Practice question · Select all that apply
Which of these are true of the frame as an act of exclusion?
Hints
- Three describe how the outside gets back in; one denies that it can.
- Think about what a shadow entering from an edge does to a viewer.
Show the answer
- A. Burch counted a segment of off-frame space behind the camera itself
- C. A doorway or window activates the segment behind the scenery
- D. What is excluded can still act on the picture through shadows, gazes and intrusions
Why
The fourth is the beginner's assumption and it is wrong: exclusion is only complete when nothing inside the frame points outward. Once a shadow, a gaze or a doorway is present, the viewer builds the missing space and the picture is larger than its edges.
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