Unique tricks are used in Silence of the Lambs to set the general feelings of the characters, like filming a character from an high or low angle to take away or give then more "power". But the film also used other tricks successfully and continuously, like perspective and eyelines. Lecter in this film is portrayed as dominant when he is standing up while his opponent in their battle of wits, is sitting. Also the camera tends to fully zoom in on Lecter as it only does a medium shot of the other person, making the other look like they are afraid.
Love it. I love finding neat, incredibly subtle tricks like this that require little effort to pull off. (Call me lazy) Also it feels like this is a sort of brainwashing on the audience, making them think what you want them to think. It's evil genius. And, I'm glad this article talked about this particular film, I find it to be the best, if not one of the best examples for here. Also, Lecter never blinks even once during this film.
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