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experienced through increasingly smaller formats, from laptops to cellular

phones. Th ese media are stimulating new communicative strategies designed

to take advantage of these formats. What are the most appropriate ways to

create moving images the size of a postage stamp? What compositions, colors,

and movements work well in these formats? Internet platforms, new 3-D

polarizing technologies, and unforeseen developments are sure to present

appealing creative challenges to future fi lmmakers.

Naturally, directors, cinematographers, and other motion picture

creators who have worked to achieve desired framing, exposure, focus, hue,

and visual style must wonder how much of their intent and vision are being

experienced in such circumstances. Aft er all, Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and

Th e Empire Strikes Back (1980) seem to lose a little something when watched

on an iPhone.

Figure 4-35 Shooting The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, directed

by Vincente Minnelli (leaning on rail) with cinematography by Milton

Krasner. (Courtesy Roger Viollet/Getty Images)

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