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/^t/In the theater itself the big screen makes the magic continue and increase. The size of the silhouttes of both people featured in a film and objects surrounding them contributes to our better perception of the movie. The contribution does not only concern the very physical capability of seeing, but has its particular psychological aspect. Since people in the film are, more or less, of the natural size we are prone to believe that what is happening to them may actually be happening to us. Our experience is no longer a vicarious one. The borderline between the audience and the movie characters becomes blurred, or even disappears.