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A Camera's Eye - Term Papers

A Camera's Eye

Here I sit, in some coffeehouse somewhere, staring into the face of
the person in front of me as she rambles on about the happenings of her
day. I don't mean to ignore her and I certainly don't discredit what it is
she's talking about, but I can't help noticing the shadows seeping across
the left side of her face. I blink and see a scene... Pan right, soft
lighting...Action, cut and I've captured her.
My eyes stray now to the tables on the patio, dirty white and round,
a good dimension for a wide angled long shot. The sun is setting in the
West, dancing across the tabletops. I would shoot this scene from the East,
I think and I have captured it in my mind. I could set up there in ...

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eyes go back to the girl in front of me. I can't stray too long,
I'll be caught surveying my surroundings and accused of not paying
attention. I bring my focus back to her eyes and then her mouth. A close
up of her lips would be a good shot. Forming each word, detailed curves
and slopes. I've captured the shot.

I've been told before that I see the world through the eye of a
viewfinder. I actually like that view. As a filmmaker I am constantly
alert and searching for the perfect lighting, the perfect angles, and
shots. I think that makes me a person with a mind equipped to see beauty
and art in otherwise menial things. Like a painter with his brush or a
sculptor with a chisel the camera is my instrument in creating works of art.
I do not use the lens as an escape from reality or the world around me,
but as framework for all the beauty and art around me. Sometimes I wonder
if all the effort put into capturing the moment somehow negates the actual
experience, but I don't think so. ...

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Added: 8/5/2005 02:04:22 PM
Category: Creative Writing
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 621
Pages: 3

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