Realism, anti-realism, and verisimilitude appear in nearly
every movie ever made. Realism is what
always involves mediation and interpretation. It can also be apparent as what some may say,
somewhat of an illusion. In
"Barsam's: Looking at Movies" realism is depicted through the view of
a woman whom looks like a woman that you would see in real life. Another example of realism is in a special I watched
about the deepest parts of the ocean and what can be found down there. It seems almost unrealistic that some of
these creatures exist but in reality they are down there but most of us will
never see them up close. Anti-realism is
a sort of treatment or opposing end of realism.
Going back to Barsam's view, anti-realism is depicted through a woman
whom looks nothing like a real life woman would. She has sharp angles and fractured shapes
making up her false body. Another
example of anti-realism is Phineus and Ferb a children's show. The characters heads are shaped like
triangles which is unrealistic. Verisimilitude
is the convincing appearance of truth no matter how unrealistic things may
appear on the screen, it convinces you that they are really there. This reminds me of all the Paranormal
activity movies when they show ghosts or footprints with no body. It acts as if that is really there when it
might not be.
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