Even if you don’t know the dolly zoom or “Vertigo effect” or “Jaws effect” by any of its many names, you’ll recognize it when you see it. As those nicknames suggest, it was first popularized by Alfred ...

To accurately capture the terror felt by “Scottie” Ferguson in 1958’s Vertigo, Alfred Hitchcock pioneered a unique camera technique that still bears his name ...

Liam Gaughan is a film and TV writer at Collider. He has been writing film reviews and news coverage for ten years. Between relentlessly adding new titles to his watchlist and attending as many ...

You’ve seen the shot. That woozy moment when a character’s world is transformed. The camera zooms in or out. The background bends. It’s often called the “Vertigo Effect.” Here’s how it works → The ...