Martin Scorsese on Visual Literacy

Martin Scorsese talks about how there is a vocabulary in images and his experiences watching films. I never looked at the camera lenses as being a tool for telling a story. I knew that the way you use the camera told the story, whether it's a close up shot to give the feel of intimacy or a wide shot to make you feel like you're in the environment. The creator of the image has to know where they want the audience's eyes to go. what is the focus you want the audience to have? This part of the vocabulary of images to make up the story. I never thought of it in this way. AHA!!!  Thanks Martin!!