Jailed men and women lip-sync lyrics into the prison phone; they break out of laundry work and into a choreographed dance; they sing sadly in close-up, eyes on the hot sky of the Australian north.
Rick's exit is one McDonnellTheyline in a season of massive storylines, and the titles really had to work for the entire season. .
Told from various points of view, with a close-up, fish-eye lens technique, it follows characters who are themselves like fish, responding to stimuli - sex, alcohol and money - without thought for the consequences.
The thrill isn't the wide angle, but the close-up, being at eye level with high-rise apartments and the people inside them.
Her most striking effort, though, is "Waterfall," two video monitors each showing a close-up of an eye, accompanied by the amplified sound of rushing water.
Each is nothing more than a close-up of an eye shining wetly in the aged and wrinkled pouch of skin it occupies.
The camera zooms in on the koala, ending with a close-up of its eye, implying that America will face a similar fate as Australia.
You can't have a close-up of one eye of someone, or a hand trying to touch the head of a little girl.
One ad carried a close-up of the eye-popping, wild-haired comedian Marty Feldman with the caption, "if he can make it, so can Volkswagen".
The imagery shifts from close-up shots of eyes, rifle barrels and fingers digging into the cracks between bricks to middle-distance shots of prey and predator.
