The Kanizsa triangle: what do you see?
The Guardian newspaper advertisement (here) shows the power of the Kanizsa triangle effect on storytelling by demonstrating how we automatically create stories based on the limited information we have available.
A very clever piece of advertising aimed at making the viewer look at the wider picture.
Played out in black and white, a skinhead turns on a street corner and runs at speed towards a man with a briefcase.
Look at the next example of ingenious treatment of narrative which takes a children's story The Three Little Pigs and treats it as live news delivered with a vast range of new technology.
