MovieChat Forums > Carnivàle (2003) Discussion > View through binoculars.

View through binoculars.


One of my pet peeves in cinema is the fake POV through field glasses.
Anyone who has ever used a pair knows that what you see is a big circle.
Yet, 99% of the time we're presented onscreen with something like "00".

Well, thank you Carnivale!

Just watched "Road To Damascus" in season 2 and Stroud is watching the troupe from a nearby hilltop, and we're given the rarely seen REAL view through his binoculars.

I was thrilled. ;-)

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I'm guessing the idea is to indicate to the viewer that you are seeing the "view through the binoculars"..not the camera filming the movie.

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