The unchained camera technique ( in German) was an innovation by cinematographer

Karl Freund Karl W. Freund, A.S.C. (January 16, 1890 – May 3, 1969) was an Austrian cinematographer and film director best known for photographing ''Metropolis'' (1927), ''Dracula'' (1931), and television's ''I Love Lucy'' (1951-1957). Freund was an innova ...

that allowed for filmmakers to get shots from cameras in motion enabling them to use pan shots,

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s, etc. The technique was introduced by Freund in the 1924 silent film, '' The Last Laugh'', and is arguably the most important stylistic innovation of the 20th century, setting the stage for some of the most commonly used

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of modern contemporary cinema.

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