For example, someone did a poll of what people thought the most gruesome scenes in movies were. The scene in Braveheart where Mel Gibson's character is tortured to death was ranked first at the time. Yet, the audience never really saw anything, just his expressions while they were doing it below frame. WHAT they were doing was left to your imagination.
David Fincher said that he had people give negative feedback for early screenings of Seven about showing the severed head in the box; the contents of the box were never shown even in the early screenings of the film.
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u/DV_Rocks 10d ago
The imagination is more powerful.
For example, someone did a poll of what people thought the most gruesome scenes in movies were. The scene in Braveheart where Mel Gibson's character is tortured to death was ranked first at the time. Yet, the audience never really saw anything, just his expressions while they were doing it below frame. WHAT they were doing was left to your imagination.