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The plan as a way of expression

Author(s): Aleksandar Tomov
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Visual Arts
Published by: Нов български университет
Keywords: Different frames; Long shot; Mid-shot; Tight shot; close-up

Summary/Abstract: When we look at a painting, say, a Rembrandt portrait, we do not wonder what is to the left or right of the sitter; we do not wonder what she is looking at; we presume that everything we need to know has been put into the picture – into the frame – by the artist. Performing language of the screen has the same criteria – we presume that everything we need to know is there, and that those things, which are not on the screen are unimportant or irrelevant. This means that if a performer in the film does wonderful things that are not seen, then it is if he had not done them!