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Rings of Power ➤ Season 2 Cinematography: Cages as Camera Framing

Strong vertical lines and literal cages are used throughout the season to express key or emotional beats for characters in their narratives. They are prisoners of circumstances, their pain, or their ambition. For some, it ultimately foreshadows their fates.

In the case of Celebrimbor, he is consistently framed with cages, including his own hands, making him a prisoner to his forge and his own skill by Sauron's design—to the point we're shown only nine fingers when Celebrimbor first agrees to forge rings for Men.

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