Word: visualizer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...rogues' gallery left little space for a small-print admission that not all of these people were really dangerous, that some were merely being "duped," and that much of the "evidence" against others was hearsay. A magazine with Life's circulation can bring a lot more pressure merely by visual impression and numbers than a paper like the Herald...
...Television was also viewed with alarm, by religious leaders. Protestant Theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, in Christianity and Crisis, declared that the immediate effect of TV would be "a further vulgarization of our culture . . . Much of what is still wholesome in our life will perish under the impact of this new visual aid . . ." Niebuhr noted scornfully that "prize fights seem to be the best subjects of television...
Televiewers had better watch out for eyestrain and eye fatigue, the New York State Optometric Association warned last week. To "enhance visual comfort," the association offered some suggestions...
...loves to work at night, painting floodlit still lifes in a shadowy studio. "Sometimes I'll knock off to raid the icebox," he says, "but when I'm working I'm liable to forget the time altogether. Between the emotional kick and the visual kick, I feel suspended...
...been put to better use. Most of the action takes place in the Tower of London and a single set and part of the orchestra is used. The scenes flow rapidly one into the other by use of lights, rather than curtains and there is seldom a moment, without visual activity. When Richard is soliloquizing on his villainy, there is a red light, presumably from Hell, shining upon him. During the battle scene, which is done all in silhouette and with imaginary weapons, an off-stage drum beats. All of these things are very effective and tastefully done in keeping...