You don't see screen fades or freeze frames anymore. You're lucky if you even see dolly shots.
Somewhere people got this notion that certain arbitrary things are immersive and certain other arbitrary things are not. Like, having cuts at all. If freeze frames "remind the viewer they're watching a movie" why the bleep doesn't having your perspective change radically instantly every 1-5 seconds?
This, of course, all hinges from the beginning on the idea that immersion is always the goal, which is also psychotic.
Couldn't agree more.
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