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What does it mean?
Films show disguised people via photos, yet we believe them while watching.
In plain terms
Movies are photos of actors in disguise but we trust them during viewing.
What can you take from it?
Accept artifice as truth in mediated experiences.

Where it applies

  • watching movies
  • media literacy
  • studying art

Putting it to work

  • analyzing film
  • questioning media

Questions to consider

  • Why do we believe screens?
  • What is real on film?

Another view

Belief is context dependent.

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