So here is todays "lesson plan" - for those who can watch the new Tommy Lee "reality" show tonight. I will be curious what people think about it and if the editing is good or bad, or just a bit too misleading, and if so, is that good editing?
They have been hyping this for almost a year now - how Tommy Lee wanted to go back to college and how he did (From October 2004 - read about his first days here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6205694/) and it seemed he was going back to school. But the thing is all he really did was do what any of us can do - freely go in and evaluate classes. I undertstand they pop up a disclaimer to this fact but it got me thinking about all the disccusions we have here about editing and that this show might be a good one to watch to see how they present it. I mean the entire concept is reflected in the show title Tommy Lee Goes to College So will the editing make it seem like he was *really* going to college? Will it make it look like he was *really* living in a dorm? If it does, forget about the disclaimer(s) for a moment, than this might be a great example on how to do really "good" misleading editing..."reality" style / documentary style /GW style...err...I mean political style.
There is no reason behind my post other than, as someone who edits, I am curious to how others will see this. Sort of in the same vein of how many people truly thought "Blair Witch Project" was real.
They have been hyping this for almost a year now - how Tommy Lee wanted to go back to college and how he did (From October 2004 - read about his first days here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6205694/) and it seemed he was going back to school. But the thing is all he really did was do what any of us can do - freely go in and evaluate classes. I undertstand they pop up a disclaimer to this fact but it got me thinking about all the disccusions we have here about editing and that this show might be a good one to watch to see how they present it. I mean the entire concept is reflected in the show title Tommy Lee Goes to College So will the editing make it seem like he was *really* going to college? Will it make it look like he was *really* living in a dorm? If it does, forget about the disclaimer(s) for a moment, than this might be a great example on how to do really "good" misleading editing..."reality" style / documentary style /GW style...err...I mean political style.
There is no reason behind my post other than, as someone who edits, I am curious to how others will see this. Sort of in the same vein of how many people truly thought "Blair Witch Project" was real.