movɪes aʟso, ɪ saw a ɢreaᴛ ʟɪᴛᴛʟe ᴘresenᴛaᴛɪon aʙouᴛ ᴛʜe ʟoss oꜰ "reaʟɪsm" ɪn movɪes, ᴛʜese were ᴛʜe ᴘoɪnᴛs ᴛʜaᴛ ᴛʜeʏ noᴛeᴅ:

wɪᴅe, ʟonɢ sʜoᴛs wɪᴛʜ ʟonɢ ꜰocaʟ ᴅɪsᴛance ʜave sᴛarᴛeᴅ ᴛo ᴅɪsaᴘᴘear ꜰrom manʏ ᴘroᴅucᴛɪons ɪn ᴘarᴛ ᴅue ᴛo ʟazɪness oꜰ ᴘosᴛ ᴘrocessɪnɢ ᴅue ᴛo ʜow manʏ movɪes are now sʜoᴛ ʟarɢeʟʏ on ɢreen screens, savɪnɢ ᴛʜem ꜰrom ᴛʜe comᴘʟexɪᴛɪes oꜰ re-sʜooᴛɪnɢ ᴛo ᴋeeᴘ ᴛʜe ʟɪɢʜᴛɪnɢ ɪn sʏnc wɪᴛʜ ᴛʜe ꜰuʟʟʏ arᴛɪꜰɪcɪaʟ seᴛᴛɪnɢs oꜰ ᴛʜe sʜoᴛ.

ᴛʜɪs resuʟᴛs ɪn a verʏ narrow cenᴛraʟ ᴘoɪnᴛ oꜰ narraᴛɪve ꜰocus ᴛʜaᴛ raɪʟroaᴅs ᴛʜe vɪewer ɪnᴛo ꜰoʟʟowɪnɢ ᴛʜe ᴘrescrɪʙeᴅ narraᴛɪve ᴘaᴛʜ ʙʏ onʟʏ maᴋɪnɢ ᴛʜaᴛ ᴘarᴛ oꜰ ᴛʜe ɪmaɢe ɪn sʜarᴘ ᴅeᴛaɪʟ, anᴅ ᴛʜe ʙacᴋɢrounᴅs are ᴛenᴅɪnɢ ᴛowarᴅs a ᴘaucɪᴛʏ oꜰ ᴅeᴛaɪʟ, oꜰᴛen wɪᴛʜ narrow ꜰocaʟ ᴅɪsᴛance anᴅ ʙʟurrʏ ʙacᴋɢrounᴅs.

ᴛʜɪs sᴛoᴘs wʜaᴛ mʏ oʟᴅ maᴛe sᴛeᴘʜen raᴅꜰorᴅ (wʜo ɪs a now somewʜaᴛ accomᴘʟɪsʜeᴅ auᴛʜor ouᴛ oꜰ oxꜰorᴅ) useᴅ ᴛo reꜰer ᴛo as "auᴅɪence ꜰeeᴅ" wʜɪcʜ ᴘermɪᴛs ᴛʜe user ᴛo auᴛonomousʟʏ scan ᴛʜese scenes ꜰor ɪnᴛeresᴛɪnɢ ʙacᴋɢrounᴅ ᴅeᴛaɪʟ ᴛʜaᴛ enrɪcʜes ᴛʜe narraᴛɪve.

ɪn ᴛʜɪs ᴘresenᴛaᴛɪon ᴛʜeʏ ᴅescrɪʙeᴅ ᴛʜe oʟᴅ ʟonɢ-sʜoᴛ ʟonɢ-ꜰocaʟ, wɪᴅe sʜoᴛ as enaʙʟɪnɢ a sense oꜰ ᴛacᴛɪʟe enɢaɢemenᴛ wɪᴛʜ ᴛʜe conᴛenᴛ.

ɪ ᴛʜɪnᴋ ᴛʜe same ᴛʜɪnɢ aᴘᴘʟɪes ᴛo ᴛeʟevɪsɪon ᴘroᴅucᴛɪon, wʜɪcʜ ʙecause oꜰ ʜɪɢʜer resoʟuᴛɪon anᴅ wɪᴅe ꜰormaᴛ *wouʟᴅ ʜave* ᴘermɪᴛᴛeᴅ ᴛʜɪs ᴋɪnᴅ oꜰ cɪnemaᴛɪc vɪʙes, ʙuᴛ ɪn manʏ ᴛv sʜows ʜas ʙeen eʟɪmɪnaᴛeᴅ, esᴘecɪaʟʟʏ wʜere ᴛʜere ɪs a ʟoᴛ oꜰ cɢɪ

ɪ ᴅon'ᴛ ᴋnow ɪꜰ sɪmɪʟar ᴛʜɪnɢs ʜave ʜaᴘᴘeneᴅ ᴛo ᴛʜe ʙɪɢ ᴘuʙʟɪsʜers ɪn ʟɪᴛeraᴛure, aʟso, ʙuᴛ ᴘroʙaʙʟʏ... ᴛʜere ɪs cerᴛaɪn ᴛʜɪnɢs ᴛʜaᴛ oʟᴅ scʜooʟ ʟɪᴛeraᴛure ʜaᴅ wʜɪcʜ ɪ'm ᴘreᴛᴛʏ sure ɪꜰ ᴛʜeʏ ʜaven'ᴛ aʟreaᴅʏ ʙeen eᴅɪᴛeᴅ ouᴛ oꜰ moᴅern ᴛexᴛs, ᴛʜeʏ sureʟʏ wɪʟʟ ɢeᴛ more conᴛroʟ-ꜰreaᴋ aʙouᴛ narraᴛɪve conᴛroʟ, anᴅ reᴅucɪnɢ ᴛʜe amounᴛ oꜰ vɪsuaʟ anᴅ "auᴅɪence ꜰeeᴅ" sᴛʏʟe ᴅescrɪᴘᴛɪon ᴛʜaᴛ ɪsn'ᴛ crɪᴛɪcaʟ ᴛo ᴛʜe "narraᴛɪve".