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Half-Empty Two-Shot

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9 feature instances
18 referencing feature instances

Half-Empty Two-Shot	type	FeatureClass
Half-Empty Two-Shot	label	Half-Empty Two-Shot
Half-Empty Two-Shot	page	HalfemptyTwoShot
Half-Empty Two-Shot	comment	Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The Half-Empty Two-Shot is a narrative framing technique usually found in horror and suspense films/shows, in which a shot of one character is composed asymmetrically, as if the character is in a two-shot with an invisible second character. It creates narrative tension by making the viewer expect someone (or some thing) to lunge into frame and balance the composition. In this context, it is also known as the "Bogeyman Shot" (thanks, Roger Ebert). It's also sometimes used in melancholy contexts: the person that should be in the other side of the frame isn't there because he's dead, or missing, often with an empty chair or a deep impression left in a bed filling in.
Half-Empty Two-Shot	fetched	2022-09-01T00:14:31Z
Half-Empty Two-Shot	parsed	2022-09-01T00:14:31Z
Half-Empty Two-Shot	isPartOf	DBTropes
Half-Empty Two-Shot / int_13b6da8c	type	Half-Empty Two-Shot
Half-Empty Two-Shot / int_13b6da8c	comment	An example of the melancholy sort: In Act 3 of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, there is a scene of Penny sitting in the laundromat with two frozen yogurts, waiting for Billy, who isn't showing up.
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Half-Empty Two-Shot / int_13b6da8c	featureConfidence	1.0
DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog	hasFeature	Half-Empty Two-Shot / int_13b6da8c
Half-Empty Two-Shot / int_249d7d13	type	Half-Empty Two-Shot
Half-Empty Two-Shot / int_249d7d13	comment	Used to creepy effect in Swimming Pool.
Half-Empty Two-Shot / int_249d7d13	featureApplicability	1.0
Half-Empty Two-Shot / int_249d7d13	featureConfidence	1.0
Swimming Pool	hasFeature	Half-Empty Two-Shot / int_249d7d13
Half-Empty Two-Shot / int_35bf56ba	type	Half-Empty Two-Shot
Half-Empty Two-Shot / int_35bf56ba	comment	Used frequently in Harvey, for non-sinister reasons.
Half-Empty Two-Shot / int_35bf56ba	featureApplicability	1.0
Half-Empty Two-Shot / int_35bf56ba	featureConfidence	1.0
Harvey (Theatre)	hasFeature	Half-Empty Two-Shot / int_35bf56ba
Half-Empty Two-Shot / int_49729b9c	type	Half-Empty Two-Shot
Half-Empty Two-Shot / int_49729b9c	comment	Made famous by Halloween (1978): Throughout the first half of the movie, Laurie is repeatedly framed in this fashion, to suggest to the viewer that someone is about to fill the empty space. Towards the end, the setup is finally paid off when Michael Myers emerges from the closet to attack her.
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Halloween (1978)	hasFeature	Half-Empty Two-Shot / int_49729b9c
Half-Empty Two-Shot / int_995f87b7	type	Half-Empty Two-Shot
Half-Empty Two-Shot / int_995f87b7	comment	In Shrek, this is used twice to show how alone Shrek and Fiona feel after their big fight. Fiona is shown sitting at an otherwise unoccupied table, with the table in the center of the shot. This is immediately followed by Shrek sitting at his table, on the opposite side (from the camera's perspective).
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Shrek	hasFeature	Half-Empty Two-Shot / int_995f87b7
Half-Empty Two-Shot / int_99a637ac	type	Half-Empty Two-Shot
Half-Empty Two-Shot / int_99a637ac	comment	Strike: An unusual use of this effect occurs when a spy is shown running down a sidewalk, with the left side of the screen simply blacked out, like an unfinished wipe. The wipe is finally completed, revealing the men who are chasing him in the left side of the frame.
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Strike	hasFeature	Half-Empty Two-Shot / int_99a637ac
Half-Empty Two-Shot / int_b3693333	type	Half-Empty Two-Shot
Half-Empty Two-Shot / int_b3693333	comment	Clue has a scene where Miss Scarlet, left alone in the ballroom, nervously checks to see if the mystery killer is hiding behind the curtains. This is made even creepier by the brief tracking shot over her shoulder, which upon first viewing lends the sensation that we're about to see someone come up behind her.
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Clue	hasFeature	Half-Empty Two-Shot / int_b3693333
Half-Empty Two-Shot / int_b36c38cd	type	Half-Empty Two-Shot
Half-Empty Two-Shot / int_b36c38cd	comment	A very effective use in Jaws when Brody is on the right side of the frame, flipping smelly chum into the water, mumbling irritably as he does it, the left side of the frame containing nothing but the gunwale of the boat and the ocean. This sets up one of the most famous Jump Scares ever, as the shark comes leaping out of the water on the left side.
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Jaws	hasFeature	Half-Empty Two-Shot / int_b36c38cd
Half-Empty Two-Shot / int_c95e9d87	type	Half-Empty Two-Shot
Half-Empty Two-Shot / int_c95e9d87	comment	Another melancholy example occurs several times in Up, whenever Carl sits in his recliner, positioned beside his late wife's.
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Half-Empty Two-Shot / int_c95e9d87	featureConfidence	1.0
Up	hasFeature	Half-Empty Two-Shot / int_c95e9d87

The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

Half-Empty Two-Shot	processingCategory2	Adverbly Adjective Noun
Half-Empty Two-Shot	processingCategory2	Camera Tricks
Half-Empty Two-Shot	processingCategory2	Number Tropes
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) / int_49d7c511	type	Half-Empty Two-Shot
Clue / int_49d7c511	type	Half-Empty Two-Shot
Halloween (1978) / int_49d7c511	type	Half-Empty Two-Shot
Jaws / int_49d7c511	type	Half-Empty Two-Shot
Jaws 2 / int_49d7c511	type	Half-Empty Two-Shot
Silkwood / int_49d7c511	type	Half-Empty Two-Shot
FramedSubject	seeAlso	Half-Empty Two-Shot
HalfEmptyTwoShot	sameAs	Half-Empty Two-Shot
HalfemptyTwoshot	sameAs	Half-Empty Two-Shot
Harvey (Theatre) / int_49d7c511	type	Half-Empty Two-Shot
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (Web Video) / int_49d7c511	type	Half-Empty Two-Shot
RedLetterMedia (Web Video) / int_49d7c511	type	Half-Empty Two-Shot
Shrek / int_49d7c511	type	Half-Empty Two-Shot
Turning Red / int_49d7c511	type	Half-Empty Two-Shot
Up / int_400c70f1	type	Half-Empty Two-Shot

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