In movies, flashbacks are frequently employed to "resolve an enigma" and represent the character's subjective experience through a recollection of a past incident.Melodramas and film noir both benefit from flashbacks.Various camera techniques, editing approaches, and special effects have been developed in films and television to indicate to the audience that the action being shown is a flashback or flashforward. Some of these techniques include purposeful blurring of the picture's edges, jarring or choppy photography, unusual coloration or sepia tone, or monochrome when the majority of the story is in color. The scene may fade or dissolve, frequently with the narrator's voiceover and the camera focused on the character's face.
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