diegetic gaze

Diegesis –  the telling of a story by a narrator who summarizes events in the plot and comments on the conversations, thoughts, etc., of the characters. the sphere or world in which these narrated events and other elements occur. Hunger games 

Intra- diegesis gaze– when the audience is put in the place of a character  and being asked to see things from their prospective – hardcore henry

Extra- diegesis gaze – when someone on screen addresses the audience directly by looking directly down the lens of the camera- sometimes known as ‘breaking the 4th wall’.

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