Spring Break

While I had almost no time over the very busy spring break to watch shows or catch up on reading, I did manage to squeeze in an episode of The Office. This show is one of my all time favorites. The show is shot with multiple interviews of each and every character, providing their personal touch and opinion to each episode, while also capturing an outside perspective by filming without any narration. When choosing this style of quick, first person snapshots mixed with a majority outsider view, the director pulls away from providing his own biases and opinions and leaves it up to the characters to all have a part in shaping the story themselves. The story is developed not only from action but additionally with words and ideas. This can apply to my own narrative as well. With this way of presenting a story or idea, bias is taken away. In turn, a story is allowed to develop independently and almost without a set course. With each character or perspective, the story is morphed into something unexpected. This style is fun and has a personal and raw feeling to it, almost that the characters are friends. In my personal narrative, I could use this style. I could present different people or characters narratives to all come together to make one whole.