The moment I hear Martin Scorsese, the thing which comes to my mind immediately is Taxi Driver. Yes, it affected me than any of his other movies I've seen - After Hours, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, The Departed, and Mean Streets. And, when I was watching this movie, one scene fascinated me in the way the Camera movement was handled.
The Scene goes like this: After the bad porno theatre incident Travis is desperate to revive the relationship with Betsy. So, he calls up and requests her meeting again for a dinner/coffee. In the middle of the conversation, the Camera slowly moves and points at the empty corridor.
When seeing this scene, I was wondering why the Camera suddenly moved. After searching in Google for few days, finally, I got the answer from the director himself. The rejection from the Betsy was so painful to see that the Camera doesn't want to see Travis. So, it moves to the empty hallway. Interesting, isn't it. In cinematic terms, people call this as a Tracking or Dolly Shot. Another Brilliant example of this kind of Tracking shot is from The Departed. In the opening scenes, you can see the way the Camera moves along with Jack Nicholson as he slowly walks in his Garage. It's one of the beautiful Dolly Shot aptly suited to that scene.
The Scene goes like this: After the bad porno theatre incident Travis is desperate to revive the relationship with Betsy. So, he calls up and requests her meeting again for a dinner/coffee. In the middle of the conversation, the Camera slowly moves and points at the empty corridor.
When seeing this scene, I was wondering why the Camera suddenly moved. After searching in Google for few days, finally, I got the answer from the director himself. The rejection from the Betsy was so painful to see that the Camera doesn't want to see Travis. So, it moves to the empty hallway. Interesting, isn't it. In cinematic terms, people call this as a Tracking or Dolly Shot. Another Brilliant example of this kind of Tracking shot is from The Departed. In the opening scenes, you can see the way the Camera moves along with Jack Nicholson as he slowly walks in his Garage. It's one of the beautiful Dolly Shot aptly suited to that scene.
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