Breaking the fourth wall is when a character speaks directly to the audience. That often involves the characters turning to the camera to talk to the audience, by the character acknowledging the ...

No other filmmaking technique connects us, the audience, more directly to on-screen characters than a good ol' fourth wall break. When a character "breaks the fourth wall" by looking at us, speaking ...

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