Hello everyone,
Aside from our typical good good morning from Mr. Rivers Riv's also reminded us about the importance in exposition. Riv's explained the importance of relieving exposition in books, TV and movies and gave us a couple of strategies that we could use within our narrative projects. One such strategy that Riv's explained to us was the "fish out of water" strategy where most of the films exposition is shown through a new character. Rivers then transitioned into showing us a video from Rocket Jump film school and it literally was EVERY SINGLE QUESTION that Luke Skywalker asks throughout the entirety of A New Hope. This forum of exposition through dialogue is an effective strategy because all the questions that the audience might have about the film are expressed through the new characters questions. Rivers then set us free to work on our projects as well as reminding us about our blog posts and be reel posts.
Moving outside of the classroom I chose to review "fish out of water" characters in film and TV and one instance that stuck out the most for me was Miami Vice. For a lot of people Miami Vice is considered one of the best TV shows ever made and follows two Miami detectives Sonny Crockett (played by Don Johnson) and Ricardo Tubbs (played by Philip Micheal Thomas). At the very beginning of the series we learn that Ricardo Tubbs is a transfer detective from New York and comes to Miami in his quest to avenge the death of his brother. With him being originally from New York Ricardo becomes the "fish out of water" and is the one who asks most of questions throughout the beginning of the show. In doing this the audience is provided with some necessary exposition about the setting, characters, and antagonists.
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