film-think

“Film-think” is a term used to refer to perspectives that were common truisms back in the film era but no longer apply in the digital era.

Examples of “film-think” include

• “Images are undoctored if they’re straight-out-of-the-camera” (see here)

• “The image that looks the most like the scene depicted is the most trustworthy” (see #321-324)

• “If viewers can’t detect the manipulation, it’s not a problem” (see #307)

• “If it was a manipulation or effect that could be done in the film era, then it doesn’t make a photo less trustworthy” (see #1105)

• “Photographs never lie” (see #325 and #326)

• And the biggest one: “All that matters is how the final picture looks”