This time I have decided to do my mojo on the latest episode of the Walking Dead which is titled 18 Miles Out. Without going too much into detail the plot if this episode is that Shane and Rick are driving out from the farm to find a place to dump the "hostage" they took in. The one thing that I really noticed from this episode was the extensive use of close up shots on various characters. This was used to increase the tension in various shots as it was almost always happening at times when you were unsure of what exactly other people on screen, be they humans or zombies were doing at the time. Another thing that I have begun noticing about this show is more of a literary element than a film technique but at certain times in the show the character development has gotten to be way overblown. For example Shanes supposed to be the "bad guy" and he plays it well but at times it becomes slightly unbelievable. It’s not that it’s hard to believe that people can turn out like that in a post apocalyptic world but the way he is played in the show just places him in the stereotype of "crazy unstable person who should be stopped" that unfair because he has some good ideas but the overall tone of his character makes people ignore them in favor of hating him
March 1, 2012
Walking Dead
This time I have decided to do my mojo on the latest episode of the Walking Dead which is titled 18 Miles Out. Without going too much into detail the plot if this episode is that Shane and Rick are driving out from the farm to find a place to dump the "hostage" they took in. The one thing that I really noticed from this episode was the extensive use of close up shots on various characters. This was used to increase the tension in various shots as it was almost always happening at times when you were unsure of what exactly other people on screen, be they humans or zombies were doing at the time. Another thing that I have begun noticing about this show is more of a literary element than a film technique but at certain times in the show the character development has gotten to be way overblown. For example Shanes supposed to be the "bad guy" and he plays it well but at times it becomes slightly unbelievable. It’s not that it’s hard to believe that people can turn out like that in a post apocalyptic world but the way he is played in the show just places him in the stereotype of "crazy unstable person who should be stopped" that unfair because he has some good ideas but the overall tone of his character makes people ignore them in favor of hating him
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i have also watched this show for my mojo and it happened to be 18 Miles Out as well. i love this show it always leaves you with more questions then you had in the begging and leaves u in suspense for the next episode. i agree with what you said about the close ups they are very frequent in this series. also with the development of the character Shane. Shane is a character that likes to take a lead in the group he is not very good at being a follower. Although all of his ideas are good intentions and are made to help the group some times his ideas are seen as radical as opposed to the more stable Rick. As soon as rick came into the group i think that Shane has felt pushed out as the leader of the group. So because of this he has lashed out and sort of become a loner in the group and on many occasions he has threatened to leave. the two of these characters Rick and Shane i think will continue to fight in the future because they both have that drive to be the leader in the group and have people follow them so they are trying to find out who is the alpha male in the group.
ReplyDeleteWow! I also watched The Walking Dead and the same episode, one of my favorite shows if I might add. In this episode Rick and Shane are fighting for most of the time and they have a 'Hostage' that they are trying to get rid of. The whole time the 'Hostage' says that he can help out at their camp and help them survive, but Rick wants to just let him go on his own While shane wants to shoot him and end his pain, also so he can't tell his friends were Rick and Shane's group is staying. In the end the 'Hostage' ends up saving the day by saving Shane from the Walkers. This could be used as Mis en Scene because he wanted to help the whole time, but Rick and Shane just wanted to leave him, and in the end he winds up saving the day and they take him back to the camp. Overall the Walking dead was Medium shots and Long shots, Very few Close ups. The lighting during the show was mostly bright, becaise the sun was shinning, nothing too dark, no spot lights. Just a 'Flood Light' technically. Overall it was a good episode of 'The walking Dead'
ReplyDeleteI also watched the episode of the Walking Dead titled "18 Miles Out." This episode one was of my favorite throughout the whole series because of the events that took place. This episode does a fantastic job giving the viewer a look at the conflict between two of the main characters, Rick and Shane. Former best friends, tension has been building between them for a long time now, and in this episode, the tension boils over. I think the most interesting thing is the obvious differences between the two characters. Rick is being characterized as the "good guy," while Shane is made out to be the "bad guy." This is evident in the scene where they are arguing over what to do with their prisoner they found. Rick wants to just leave him to fend for himself, and Shane wants to just kill him and get it over with. Another interesting point in the episode was when it appeared that Shane was surely going to die, but because Rick is characterized as the "good guy," he came back to save him. Even though Shane knows that he owes Rick his life, I think that there will still be a power struggle as to who is the real leader of the group of survivors.
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