Elements of Media: Reverse Zoom/Hitchcock Zoom

 Vertigo Effect:

Introduced by Alfred Hitchcock in his 1958 film Vertigo. The technique involves reversing the zoom of the movement of the camera (for example, camera is moving towards the subject, so you zoom out) to give a disorienting zoom effect. We were tasked to try this effect for ourselves in class.


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