Posted by Specs on 09/27/05 08:14

"Bill Farnsworth" <bill.farnsworth@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> >
> > "PTravel" <ptravel88-usenet@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:3pqtq5Fbjip2U1@individual.net...
> >>
> >> Globetrekker actually does shoot with an 8mm camera (it looks like an
old
> >> consumer Super8). As to why, your guess is as good as mine. I think
> >> it's
> > a
> >> creative affectation that gets in the way of the show.
> >>
> >
> "Specs" wrote
> > The trouble is that if things aren't spelt out for some even the most
> > obvious visual grammar can pass unhindered over their heads.
> >
> > It is blatantly obvious why the programme makers of Globetrekker use the
> > super8 footage.
> >
>
> Having been on the pointy end of this business for damn near thirty years
I
> can tell you that that only thing blatantly obvious is the S-8mm sequences
> are nothing more than just one form of the countless artistic "hooks"
> designed to separate one show, or series from rest.
> It works. But it's nothing more than a tool. Fortunately, with this show,
> there are a few good craftsmen that know how to use all three format
"tools"
> that this particular show is shot on.
>
> Go.............. here
>
http://www.pilotguides.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=14&sid=f66e782706da9e0465f
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> Bill F.
> www.billfarnsworthvideo.com
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>

What's blatantly obvious from your answer is that you either haven't seen
the programme or you have not understood how the film sequences are being
used in the programme. Its not simply to separate one show from another
there is more to it than that. I suggest you take another look at the
programme.

If you've spent 30 years in the business and you still don't understand the
use of different visual aesthetics and their affect on the audience then
shame on you.

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