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Examples
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Many beginning artists focus too much on straight-on shots.
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In classic awards cameraman style, we get a straight-on shot of Taylor Swift who is giving what I think can be described as Death Eye.10.55pm: Carrie Underwood, wearing a pair of beige curtains, has introduced Reba McIntyre, who, judging from her face, has her own wind machine, permanently blasting her straight on.10.57pm: GONG!
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She is pointing the gun -- it looks like a large caliber, but it's a bit hard to tell from the straight-on perspective -- directly at the "viewer."
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My main problem with the fins was that they look weird in straight-on shots.
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She is pointing the gun -- it looks like a large caliber, but it's a bit hard to tell from the straight-on perspective -- directly at the "viewer."
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Sly and the Family Stone: You've got the slyness of "Sly" and the family-ness of "Family," but together with a straight-on drug reference.
David Weinberger: Rating 1960s Bands' Names David Weinberger 2011
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I hear that she wants to now engage in more 'multidimensional storytelling' versus I guess just the 'straight-on, read-into-that-teleprompter-screen storytelling.'
VIDEO: Sarah Palin Comments on Katie Couric's Departure 2011
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Because the camera is on the curb, anything that reflects the light will be hit at an angle rather than straight-on, and reflect the light somewhere besides the camera lens.
More red light cams on the way in Portland? (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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Sly and the Family Stone: You've got the slyness of "Sly" and the family-ness of "Family," but together with a straight-on drug reference.
David Weinberger: Rating 1960s Bands' Names David Weinberger 2011
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Junior repositioned his stool to permit him to face her straight-on and placed his shoes on the rung of her seat, just below her dangling feet.
RUBYRED AND PARSHOOTER Howard Giordano 2011
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