wildlingprince:When characters are talking to Starling, they often talk direct to camera, when she
wildlingprince: When characters are talking to Starling, they often talk direct to camera, when she is talking to them, she is always looking slightly off-camera. Director Jonathan Demme explained that this was done so as the audience would directly experience her POV, but not theirs, hence encouraged the audience to more readily identify with her. -- source link