dᵻɹˈɛktɚ dʒˈɔːɹdʒ ɹˈɔɪ hˈɪl jˈuːzd ðə tɛknˈiːk fɹˈiːkwəntli wɛn dᵻpˈɪktɪŋ ðə dˈɛθ əvə kˈæɹɪktɚ, æz ɪnðə wˈɜːld ɐkˈoːɹdɪŋ tə ɡˈɑːɹp nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi tˈuː ænd ɪnðə mˈɛmɚɹəbəl ˈɛndɪŋ tə ðə klˈæsɪk wˈɛstɚn bˈʊtʃ kˈæsɪdi ænd ðə sˈʌndəns kˈɪd nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti nˈaɪn, wɪð pˈɔːl nˈuːmən ænd ɹˈɑːbɚt ɹˈɛdfɚd.
Director George Roy Hill used the technique frequently when depicting the death of a character, as in The World According to Garp (1982) and in the memorable ending to the classic western Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), with Paul Newman and Robert Redford.