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I now recognize as a bit of cinematic grammar I always unconsciously recognized (“move camera in one direction and slowly zooming in, spiral-wise, for ‘cinematic’ shot”) but didn’t consciously know until pointed out.
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Good for me: my own videos will look more polished due to learning what’s obviously an effective technique. Bad for the world: lowered diversity in ways of seeing. As the trick spreads, many interesting “unprofessional” shots will be lost along with plain bad ones.
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This homogenization of ways of seeing and being seen is all over the place. Most pronounced in the ways women have learned to take a narrow range of selfies that work. It’s the new make-up. But it extends to everything and all sensory media.
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I see this as a “leveling up” - it’s now easier to make things that look good. It means that people who really want to stand out will have to work harder. Isn’t that a form of progress?
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