Music Sways The Scene

Music is a big component in television in movies. A lot of things in television in movies can trigger emotions like acting, visuals, but nothing does it better than music. For some reason well composed music can trigger the proper emotions. Music power doesn’t just lie with itself. Music helps to aid whatever scene is currently playing on screen. It may not even support the current action but if the music does something like start to sound creepy it preludes to what’s about to happen next. Its all about timing though. Trying to push a love song in the middle of an argument won’t do anything but confuse the audience. You need to have the feel for when and where music belongs to properly execute it to its fullest use. This takes time and reviewing past uses of music. So this has just been a quick idea that been running through my mind recently. See you guys next week and take care.

Let's Backtrack

Continuing on with last week's theme of debatable decisions for TV and movies this week we'll be taking a look at a device used in many. It's that thing a lot of people hate, when they know the end from the beginning. Ever watch a show or movie and it starts with a lot of stuff going on and you have no idea what happening. Then suddenly it cuts to black says something like "12 hours earlier". The audience now knows what will be happening later or in the end of the episode.

But is this a good idea? For instance I've noticed that this has been done in a lot of crime or investigation shows. When I'm watching one of those I'd rather try to figure out what's going to happen myself, I don't want something like that spoiling my fun. The worst is when they have an opening like that who reveals who the antagonist is in the show or movie because when you're watching it and the character is acting like a good guy still (because obviously he isn't going to give himself away) it just annoys me and takes away what's generally a good reveal and plot point of the plot. So once again this is an open ended thought provoking post to see what you think about this type of thing that is done in TV and movies.

Is Change A Good Thing?

Hello everyone I have a question for you, have you ever sat down to watch a show and when it comes on you're really confused. That's how I felt watching this season's premiere of Parenthood which is our topic of today, changes. The season premiere obviously takes place a good month or two after the last season's finale so you'd expect changes to have occurred, however there were a ton of changes. Characters were doing different things completely, in different locations, with different people and I was so busy just trying to comprehend what was going on that I barely could stay focused on the show.

For instance a character who was leaving was abruptly back with no explanation as to why until halfway through the show. And a lot of other questions I have still haven't been answered even after watching it multiple times. So what I want to put out is what is the amount of changes a series should make between seasons. Is it worth the time viewers spend thinking about what has changed as apposed to whats happening then just to not make changes. Just a little food for thought for your minds readers.