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shows a single lemon in a fixed position, with lighting that changes over the course of the film. At the beginning of the film, the yellow surface appears against a black background, with one end protruding on the right. As the light becomes brighter, more of the lemon becomes visible. The left side
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camera. To keep the light source at a fixed distance, he tethered it to a taut wire. He filmed at a higher speed, manually moving the light. Between each take, he had to wind the camera and move the light back slightly. Five
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of the lemon becomes covered in shadow until only the outline of the right side of the lemon can be seen. After the image briefly
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