![]() The related term bokashi ( 暈かし) means intentional blurring or gradation that is a noun form of the transitive verb bokasu ( 暈す), which means to make something blurry, rather than to be blurry. Tobokeru means playing dumb, and toboketa kao refers to a poker face. Nebokeru ( 寝ぼける) is a verb denoting the actions or condition of someone who is half-asleep, or nodding off. Jisaboke ( 時差ボケ) (literally, "time difference fog") is the term for jet lag. This is derived as a noun form of the verb bokeru, which is written in several ways, with additional meanings and nuances: 暈ける refers to being blurry, hazy or out-of-focus, whereas the 惚ける and 呆ける spellings refer to being mentally hazy, befuddled, childish, senile, or playing stupid. The term comes from the Japanese word boke ( 暈け/ボケ), which means "blur" or "haze", resulting in boke-aji ( ボケ味), the "blur quality". However, bokeh is not limited to highlights blur occurs in all regions of an image which are outside the depth of field. Photographers may deliberately use a shallow focus technique to create images with prominent out-of-focus regions, accentuating their lens's bokeh.īokeh is often most visible around small background highlights, such as specular reflections and light sources, which is why it is often associated with such areas. Some lens designs blur the image in a way that is pleasing to the eye, while others produce distracting or unpleasant blurring ("good" and "bad" bokeh, respectively). Differences in lens aberrations and aperture shape cause very different bokeh effects. Bokeh has also been defined as "the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light". Seven out of ten from me.In photography, bokeh ( / ˈ b oʊ k ə/ BOH-kə or / ˈ b oʊ k eɪ/ BOH-kay Japanese: ) is the aesthetic quality of the blur produced in out-of-focus parts of an image. All in all a mixed film that I personally believe, needed to offer a little more focus, to have broad appeal but is still an interesting watch nonetheless. In this respect this film really is quite outstanding. Its wide screen cinematic's are really quite breath taking when combined with Iceland's exceptional, rugged natural beauty. ![]() What is remarkable, is the visual quality of this film. The problem with this film is its so quiet and so subtle, that is, out of focus, that its very understandable, that its meaning may be overlooked.Personally I liked Bokeh but I can fully appreciate why others may not be so taken with it. Indeed, as the only supporting character hints at, we are "one and one and one". ![]() One see's the beauty and opportunity in their newfound "freedom", whilst the other simply feels constrained, isolated and oppressed by it. As the film unfolds, what it means to be alive clearly has different meanings, for the main characters. Most specifically, its true message, as I understand it, is about the meaning of "existence". It's message has a diffused quality that's difficult to pinpoint. Certainly, there is much about this film that's out of focus. Its an appropriate starting point, when discussing this film. Bokeh is a Japanese term that describes out of focus points of light.
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