Interesting to see perspective spelled out like this so explicitly. I’m not a big film person, so don’t often think about it like this, but I found myself nodding along anyway as I read.

The reason? I’ve been writing fiction now for going on two decades, and every technique you describe is analogous to something fiction writers do in our own trade. Perspective is just as important to us, even though we don’t have framing and camera angles to achieve the effect.

In fact, sometimes I advise newbie fiction writers to actually imagine they are holding a camera and zooming in or out to create perspective. “What can the narrator see right now?” I’ll ask. “What can’t the narrator see because they aren’t looking in the right direction or they aren’t in the scene?”

If the writer can close their eyes and envision all that, they can create much more powerful narrative. And then if they want to ratchet up tension, they can switch narrative perspective just like filmmakers do, the more rapid the switch the more tense the outcome, especially when the switch withholds information from the reader and creates suspense.

I may have to start paying more attention to the films I watch. 😉 It might almost be as well structured as good novels. (Just kidding about the almost. Lol)