Flashback
Flashback noun - A transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story.
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Perception and flashback are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Perception" instead a noun "Flashback".
Nearby Word: flash
Perception
Perception noun - The ability to understand inner qualities or relationships.
Flashback and perception are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Flashback" instead a noun "Perception".
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Used extensively in The Element of Crime, and combined with wild but slow camera movements, to induce a sensation of loosing directions and gravity perception in the audience (justified because the whole movie is a hypnosis-induced flashback).
Source: Dutch Angle - In "Last Man", the perception of Jayne from Konstantin's squad in the present day (especially when compared with the flashback involving the Six) is that he is a scary, deadly tracker and soldier that they're in over their head while hunting.
Source: Fan Fic / Forward
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