Depth Effects

The work of the camera is integral to storytelling in filmmaking, with many creative approaches to depth, movement, and perspective. As different cameras were explored and perfected, so too were approaches to photographing subjects and considering how the camera is used to express a story.

In Depth Effects: Dimensionality from Camera to Computation by Brooke Belisle, readers can examine the more technical side of camera work. While this reads like a textbook, it offers an interesting and factual overview of camera work and types of cameras, in addition to ample examples that showcase the final products for comparison.

This book is recommended to film students or individuals interested in working behind the camera.


Depth Effects: Dimensionality from Camera to Computation is available for purchase via University of California Press.

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About Annette Bochenek

Dr. Annette Bochenek of Chicago, Illinois, is an avid scholar of Hollywood’s Golden Age. She manages the Hometowns to Hollywood blog, in which she writes about her trips exploring the legacies and hometowns of Golden Age stars. Annette also hosts the “Hometowns to Hollywood” film series throughout the Chicago area. She has been featured on Turner Classic Movies and is the president of TCM Backlot’s Chicago chapter. In addition to writing for TCM Backlot, she also writes for Classic Movie Hub, Silent Film Quarterly, Nostalgia Digest, and Chicago Art Deco Society Magazine.
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