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"T-Rex, as soon as you place the camera somewhere, you're making
a value judgment about what's worth seeing and what's not.
You're privileging what's in front of the camera over what's
behind it: that's political!"  The Gaze, a theory about
filmography originating in The Seventies that has since been
expanded to fit all visual media, describes the relationship
between the media, especially visual media, and how it is
observed and meant to be observed.    • The Spectator's gaze:
That's you. The gaze of the one reading the book, watching the
movie, or whatever.   • In-universe gazing: How objects and
characters are represented by the perceptions of the story's
characters.   • The direct address: When the work, well,
addresses the audience directly. See also, Breaking the Fourth
Wall.   • The camera's gaze: The framing, position of the
camera, amount of time spent on an object, all presenting that
object in a certain light.   • The editorial gaze: Th