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people that look good in still pictures are called photogenic. (lemmy.world)
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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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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 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