Thursday, November 1, 2007

CSI Las Vegas Notes: The Accused as Entitled

-I don't watch CSI much, but apparently there are distinct differences between the characters on the different shows(New York, Miami, military-NCIS, etc.) as I would imagine
-a lot of close up camera shots-to get personal with the characters
-a lot of shifting in the camera angles
-the shifting seems to convey a sense of the unfamiliar. . .camera never stopped moving
-the camera angles seem to put the viewer into the shoes of the investifators
- we become so invested in the story of investigation that we never get to know the investigators as characters; perhaps the close up shots compensate for this lack of personal knowledge
-showed the character flaws well
-message that says nobody is above the law. . .even movie stars
-the tension was built around commercial breaks
-obstacles-each investigator met some sort of obstacle
-plot follows an N (not M) curve which is interesting for a television show

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