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Replicating a shot from Welles' 'The Stranger.'


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I was just wondering how exactly did Welles' cinematographer Russell Metty create the shot where Welles' stretched out shadow creeps towards his wife's bed as the CAMERA DOLLIES with it, getting smaller and smaller until he finally appears in the shot, looming over her bed, at the very last moment.

 

How would we achieve the exact same effect?

 

Any insight would be great...

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  • 3 weeks later...

The shadow is bound to get smaller as the actor moves away from the lamp. I suspect this was a brute at full flood to give sharper shadows, and about eight to ten feet away from the 'door'.

 

Nice way to fake a door.

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