one picture paints a thousand words
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A single picture can express something more clearly, vividly, or succinctly than a large amount of words can. I know I'm doing a bad job of capturing the scene by describing it, so just look at this picture from their website—one picture paints a thousand words, doesn't it? You try to have characters give too much exposition. Remember, one picture paints a thousand words, so use the images in your film to tell its story as much as possible.
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- a picture is worth a thousand words
- one picture is worth a thousand words
- picture is worth a thousand words
- picture is worth a thousand words, one
- a picture paints a thousand words
- bring (something) into sharp relief
- put (something) into sharp relief
- throw (something) into sharp relief
- throw into sharp relief