#filmfeatures
Thanks for reading/sharing the paper Stephen!
With Katalin Balint's Story Lab at @vuamsterdam.bsky.social, @cynthiacabanas.bsky.social,
we've been extending this work to look at other #FilmFeatures and other #AudienceResponses.
We love this topic!😍
Close-ups make us care... but only up to a point.

This study tested how the number of close-ups affects how viewers describe a character’s inner life. Same film, different versions, each with a different number of face shots.

Here's what they found... (Thread)
July 11, 2025 at 8:10 AM
‘रैया चाँदीको’ हिट भएपछि लोकगीतको महत्व बुझ्दैछु (भिडियाे)
‘पूर्ण वहादुरको सारङ्गी’मा समेटिएको भाइरल गीत ‘रैया चाँदी’ले मलाई थप उत्साहित बनाएको छ। स्रोता–दर्शकहरुले हौसला दिइरहनु भएको छ। स्टेजमा बोलाउन थाल्नुभएको छ। दोहोरी फरम्याटमा भएका कारणले मैले पनि नयाँ ...
breaknlinks.com
November 19, 2024 at 3:43 AM
George Lucas actually stated "NO Black leads, Harrison Ford is so cool as Han Solo he NEEDS WHITES".

Toshiro Mifune saw Star Wars as 'cheapening image of samurai', so role went to yellowface veteran Alec Guiness, who hated it as his legacy eclipsing his older gen 'respectable race-changing roles'.
September 21, 2026 at 4:29 AM