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Bocal aux poissons rouges

1897

Overview

[…] by shooting the fish in a globular bowl, the Lumières effectively use a fisheye lens, which offers distortions. The history of cinema has witnessed a struggle between the objective and subjective camera and the optically distorting lenses like the fisheye lens has been a powerful tool for the subjective camera. Here it is at the start.

Details

Status
Released
Release date
March 21, 1897
Original language
French
Countries
France
Production
Lumière
Budget
Not recorded
Revenue
Not recorded
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