On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 6:51 AM, JW <[email protected]> wrote: > I assume that it's part of the "MTV" mentality that insists on some > sort of cut every couple seconds, since the audience is now presumed > to have no attention span to speak of.
Reaction shots certainly date back farther than MTV; I believe the genesis of their popularity is in Roone Arledge's producing of (and Chet Forte's directing of) "Monday Night Football". Of course, sometimes reaction shots don't work out so well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haF__EN0_fs&feature=related -- -- Ben Scripps [email protected] -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
