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| rdfs:comment | - Camera Sniper is primarily a Film and Television trope, although it does occur in other media. The Government, or the spies, or the Private Detective, or the Intrepid Reporter is watching his target. The target is seldom aware at this point that there's a camera scope on him, but the audience gets to see an indication of the watchful character(s) because we see a Follow Shot of him walking, sleeping or just eating breakfast — in short, just living his day-to-day life. If the person with the camera is literally a sniper, that's Smile, you're on carnage camera!. Examples of Camera Sniper include:
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| abstract | - Camera Sniper is primarily a Film and Television trope, although it does occur in other media. The Government, or the spies, or the Private Detective, or the Intrepid Reporter is watching his target. The target is seldom aware at this point that there's a camera scope on him, but the audience gets to see an indication of the watchful character(s) because we see a Follow Shot of him walking, sleeping or just eating breakfast — in short, just living his day-to-day life. The shot goes into Freeze Frame (and may also switch from color to black and white), and is accompanied by a camera shutter sound and a blink or iris in shot to indicate that whoever was watching has just taken a photograph of the person targeted. The scene then resumes otherwise unchanged as the target goes about his or her business. This may happen two or three times in the same scene, indicating that there may later be a stack (or email) of photos presented to the watching entity's boss. Expect the follow shot to be accompanied by a camera's viewfinder reticule. Bonus Points if it's the old-style microprism viewfinder (usually either a split circle or a circle-within-a-circle, with the two parts shaded differently) that few under the age of 30 are likely to have ever actually seen in Real Life. Black-and-white photography these days is rather rare in the age of digital cameras...but the sight and sound are pretty much iconic now, so it endures even as technology and the trope march forward. If the person with the camera is literally a sniper, that's Smile, you're on carnage camera!. Examples of Camera Sniper include:
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