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so, people that look good in moving pictures are called clipgenic, i guess.

one does not always complement the others. they can look good in one medium, but not on the other medium.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Are there actually photogenic people who look worse on video or irl?

If they’re photogenic surely they just look good all the time, I can’t think of any examples of photogenic looking worse on video.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I’ve never seen someone who looks good in photos but not videos, but I suppose it could happen if they only have one or two really good angles. Most people look different through a camera lens or in real life, though, some better in one or the other, some good in both, but still different.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Photos are generally composed, so someone can easily be photogenic from conventional photography angles and always look good.

Video is often never composed frame-by-frame to the level of a photo, so it's a lot more likely to get less than flattering angles, which would lead to this.

I think someone being video-genic would probably be less common than photogenic because it implies you effortlessly look great from any angle