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KD
Since: May, 2009
Scorpion451
(Edited uphill both ways)
2024-11-12 10:47:21
Second-Person Attack and Impairment Shot for showing the event and/or aftermath from the dragged person's perspective
Mac_R
(Experienced, Not Yet Jaded)

A character, unaware of danger, recieves a knock to the head by a bad guy, and, just as he's falling unconscious, with his vision blurred, he looks up to see someone with a creepy appearance, who starts dragging him to his lair. Or, he manages to see the creep while being dragged, out of focus, before falling unconscious.
This usually happens just before an act break, to allow viewers an exciting preview of the aggressor's appearance - it's too out of focus to ruin anything, but we can tell it's creepy. Also, if the darkness is supposed to keep audiences from seeing what the bad guy looks like, the blurry image allows the kidnapping scene to take place before it's dark.