# Implied Off-Screen Motion
To convey a character's movement without showing the character's body, use precise entrance and exit choreography for their limbs or props passing through a rigidly locked frame.

## The Technique

Lock the Frame: Explicitly state the body is not visible (Static locked-off camera. The body remains entirely outside the frame).
Choreograph the Exit: Describe the first element leaving the frame boundaries (right hand gradually sweeps upward and out of the top-right edge).
Choreograph the Entrance: Describe the second element entering as a continuation of the same motion (as the right hand exits above, the left hand enters from the bottom-right).
Sync the Pace: Ensure both elements share the exact same speed anchor to sell the illusion of a single connected body (both arms move at exactly the same ultra-slow pace — one full implied rotation distributed across the 10-second clip).
Example: Unseen Whirling Dervish
A tight close-up locked frame captures only the hands and forearms of a whirling dervish performing a continuous Sama rotation — the body itself remains entirely outside the frame. Over the first half, the right hand sweeps upward and out of the top-right edge. As it exits, the lowered left hand enters from the bottom-right edge, sweeping through following the same implied rotational arc. Both move at the exact same ultra-slow pace of a clock's hour hand, implying the full unseen figure turning beyond the edges of the shot.
