fisheye

[ fish-ahy ]

noun

, plural fish·eyes.

1. (in plasterwork) a surface defect having the form of a spot.
2. an unfriendly or suspicious look.
3. fisheyes, Slang. tapioca pudding.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fisheye¹

fish + eye

Example Sentences

Why all the fisheye shots, arcing camera choreography and such?

From Los Angeles Times

Still, we’re here for the music which builds from subtle, classroom-rattling percussion — imagine the sound of pencils clacking on retainers — to a Hype Williams homage filmed in a five-sided cube with a fisheye lens.

From New York Times

The finished film is shot in a saturated color palette, and in parts with a fisheye camera lens.

From New York Times

If anything, technological shifts — there’s discussion of the iPhone-shot “Tangerine,” and of “Leviathan,” in which, according to Cousins, the filmmakers literalized the concept of a fisheye lens by attaching cameras to fish — get short shrift.

From New York Times

Following Bapela’s daily labor, uncovering her past trauma, and exploring her aspirations to be an actor herself, the film uses different lenses, including a fisheye, to reveal the rituals and rules that govern Bapela’s life.

From New York Times