The Need for Production Techniques
Although it’s hard to appreciate at times, the screened image is a totally artificial, stylized representation of the real world!
Whenever we frame a segment of the scene with the camera lens, we are detaching it from reality. The audience sees only what the director chooses. They have little idea what is happening around.
The lens conveys impressions of scale, distance and proportion that are often quite false. A tiny object can dominate the screen, while a gigantic subject passes unnoticed. But we accept the result as reality.
Why have ‘techniques’?
There are various reasons for today’s production techniques:
• The TV screen’s size limits the amount of information that we can discern, if we want the audiehce ...
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