There were also telephoto lenses, which would have a shallow dept of field, so when they were pointed at the human face, they would only get probably get only one feature on the face in focus. Over the years, the close-up shot began to be used more artistically than as a shot for just information.(Schrader 2014) Carl Dreyer's 'The Passion of Joan of Arc'(Dreyer 1928) was primarily shot in close-ups. It often kept cutting from one close-up to the other revealing very little about the setting of the character but revealing more through their expressions itself and the way her troubled expression was contrasted with the villainous faces of the
There were also telephoto lenses, which would have a shallow dept of field, so when they were pointed at the human face, they would only get probably get only one feature on the face in focus. Over the years, the close-up shot began to be used more artistically than as a shot for just information.(Schrader 2014) Carl Dreyer's 'The Passion of Joan of Arc'(Dreyer 1928) was primarily shot in close-ups. It often kept cutting from one close-up to the other revealing very little about the setting of the character but revealing more through their expressions itself and the way her troubled expression was contrasted with the villainous faces of the