0000000000000000000000 three looks associated with cinema the camera as it records the pro- filmic event the audience as it watches the final product the characters at each other within the screen illusion The conventions of narrative film deny the first two and subordinate them to the third. the conscious aim being always to eliminate intrusive camera presence and prevent a distancing awareness in the audience Without these two absences(the material existence of the recording process, the critical reading of the spectator), fictional drama cannot achieve reality, obviousness and truth 00000000000000000000000>> 0 >> 1 >> 2 >> 3 >> 4 >> three looks associated with cinema: the camera as it records the pro-filmic event the audience as it watches the final product the characters at each other within the screen illusion The conventions of narrative film deny the first two and subordinate them to the third, the conscious aim being always to eliminate intrusive camera presence and prevent a distancing awareness in the audience. Without these two absences (the material existence of the recording process, the critical reading of the spectator), fictional drama cannot achieve reality, obviousness and truth