MrL1193
Since: Apr, 2013
#4: Aug 17th 2014 at 6:30:58 PM
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I tried going through the Eye Tropes index, but the closest I could find was Hidden Eyes, which isn't about camera cropping at all.
edited 17th Aug '14 6:37:37 PM by MrL1193
rexpensive
Since: Feb, 2014
#6: Aug 21st 2014 at 7:37:02 AM
I could get behind a soft split but I don't think it's enough because meaning #2 can involve showing much more than the mouth, so "mouthscreen" wouldn't be an appropriate term.
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doubleyouteeeff
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Since: Dec, 2014
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#8: Aug 24th 2014 at 7:25:08 AM
So it does. Alright, locking this and adding/moving examples where needed.
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Total posts: 8

I think there are two meanings lumped into one trope here.
The lack of a single clear meaning is also leading to it being used as a generic "mouth focus" page much like Foot Focus was once used for all shots of feet (example from the page: The 1985 film Weird Science: In a scene in which Anthony Michael Hall and Ilan Mitchell-Smith are having a conversation in the shower stall during a party, we get shots of their mouths.).
Proposition: Narrow Mouthscreen to meaning #1 only. Make meaning #2 into a separate trope called Crop Off The Head or Crop Off The Eyes (I can take it through YKTTW).
Thoughts?
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