, and world.
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