What if it's a film from Israel, where people read from right to left? What about it the southern hemisphere, where the water swirls the wrong way in the toilet?
For that matter, what about in Cotty-land, where they drive on the wrong side of the street? Inquiring minds want to know... Rick --- Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A few months ago I was talking with a film maker, > and she mentioned that > showing a subject moving from left to right on the > screen indicates > movement towards something, such as when a ship > leaves a port and heads out > to sea it will be shown on the screen as moving L to > R. Right to Left > means that the subject is returning home, or to a > point of origin. Some > time after that, while watching a special feature on > a DVD, the director of > the film made the same comment. I wonder if that > may in any way be related > to why we see, and, perhaps, generally prefer, L to > R movement, and > subjects looking L to R, in many photographs? Might > there be something > within us that more readily accepts that idea, and > that's why film makers > have been using the concept as well? > > Shel > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Kenneth Waller > > > # 2 cause he's going R to L. Seems like most bike > rider shots have the > rider going from L to R. > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
