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9	A variation of EyedScreen, One-Eyed Shot is a camera trick where a person's eye is shown onscreen.
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11	Not to be confused with {{Cyclops}}, a mythical creature who has just one eye.
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13	See also EyeOpen and OpenTheIris.
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15	!!Examples:
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19	[[folder:Advertising]]
20	%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDZRoeRSCbA This commercial]] for Glidden paint in which a woman's eye changes colors.
21	%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cepbaXvv_oY This commercial]] for Opti-Clean.
22	* Magazine advertisements for eye makeup (Cover Girl, Maybelline, Revlon, etc.) will often feature a close-up of a woman's eye.
23	* The iconic Keep America Beautiful commercials of 1971 (there were at least two), featuring one Creator/IronEyesCody, reached their climax by zeroing in on his right eye.
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26	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
27	* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' has a frequent use of this whenever a character has an OhCrap or is experiencing WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises while showing a single-eyed shot.
28	* ''Anime/CodeGeass'' features many close-ups of Lelouch's MagicalEye.
29	* ExtremeCloseUp on eyes are often seen in ''Anime/DeathParade''. The camera will zoom in on one eye only during extremely dramatic moments, such as when one character kills another. Decim gets this the most due to his bangs. The camera will zoom in on his MagicalEye, framed by his fringe, whenever he is intimidating someone or [[NotSoStoic his expression changes]].
30	* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' uses this trope a lot during battles.
31	* ''Anime/OnePiece'' also did this a couple of times. Case in point, Mr. 1 after activating his Spiral Hollow power during his battle with Zoro.
32	* This has happened a few times in the ''Anime/{{Jewelpet}}'' franchise.
33	** Episode 32 of ''Anime/JewelpetTwinkle'' features a scene of Ruby's left eye blinking as it zooms in closer and closer to reveal a shot of the Solar System.
34	** In episode 30 of ''Anime/JewelpetHappiness'', a close-up of Lapis' eye can be seen as it turns from blood red back to its original color.
35	** There were two close-ups of Luea's eye in ''Anime/LadyJewelpet'', one in episode 32, and another in episode 33.
36	* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' also uses this trope a lot, mainly for people who have the eyes of the Sharingan.
37	%%* Name one moment in ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' where this doesn't happen.
38	* Done in ''Anime/{{Hamtaro}}'' a few times. One example was with Sparkle in the dream episode ''The Tale of Princess Bijou''.
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41	[[folder:Art]]
42	* {{Downplayed}} in Creator/AlexandreCabanel's ''Art/TheFallenAngel''. Although Lucifer's [[KubrickStare angry, teary eye]] is far from the only element of the painting, it's its most prominent feature, to the point of most {{Shout Out}}s to it specifically referencing said eye, even at the cost of leaving out the characteristic pose.
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45	[[folder:Comic Books]]
46	* In ''ComicBook/KryptoniteNevermore'', as musician (and later third-rate super-villain) Ferlin Nyxly is playing, the camera focuses on his right eye.
47	* In ''ComicBook/TheBatmanAdventures'' Annual #1, Scarecrow escapes and decides to give up crime and return to teaching under a new identity. He develops a rapport with a smart enthusiastic female student, who is [[ImpliedRape abused]] by her JerkJock boyfriend. A closeup frame of his eye as he finds out about this makes it clear that Scarecrow is back, and he's ''pissed''.
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50	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
51	* Done in ''WesternAnimation/ArloTheAlligatorBoy'' with the Beast when it tracks down Arlo's footprints.
52	* In ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolfDunkForFuture'', a close-up of Weslie's eye is shown when he fumbles a shot that costs Team Defenders the championship. The camera zooms in on his eye, revealing blurry shots of Team Tiger mocking him, spectators demanding their money back, and Blazey admitting it's his fault when a news reporter asks who he would hold responsible for losing the match.
53	* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', when Mei wakes up from her nightmare, it's shown using this trope. It also serves as the first indication that she has transformed into a red panda: the area around her eye has red fur.
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56	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
57	* ''Film/BlackMask'' has a prologue when Tsui (Jet Li) is being injected experiments in a government lab. The entire screen closes up on Jet Li's eye dilating from the effects of the super-soldier serum.
58	* In Disney's adaptation of ''Literature/BridgeToTerabithia'', when Jess is watching Leslie reciting her essay on "Self-contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus" in front of the class, the camera closes in on Jess' eye as he envisions her underwater, complete with fishes and water bubbles.
59	%%* ''Film/RequiemForADream'' featured several eye shots.
60	* A scene from the 2004 British film ''Film/LayerCake'' which featured a shot of Daniel Craig's right eye dilating.
61	* Film/DonnieDarko also featured close-up shots of Creator/JakeGyllenhaal's left eye dilating.
62	* The opening of ''Film/StrangeDays'' featured a closeup of Creator/RalphFiennes' eye blinking.
63	* ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'''s "Star Gate" sequence is intercut with several extreme close-up shots of Dave Bowman's eye with solarized colors. The colors of the eye only return to normal when his space pod arrives in the alien hotel room. The image is featured on [[https://www.cinemasterpieces.com/aapics09/2001aug09.jpg this movie poster]].
64	* ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'':
65	** During the final battle sequence in ''Film/SpiderMan1'', after Spidey is flung into the abandoned building, the Green Goblin tosses a pumpkin bomb into the building, followed by a brief close-up shot of Peter's eye as the bomb explodes in his face.
66	** In ''Film/SpiderMan2'', when Otto's fusion experiment goes awry, we get a close-up of Rosie's eye as a shard of glass flies into it and kills her.
67	** There's also a couple of these in ''Film/SpiderMan3'', first when the symbiote is enveloping Peter's body, transforming him into the black-suited Spider-Man, and then during the fight between Peter and Harry when the latter brings his Goblin arm blade close to Peter's eye.
68	* Sometimes, this trope may be inverted, and a close-up of both eyes are shown in the shot, like in the ending sequence of ''Film/DragMeToHell''; when Christine sees the cursed button, the camera zooms in on both her eyes, followed by a close-up of her left eye that pans to her right eye.
69	* ''Film/TheSpiralStaircase'', a film about a crazed SerialKiller, features multiple tight close-ups of the killer's eye, as he is staring at his victims and as he's staring at his next film, Helen the protagonist. This is combined with POVCam when the shot of his eye is superimposed over a POV shot of his victims right before he kills them.
70	%%* The ''Film/ResidentEvilFilmSeries'' use this at least once per film.
71	* ''Film/EventHorizon'' close-up of William's eye.
72	* ''Film/FirstLove1970'': 16-year-old Alex has been mooning around after his neighbor Zinaida, who is 21 but has several older admirers. One day another of her admirers tells Alex that if he really wants to find out what's going on with Zinaida, he should go out to her garden late at night. Alex does so and sees Zinaida having sex with... his father. The camera shows a close-up shot of his single staring eye as he peeps at them through the window.
73	* The 1966 Music/YokoOno film ''"Eye Blink"'' consisted [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin entirely of a shot of one of her eyes blinking]], [[{{Overcrank}} shot at a very high framerate, but played at normal speed]].
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77	* ''Series/BlakesSeven'': In "Voice From The Past", rebel conspirators arrive at an auditorium only to find it empty of their supporters. Then [[BigBad Supreme Commander Servalan]] appears on the theater screen to inform them that the [[EvilGloating Federation has known about their plot the whole time]]. As she speaks, Servalan's image is reduced from a CloseUpOnHead to an EyedScreen to a [[BigBrotherIsWatchingYou single eye]].
78	* Used in the 2017 ''Series/DoctorWho'' ChristmasEpisode "Twice Upon a Time" as part of the new [[TheNthDoctor Thirteenth Doctor]]'s dramatic reveal.
79	* Happens many times on ''Series/TheFlash2014'' with close-ups of Barry's (and, later, Jay's) eyes whenever he taps into the Speed Force to do something cool. There's usually electricity in the eyes.
80	* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'':
81	** [[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8o4f1j?playlist=x7zezf The set of "Vampire Eyes & Fangs" promos]] feature one-eyed shots of Claudia, Lestat and Louis.
82	** A Season 1 [[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8w6zgc?playlist=x7zezf vertical digital billboard]] focuses on Louis and Lestat's right eyes.
83	** "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E7TheThingLayStill The Thing Lay Still]]": There's a close-up of Louis' left eye as he watches a newsreel about UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler.
84	* Many episodes of ''Series/{{LOST}}'' begin with a closeup shot of one of the cast member's eye opening. It's also the final shot of the show, with [[spoiler:Jack closing his eye as he dies being a reflection of the first shot of the show being his eye opening]].
85	* Used for comedic effect in an early episode of ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle''. Lois throws open a curtain to wake up the boys, and we get a closeup of Malcolm's eye as his pupil constricts down to a pinpoint from the sunlight.
86	* ''Series/TheSixMillionDollarMan'' had a close-up on the hero's left eye whenever he used its bionic abilities (along with a sonar ping-like sound effect).
87	%%* As does the Electric Company parody "The Six Dollar and Thirty-Nine Cent Man."
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90	[[folder:Music]]
91	%%* The video for Music/BonJovi's 1984 song "Runaway."
92	%%* The video for Music/{{Soundgarden}}'s 1996 song "Pretty Noose."
93	* The cover of Music/GarthBrooks' album "Fresh Horses" features a closeup of Brooks' left eye.
94	* The video for The Escape Club's song "I'll Be There" featured several close-ups of the lead singer's eye.
95	* The cover of the self-titled studio album by Music/TheLas consists solely of a woman's eye in a close-up.
96	* The video for Kimiiro, the tenth single from {{Creator/Sanrio}} and {{Creator/Sega}}'s virtual idol group {{Music/Beatcats}}, features a brief close-up of the character Chelsea's right eye.
97	* The video for [[Music/{{Rush\|Band}} Rush’s]] "The Enemy Within" opens with extreme closeups of Neil Peart’s green eye, Geddy Lee’s hazel eye and Alex Lifeson’s blue eye (in that order).
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100	[[folder:Pinball]]
101	* ''Pinball/GodzillaSega'':
102	** The side of the cabinet is dominated by a closeup of Godzilla's eye.
103	** Obtaining a replay prompts an animation focusing on Godzilla opening one of his eyes (with "replay" overlaid on it).
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106	[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
107	* The Summer 2014 issue of {{Wrestling/WWE}} Kids Magazine featured a quiz that featured nine photos each featuring a photo of a WWE wrestler's eye.
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110	[[folder:Video Games]]
111	* ''VideoGame/{{Signalis}}'': The title screen is a single shot of Elster's eye following the cursor.
112	* ''VideoGame/{{XenoGears}}'': [[TheMonolith The Zohar]] is an enormous artifact displaying a single eye and several scenes depicts a full shot of it.
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115	[[folder:Web Animation]]
116	* ''WebAnimation/TheAmazingDigitalCircus'': When Pomni ends up in The Void, she's momentarily stunned during the trip with a single shot of her eye appearing.
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119	[[folder:Western Animation]]
120	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': In "True Colors", Anne gets a single eye shot prior to her TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening.
121	* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}: The Goliath Chronicles'' episode "For It May Come True" cuts to a shot of human Goliath's horrified eye when Elisa is killed in a helicopter crash. Good thing it's AllJustADream.
122	* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'':
123	** The episode "Members Only" featured a couple of shots of Blossom's eye.
124	** We get a closeup of the Mayor's monocle in "A Very Special Blossom".
125	--->"TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS?!"
126	* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': In the episode "Jack in Egypt", Jack gets a one-eyed shot when the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Minions of Set]] attack him from all sides.
127	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': The episodes "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?' and "I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can" do this with Homer, in scenes spoofing ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'' and ''Film/RequiemForADream'' respectively.
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