History Main / OneEyedShot

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': In "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E7TheThingLayStill The Thing Lay Still]]", there's a close-up of Louis de Pointe du Lac's left eye as he watches a newsreel about UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler.

* The 1966 Yoko Ono 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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* This has happened a few times in the ''Toys/{{Jewelpet}}'' franchise.

* ''Anime/{{Naruto}}'' also uses this trope a lot, mainly for people who have the eyes of the Sharingan.
* Name one moment in ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' where this doesn't happen.
* 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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* ''Film/RequiemForADream'' featured several eye shots.

* This trope is pretty common in most flicks directed by Creator/SamRaimi:

** 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.

* The ''Film/ResidentEvilFilmSeries'' use this at least once per film.

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* As does the Electric Company parody "The Six Dollar and Thirty-Nine Cent Man."

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* The video for Music/BonJovi's 1984 song "Runaway."
* The video for Music/{{Soundgarden}}'s 1996 song "Pretty Noose."

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* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}: The Goliath Chronicles'' episode "For It May Come True" cuts to a shot of human Goliath's horrified eye when [[spoiler:Elisa is killed in a helicopter crash]]. Good thing it's AllJustADream.

* 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 PeekABangs. The camera will zoom in on his MagicalEye, framed by his fringe, whenever he is intimidating someone or [[NotSoStoic his expression changes]].

* ''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]].

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': In the seventh episode, there's a close-up of Louis de Pointe du Lac's left eye as he watches a newsreel about UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler.

* The video for Music/Soundgarden's 1996 song "Pretty Noose."

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDZRoeRSCbA This commercial]] for Glidden paint in which a woman's eye changes colors.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cepbaXvv_oY This commercial]] for Opti-Clean.

* As seen in the page image, ''Anime/CodeGeass'' features many close-ups of Lelouch's MagicalEye.
* 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 PeekABangs. The camera will zoom in on his MagicalEye, framed by his fringe, whenever he is intimidating someone or [[NotSoStoic his expression changes]].

* In ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf: Dunk for Future'', 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.

* {{Downplayed}} in Creator/AlexandreCabanel's ''Art/TheFallenAngel''. Although Lucifer's 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.

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** 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.
** There were two close ups of Luea's eye in ''Anime/LadyJewelpet'', one in episode 32, and another in episode 33.

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* ''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.
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* The cover to the self-titled studio album by Music/TheLas consists solely of a woman's eye in close-up.

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* The Summer 2014 issue of {{Wrestling/WWE}} Kids Magazine featured a quiz which featured nine photos which each featured a photo of a WWE wrestler's eye.
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** The episode "Members Only" featured a couple shots of Blossom's eye.

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* Many episodes of ''Series/{{LOST}}'' begins with a closeup shot of one of the cast member's eye opening.

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* ''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).
* As does the Electric Company parody "The Six Dollar and Thirty-Nine Cent Man."
* Many episodes of ''Series/{{LOST}}'' begins with a closeup shot of one of the cast member's eye opening.

* Used in the 2017 ''Series/DoctorWho'' ChristmasEpisode "Twice Upon a Time" as part of the new [[TheNthDoctor Thirteenth Doctor]]'s dramatic reveal.
* ''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]].

* In ''Comicbook/KryptoniteNevermore'', as musician (and later third-rate super-villain) Ferlin Nyxly is playing, the camera focuses on his right eye.