Tokyo Story (1953) Dir: Yasujiro Ozu | DP: Yuharu Atsuta Sight & Sound #3. A film shot from the floor. Ozu's camera sits at tatami level - 2 feet high, the eye line of someone kneeling on a traditional mat. Not standing. Not sitting in a Western chair. Kneeling. Every interior uses this position. Atsuta keeps the camera static. It doesn't pan. Doesn't track. Fixed frames. The world moves around the camera; the camera stays still. The 'pillow shots' - empty rooms between scenes. A hallway. Train
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Tokyo Story (1953) Dir: Yasujiro Ozu | DP: Yuharu Atsuta Sight & Sound #3. A film shot from the floor. Ozu's camera sits at tatami level - 2 feet high, the eye line of someone kneeling on a traditional mat. Not standing. Not sitting in a Western chair. Kneeling. Every interior uses this position. Atsuta keeps the camera static. It doesn't pan. Doesn't track. Fixed frames. The world moves around the camera; the camera stays still. The 'pillow shots' - empty rooms between scenes. A hallway. Train
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