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Catttt Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
An extended portrait shot or over-exposure
What does "An extended portrait shot or over-exposure" mean here? I know "An extended portrait " usually refers to group and family photographs and "over-exposure" to the exposure of a photograph paper more than usual to the light. But what are they referring to here?
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Cutting a weaving line through the central hall of Tate Britain in this way is not too far off completing a 100-metre dash and so likely to take between, say, 10–15 seconds, depending on the individual runner. An extended portrait shot or ‘over-exposure’. The only way to survive it perhaps, as a runner, is to commit yourself beforehand to adopting a certain ‘demeanour’: a pose, an attitude, a style. The problem is, once you start running, who knows what might happen? The bodily ‘composition’ you had in mind for yourself can so easily disintegrate as the accent is placed on speed at all costs.
Context:
Cutting a weaving line through the central hall of Tate Britain in this way is not too far off completing a 100-metre dash and so likely to take between, say, 10–15 seconds, depending on the individual runner. An extended portrait shot or ‘over-exposure’. The only way to survive it perhaps, as a runner, is to commit yourself beforehand to adopting a certain ‘demeanour’: a pose, an attitude, a style. The problem is, once you start running, who knows what might happen? The bodily ‘composition’ you had in mind for yourself can so easily disintegrate as the accent is placed on speed at all costs.
Top answer
Hi It's not easy to say from the context. I think the writer may be talking about how body movements are perceived in art and, in particular, how that makes us feel about our own body movements. How do I look if I am trying to run 100 metres?
- Hi It's not easy to say from the context.
- I think the writer may be talking about how body movements are perceived in art and, in particular, how that makes us feel about our own body movements.
- How do I look if I am trying to run 100 metres?
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It's not easy to say from the context. I think the writer may be talking about how body movements are perceived in art and, in particular, how that makes us feel about our own body movements. How do I look if I am trying to run 100 metres? I'm guessing the writer has something like this in mind:
It's not easy to say from the context. I think the writer may be talking about how body movements are perceived in art and, in particular, how that makes us feel about our own body movements. How do I look if I am trying to run 100 metres? I'm guessing the writer has something like this in mind:
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