In comparative medium studies, what formal device does cinema utilize to mimic the literary 'free indirect discourse' (where a third-person narrator blends with a character's internal thoughts)?
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Correct answer: Color tinting, shallow focus, or subjective angles aligning us with a character's mind
Free indirect discourse in literature allows a third-person narrative voice to take on the vocabulary, biases, and emotional coloring of a specific character without explicit markers like 'he thought.' Cinema achieves a similar hybrid perspective through subjective camerawork, point-of-view shots, or audio expressionism. These techniques keep an objective third-person camera frame while saturating it with a character's internal mental state.
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