I recently watched an episode of American Restoration on the
History channel. In the episode I watched there were many examples of all of
the things we've been looking for throughout films and shows in class. First,
there is Mis en Scene seen throughout all episodes of this show, and the
placement of the characters really sets the picture the viewer is going to see.
The camera work in the show puts a lot of emphasis on the person bringing the
item in to be restored, as well as the item its self. There are many angles
used but the close-up and extreme close-up are really the two main angles used
to show what they're restoring at the time. The show is mainly filmed outside,
and the light is all natural light because of the nice weather in Las Vegas,
where the shop is located. Another film technique that’s easy to identify is
the editing. There are many flash backs throughout every episode showing the
before and after of any item that is restored at the shop. This show uses many
of the techniques we’ve talked about and they are easily identifiable now that I
know what to look for.
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In an episode i saw of American restoration, they used the camera work to add to the humor of the show. For instance, a new worker was hired, one of the sons friends. In one of the shots of the new worker, he was sweeping the garage and surrounding area outside. The camera zooms in on him, but the cameraman finds him talking on his cellphone. You can then hear the worker saying how this job is very easy, but extremely boring. The combination of the sound editing and the extremely fast zoom in to see that the camera man was being stealthy gives the viewer a sort of 007, action type moment for a brief scene. Of course the Boss hear's about this and wants to put a stop to it. So another example of camera work is when the camera does a close up of the boss's face to see that he is very angered, and you can see him start to turn red due to anger. Little things like this that we usually don't notice have a big impact on the overall viewing of a show.
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