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Raisingdad2004 · 05-13-2006, 02:52 PM

It might just be me. I think the writing on the show is very good - but I can't watch it, the direction is so annoying to me. Shaky camera's, random close-ups everything just looks like a cheap student film shot on a cell phone. I wish I could watch the show, but it just really annoys me. Anybody else find this?

TJL · 05-13-2006, 03:02 PM

Well, since the showis supposed to be a fake documentary about the lives of these people working in an office, I think the camera techniques look great. It really looks like a spontaneous unscripted documentary.

Raisingdad2004 · 05-13-2006, 03:07 PM

Yeah. It certainly wouldn't be my choice though. It could go a traditional single-camera set-up. I don't mind the people addressing the camera, but the shakyness and turning camera annoy me.

liane49 · 05-17-2013, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Raisingdad2004

Yeah. It certainly wouldn't be my choice though. It could go a traditional single-camera set-up. I don't mind the people addressing the camera, but the shakyness and turning camera annoy me.

I'm not too crazy about a show where the people talk into the camera as if they are talking to the director or some other person standing there. I know other shows have done that, but it seems wierd because people don't do that in real life.

05-13-2006, 02:52 PM	#1
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05-13-2006, 03:07 PM	#3
Raisingdad2004 Member Forum Regular Join Date: May 05, 2004 Posts: 715	Yeah. It certainly wouldn't be my choice though. It could go a traditional single-camera set-up. I don't mind the people addressing the camera, but the shakyness and turning camera annoy me.