February 16, 2012
Bones
I was watching my favorite show and decided that is was going to do my mojo on it. My favorite show is called Bones which is about a scientist teamed up with a special agent from the FBI teamed up to catch bad guys. throughout this television show i noticed that every time it seamed that the time was starting to get close to making a big interesting thing about a case the music starts to build up and right after the music is built up they would cut to commercial. i also noticed that while the FBI Guy named Booth is interrogating a person they always have a low angle one him to show that he is stronger and has the power over the person in the interrogation room. they also show the person being interrogated with a high camera angle to show that he is weak and isn't up to the same level as Booth. Lastly the sound will always start soft when they are in the interrogation room with the killer and will slowly start building it up before the kill confesses or trys to run.
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I also recently watched an episode of Bones, The Crack in the Code. The episode begins with a group of tourists discovering the remains of a body at the foot of a statue in a museum. The remains are not of the entire body, however, only consisting of a skull and spine. To the investigators’ surprise, the spinal cord has been dissected and reassembled out of order, and a message written on the statue was written in the blood of five different individuals. The team of investigators then set out to find the killer. After the discovery of the body remains, the shows introduction began. The introduction was a montage of various shots introducing the characters in the episode and highlighting the theme of their work, investigating crimes. The montage was set to music. I too noticed that the music in various scenes set the mood for the audience, whether it is serious, mysterious, inquiry, or suspense just before a commercial break. Also, the facial expressions and demeanor of the characters parallel the music in setting the mood. As you noticed, both the action and the music just before a commercial break “heated up,” keeping the viewer in suspense and encouraging him to stay tuned into the show after the break. The low angle shot on the interrogator was also obvious, as it alluded to him having power over the suspect. Another camera technique I noticed was nearly all the scenes in the episode consisted of medium shots, save the transitioning scenes. The transitioning scenes were almost all long shots, and involved panning, tracking, and dissolve. Toward the end of the episode, another montage was utilized to highlight the hard work and duration of the investigation, and to condense time. This montage was also set to music and used dissolve to transition through scenes. Although the episode depicted the long duration of the investigation, the case was not cracked before the episode ended. This “cliffhanger” technique is likely used to keep viewers watching the Bones series.
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