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#which ultimately gets us to 2019 where the mockumentary visual style is applied to hsmtmts without ANY of the original creative reasons
ayankun
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Jesse Tribble - Filming The Office
#this with ep 3 of Brian Baumgartner's podcast is super interesting
#Jesse comments on the ways the office breaks the rules of documentary filming in order to preserve the rules of sitcom filming
#and according to the show's DP Randall Einhorn that sort of choice was 1000% by design
#also
#tracking the influences of the documentary style choice is beyond compelling
#evidently there were these docu-soaps covering aspects of mundane British life that inspired Merchant and Gervais
#so the US team had to work without that point of reference when adapting the show with the American audience in mind
#and then when you get to Parks
#all these specific inspirations and creative compulsions are further abstracted
#and the docu crew vanishes altogether
#which ultimately gets us to 2019 where the mockumentary visual style is applied to hsmtmts without ANY of the original creative reasons
#for choosing to shoot a sitcom like a documentary
#and was instead chosen to play on audience expectations of the style itself
#as well as for the 'theatre is an agreement between actor and audience to suspend disbelief' angle that I'm still working on
#because if anything comes out the analysis of 'why jim look camera'
#it's 'it makes him relatable' and 'it allows this character to make a specific comment on the goings-on'
#and both of those results are achieved in using it on hsmtmts
#so it's a good thing to use for their intended purposes
#anyway I'm like 50% sure I'll end up writing this essay
#outside of tags
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