Subtle Visual Tricks Hollywood Uses To Mess With Your Brain
There’s an insane amount of visual cleverness that sails right over your head (and into your brain).
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Movies are an insanely visual medium, and they employ scores of people working behind the scenes to give their picture the biggest possible impact on your senses. And the amazing thing is, most people never consciously notice all the visual themes and hidden messages being beamed into their brains.
Until now.
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