30 Rock. Tech codes and segments

Since 30 Rock wasn’t on this week, I re-watched the old episode of the secret Santa. One thing I noticed in the episode near the end when the two are singing, when Danny purposely does worse so that Jenna looks better. This actually made me think how we do things, even if it is worse for us or won’t benefit us, to make other people happy especially around the holidays. I think that it’s really great when people aren’t selfish and think of others before their self and do take the time to help people even if that means you don’t get anything from it. This being the holiday just makes me thing about everything that I have to be thankful for and sometimes we need reminders in life to help us with that.

Regarding the questions, when the author is referencing the analysis of TV narrative with segments she is talking about the importance of the segment with each being its own little entertaining mini series which makes television so much different from film. You have to be able to have little mini segments in television that by themselves are entertaining and also as a whole have to all make sense. Dealing with the technical codes, the camera work of the show makes you feel like you are in the room and actually being part of the interview when the character sits down to do the one on one. It shows the close up for the more intimate interview rather than having a far away shot. The camera lens is more of an “everyday effect” for the normal view; you don’t really see too many wide angle shots in the show for the dramatic effect. I didn’t really notice too much with the color in the shows to show different moods but the lighting was the low contrast for the real looking more of a documentary look, much like the show the Office. I think it’s pretty neat that if you actually know what you’re looking for in these shows or even in movies, the technical codes really show and they influence how you view something.