Eye of the Beholder

What draws more people to certain works than others is that in these works situations are visually portrayed similarly to the way the viewer interprets things themselves. More specifically, there is a way to make viewers feel even more connected to a film by using visual elements to create a combination of images that together bring about emotions in the viewer. In psychological projection, people put themselves in the situation that is being presented in a work. In addition to this, it seems that what makes a work successful is that it is an accurate representation, which can refer making a representation of a situation and setting so that it is nearly identical to how it is or appears in real life, or a rendering of the creator's thought, to create it so that it appears very similarly as how they envisioned it. Association with memory also plays a great part in this. For example, someone might have experienced something that had a profound effect in their life, or that they are simply familiar with, for example, in a room that had a certain design and feel to it, and when they are in a similar setting they will experience similar emotions that they felt during that event in the past. This must mean that when shots of films are created, certain things such as lighting, set design, etc. are arranged to match what creates the mood that the filmmakers are trying to establish. When one thinks about their favorite works of literature, he or she may notice that all of the narrators of those works speak a certain way that is very similar to the way he or she himself or herself narrates their own life, possibly with similar diction or syntax. Similarly, in film or photography as well as other mediums of art, a work may make a person become even more invested in a plot if they portray situations the way that viewer sees them. Now, these things most likely seem like common sense, but there is actually a lot to explore about how this actually happens in the brain, why people are attracted to certain things over others and how visual memory works.