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Here is the cover for the movie: "Slumdog Millionaire". It is an example of implied motion in the sense of induced motion. The female character in the center appears static as the city lights are blurred horizontally to the left. This is to give off the implication that she is running quickly with the lights oozing past her as she is departing that direction. This would be a low level system of motion perception because the blurred lights would be the first thing a view would catch as it is bright and complex. Their eyes will follow the direction it is going and then proceed to recognize the two still figures as a man and woman.
There is also apparent movement within this image. With knowledge of the world, it is easy to interpret the woman running because of the positions of her arms. In addition to the concerned facial expression on her face, the way she clenches her fist and has the right arm in an angle with her left in front, this is what is commonly recognized as someone who is in a rush that is running.
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Here is another example of implied movement here in this musical score. Following the notes from left to right as we have a preference for the lower left, there is a diagonal/triangle-like dynamic. A diagonal is almost always used to communicate movement and change. This is what is known as diagonal stress in which uses the universal nature of implied movement. With a combination of the lines, color, and direction, there is a felt axis given the top-bottom preferences. The different colors of each note has the eye travel up and down as one consciously tries to recognize each individual color.
In addition, through knowledge of the world, reading it this way is a given because thats how musical scores are read. Thus, the eyes are being lead through composition as with all 2D graphics. It is seen as going "higher" as well with the notes climbing on top of each other with the last one being in a higher position than the first.
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