
How Dance on Film Translates Choreography From Stage to Camera
Film histories credit Fred Astaire with the four-to-eight-cut rule for dance numbers, while Busby Berkeley built filmed dances from overhead patterns and quick cuts.

Film histories credit Fred Astaire with the four-to-eight-cut rule for dance numbers, while Busby Berkeley built filmed dances from overhead patterns and quick cuts.

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