Spiking the Camera: Difference between revisions

 

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* ''[[Hot Fuzz]]'': Timothy Dalton looks into the camera for a second in a bar scene. Instead of using a different take, the director actually put a cash register ring on it, to draw ''even more'' attention to it.

* In the opening scene of ''[[Marx Brothers|A Night At The Opera]]'' there's a woman in the background who is framed precisely in the center between between Sig Ruman and Margaret Dumont, who stares into the camera the entire time. ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9sRTTKwvys Here starting around 5:00])

* One of the earliest known examples comes from the 1903 film ''[[The Great Train Robbery]]''. The final shot of the film is of the leader of the outlaw band (played by Justus D. Barnes) looking directly into the camera and [[Sean Connery Is About to Shoot You|firing a gun at the audience]].

 

* Parodied in a ''[[Green Acres]]'' episode where a documentarian comes to Hooterville to shoot a film. Mr. Haney opens up a film acting class and the first thing he teaches is to not look at the camera. The others interpret this as covering their eyes or turning their back to the camera.

 

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[[Category:Film Tropes]]