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Wrap Shot: Notorious
A seemingly simple move in Hitchcock’s classic suspense drama proved to be a complex piece of camerawork and rigging.
In the production photos below — shot by famed combat photographer Robert Capa — Ingrid Bergman stands by as director Alfred Hitchcock quietly confers with his camera team on the set of Notorious (1946). The director of photography was Ted Tetzlaff, ASC — well-known for his camerawork in lighter fare such as My Man Godfrey, The Talk of the Town and I Married a Witch.
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The towering camera platform seen here was effectively an elevator, dropping down from an extreme high angle on the room to a close-up of the prop key Bergman holds in her left hand — a shot that has been imitated many times since.
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In this video produced for The Criterion Collection’s release of the film, John Bailey, ASC breaks down the many components of this deceptively complex shot:
Also of note, Notorious became Tetzlaff’s last credit as a cinematographer, as he then transitioned into directing.
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