NEW MEDIA: Film Methods of Perspective

Watching Jules Verne’s Journey to the Center of the Earth and noticed a common film trick of introducing a new character into the story without showing him.

In third person pov, we watch as the characters move within their world, camera angles changing and yet there is a comfort zone from which we view them.  As we watch one of the characters walk through the woods we as viewers are suddenly placed in a position which we realize is someone else’s view, someone else is watching the character.  It’s very subtle, and yet with no other indication, we become aware of this other character.

Interesting.  Wonder how you could do that in writing.

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