What really separated Lie To Me from the others was its camera movement and close ups. Instead of being about another cop detective drama, Dr. Lightman would focus on facial patterns in order to detect if the person he is interviewing was lying. Now to portray this on camera, the scenes would be edited, particularly with very close close-ups, in order to show the characters faces. Camera movement wasn’t particularly big, since most scenes would switch between all the characters on the screen, then to one character. Small edits would be made with emphasize on facial patterns, that way, the viewer would be able to observe and detect the small facial patterns that Dr. Lightman is
What really separated Lie To Me from the others was its camera movement and close ups. Instead of being about another cop detective drama, Dr. Lightman would focus on facial patterns in order to detect if the person he is interviewing was lying. Now to portray this on camera, the scenes would be edited, particularly with very close close-ups, in order to show the characters faces. Camera movement wasn’t particularly big, since most scenes would switch between all the characters on the screen, then to one character. Small edits would be made with emphasize on facial patterns, that way, the viewer would be able to observe and detect the small facial patterns that Dr. Lightman is