I especially liked the mention of eye position. That is, how the movement of the actor's eye draws the audience attention to a direction on the frame. Humans are very aware of what their neighbors are looking at. We are involuntarily drawn to move our attention when someone's eyes show movement.
The strength of this reflex is almost uniquely strong in humans. Human eyes have a large amount of the sclera (the 'whites' of our eyes) visible, unlike pretty much all other animals with complex eyes. Humans communicate in part by using eye position or gaze direction in a way that is not found in other creatures. Using this in cinematic direction is sadly neglected. It is, however, found in extreme closeup frames in comics and graphic novels.
My high-frequency hearing is totally shot, and so I actually couldn't hear anything but the lower-register background noises. I guess I'll have to use sonic motion detectors to guard against ninja.
Is this intersection located right next to four pubs? Or is the neighborhood inhabited only by Russians? The carport footage shows that having motion-activated lights deters some thieves.
http://www.snopes.com/critters/disposal/catchday.asp
The strength of this reflex is almost uniquely strong in humans. Human eyes have a large amount of the sclera (the 'whites' of our eyes) visible, unlike pretty much all other animals with complex eyes. Humans communicate in part by using eye position or gaze direction in a way that is not found in other creatures. Using this in cinematic direction is sadly neglected. It is, however, found in extreme closeup frames in comics and graphic novels.
The carport footage shows that having motion-activated lights deters some thieves.
Bah! It's because they're jerks!
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/07/16/toad-babies-delivered-from-the-back/
So, it's like Herd Immunity
(They're not supposed to know about us yet!)