Standard camerawork conventions
The technique of changing shot without distracting the audience was learnt over a number of years. Reverse angles, point-of-view shots and position matching on cuts were all discovered and became standard technique. The evolution of the grammar of film technique was not instantaneous or self-evident. Each visual technique had to be invented, refined and accepted by other film makers before entering the repertoire of standard camera practice.
The thread that linked most of these developments was the need to provide a variety of ways of presenting visual information coupled with the need for them to be unobtrusive in their transition from shot to shot. Expertly used, they were invisible and yet ...
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