tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post3228936002098645638..comments2024-02-29T03:34:23.190-05:00Comments on Who Were the Sea Peoples?: Layers of Deceptiongcallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-29540774666590763952014-05-06T18:56:02.706-04:002014-05-06T18:56:02.706-04:00In many cases--dare I say in most cases--he's ...In many cases--dare I say in most cases--he's probably right (that his audience-members are nitwits). Nothing against you, Gene--you can apparently see through it--but when it comes to the television or films, most people entirely loose their cognitive and logical faculties. Much of this is because the average person has no knowledge of film/television production, the ins and outs of how it's done, what's in the contracts of the parties involved, what sponsored opinions have been paid for, etc.<br /><br />People forget that it is entertainment, that these things are written (even the supposed reality shows, judge shows, news shows, or whatever else you can throw in there that is supposedly "real"). Obviously, that is the entire goal of a production, to make the viewer suspend disbelief and whatnot, but many shows try to give you the initial impression that this is not what is going on (when it is). Further, when it comes to the things that truly are spontaneous or unscripted, a good editing can really make a particular storyline truly unfold. Much of the time the sequence of scenes in the final edit aren't even from the same day or the same temporal trajectory. <br /><br />I'm not frowning upon media production, I am a big fan of it and its techniques, but I also think that it helps to understand what it actually is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com