Line #27 Main/NostrilShot


1	[[quoteright:350:[[Film/TheBlairWitchProject https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/blair_witch_project.jpg]]]]
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3	A close-up shot taken from a low position upward toward the actors, so as to flaunt their nostrils.
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5	A classic example comes from ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject'', spawning numerous parodies. If done well, it can be very creepy, but it has been [[DeadHorseTrope mocked mercilessly ever since]].
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7	Might be part of a GoblinFace shot. Compare CloseupOnHead, when the scene begins with a close-up of the face just to gradually pull back. Contrast {{Facecam}}, which is mounting a camera on the actor's body so the background can change over a face close-up.
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9	!!Examples:
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11	[[AC:Comic Strips]]
12	* ''ComicStrip/LibertyMeadows'': Leslie mimics this shot when he and the guys are lost in the woods.
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14	[[AC:Films -- Animation]]
15	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Igor}}'': At one point, Scamper [[DiscussedTrope comments]], "Can you imagine a face like that on a 40-foot screen?" Cut to an [[ExaggeratedTrope extreme]] close-up of Eva.
16	* ''Franchise/TheIncredibles'': PlayedForLaughs. Both ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'' and ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2'' feature security camera nostril shots of the diminutive Edna Mode.
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18	[[AC:Films -- Live-Action]]
19	* ''Film/ScaryMovie'': It pokes fun at the ''Blair Witch'' scene, complete with a runny nose that just keeps running.
20	* ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject'': Heather records herself crying and talking to the camera, apologizing to her mom and her friends' mothers for starting the project and dragging them to the forest. The take shows only half her head, and especially noticeable are her nose and eyes. (According to the DVD commentary, this was accidental; the actress thought she was filming her whole face.) It's a point where she has given up on finding their way out of the woods and saving themselves.
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22	[[AC:Live-Action TV]]
23	* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
24	** {{Discussed}} on the DVD commentary for the story "Robot". Creator/TerranceDicks remarked that Creator/JonPertwee was very sensitive about his nose and refused to do low-angle shots for this reason, to which Creator/ElisabethSladen complained that she always got nostril shots because she was looking up at horrible things so often.
25	** A particularly unpleasant one happens at the beginning of Episode 3 of "The Seeds of Doom", where Sarah and the Doctor are lying dazed on the ground following the explosion of the shack. The closeup of the Doctor's face gives us a tour of Tom Baker's nasal cavity, with polystyrene snowflakes visibly clinging to the brightly illuminated nose hairs, slap bang in the centre of the frame. [[{{Squick}} Yuck]].
26	* ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'': One game of ''World's Worst'' involves examples of the world's worst TV show, and Creator/GregProops and Drew Carey take turns to move too close to the camera, "announcing" the TV shows "You're Standing Too Close" and "What's Up My Nose".
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28	[[AC:Music]]
29	* Music/DongBangShinKi: Not really for the scary effect. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iQsfvKxCsk In a show]] where the guests were supposed to sing to old legends right in front of them, they attached a camera to the mike.
30	* Music/PeterGabriel: In the concert video of the ''Music/SecretWorldLive'' tour, Peter and his backup band would wear head-mounted fisheye face cams during "Digging in the Dirt". This trope is particularly notable for Peter himself, and even more so for his bassist, Tony Levin.
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32	[[AC:Web Comics]]
33	* ''WebComic/SluggyFreelance'': Bun-Bun shoves the camera ''up'' Torg's nose.
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35	[[AC:Web Videos]]
36	* ''WebVideo/EchoChamber'': Of Tom in the storeroom.
37	* Creator/TessMasazza: She parodies the famous scene of the trope namer in an episode of her WebSeries ''Insopportabilmente Donna''. She records a last message to her parents and friends where she begs forgiveness for “having agreed to this madness”. The “madness” being [[HorribleCampingTrip an outdoor camping trip]].
38	* ''WebVideo/TheAutobiographyOfJaneEyre'': The series uses lots of tricks to create gloomy and spooky atmosphere of the original GothicNovel. Episode 3 especially was very ''Blair Witch''-y with JitterCam and other obscured camera angles. Some of the angles taking Jane's face were posed from below and it was effectively creepy.
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40	[[AC:Western Animation]]
41	* ''WesternAnimation/MyGymPartnersAMonkey'': {{Parodied}} in Principal Pixiefrog's ''Literature/TheOutsiders'' movie audition tape.
42	* ''WesternAnimation/TheScoobyDooProject'': A promo parodies the famous shot with Shaggy, who mutters "I'm so hungry!"
43	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS15E14TheZiffWhoCameToDinner "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner"]], Lisa {{parodie\|d}}s ''The Blair Witch Project''.
44	-->'''Lisa:''' If I don't make it out alive, I love you, Mom and Dad. Maggie, you can have my books. And ''Bart'', I'll SeeYouInHell, you booger-eating wuss! Yeah, that's right, ''we all know!''

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