How Camera Lenses Affect How We Identify with Characters
Here s a video essay that looks at the suggestive, subtle psychological qualities of camera lenses.
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Movies, perhaps more than other art forms, can alter our perspective. And I mean that quite literally. There are camera lenses that replicate how the human eye sees, but for the most part, moving image camera lenses distort reality. And skilled filmmakers know how to weaponize these distortions for narrative effect.