CSI Miami : Why do they they use that annoying technique?

[Boba Debt]

There is nothing on so I'm watching CSI Miami.

The story is ridiculous but I'm too distracted to care by the way they film the show

It looks like the pan the camera past a glass object making it blurry and flashy. They seem to do it constantly


Does anyone know what this technique is and why do they do it?

 

[JediG60racer]

I was in a panel where the visual art director was explaining that everything in the show, from the vibrant color filters to the use of weird artsy shots, is intended to connect with twenteen club kids and former club kids. Flashy and bright is their mantra.

 

[Skaught]

The thing that bugs me is the sci fi tech these people use. I think it was CSI New York that had a 3D hologram of a body hovering over a table. Stuff that would look cool in a movie taking place in 2075, but just ridiculous in a modern story.

Scott

 

[Betamin]

The thing that bugs me is the sci fi tech these people use. I think it was CSI New York that had a 3D hologram of a body hovering over a table. Stuff that would look cool in a movie taking place in 2075, but just ridiculous in a modern story.

Scott

Yup, that's a pet peeve of mine too. The computers that can zoom in on a very blurry pixelated photo and by saying "enhance" they get a crystal clear shot of the business card in a guys hand from 75 feet away and can read the name and number.

 

[0neiros]

I agree, if that were really available, it'd sell huge just to clear up and HD grainy Porn pics.

 

[DARTH SABER]

I can't stand this show.

The color filters give me a headache. One minute the sky is orange, the next it's purple, then it;s green.

Every interior set is lit up like a nightclub and the CSI lab looks like the inside of a spaceship.
They use CSI technology that will probably never exist.
The computer operating systems looks like it was designed for the starship Enterprise.
You've got crime scene investigators running around in the field with guns, beating up and interrogating people.

Then there's David Coruso (one of the goofiest , and hammiest actors ever) playing a "badass" who supposedly oozes coolness just by striking a pose while wearing his sunglasses.

My dad was actually a cop on Miami Beach for 30 years (retired now), and one day he flipped the channels and started watching CSI Miami, after 10 minutes he said -"What the hell is this?".

 

[Mechamaniac]

Then there's David Coruso (one of the goofiest , and hammiest actors ever) playing a "badass" who supposedly oozes coolness just by striking a pose while wearing his sunglasses.

When I saw the title of the thread, I thought the "annoying technique" he was referring to WAS David Caruso...:lol

 

[epilepticsquirl]

If you want some laughs, just type in CSI Miami Comic in google search. Some of that is pretty funny.

It was mentioned above but i'll echo it again; I absolutely hate when they can extrapolate a face from a reflected image off a car door that was reflected off of someone's eyeball as they were taking a picture of someone else's camera that the security camera caught just at the right moment and recorded all that on a VHS tape.

I think it was the first or second episode that I knew that Miami wasn't going to be all that great. They were on a barge and found an old school Nikon film camera. Hmmm... how should we handle unprocessed film media. Let's open up the back and expose everything right there on the spot in the sunshine! They then took it to the "Crime Lab" where they processed it and used the "incredible zoom in the grainy stock till it looks like a Blu Ray cap" technique to catch the criminal. *sigh*:unsure

 

[rollerboi]

I can't watch *any* of the CSI shows.

Of course, this probably has to do with the fact that I'm majoring in crime scene investigation and forensic chemistry. The reality is a LOT less glamorous, but in many ways a lot more intense.

The hardest thing is having peoples' expectations raised about CSI. They think you can do anything, figure out all - in a very short period of time. If you're a criminal reading this, the answer is YES. We'll find you and get you. Don't do crime.

(Side note: I, and a few other forensic types I know, enjoy watching Dexter. )

 

[Kylash]

its hilarious to me that their interrogation rooms and everything have GLASS walls... no privacy, all for the look.

 

[Kennyd]

I was in a panel where the visual art director was explaining that everything in the show, from the vibrant color filters to the use of weird artsy shots, is intended to connect with twenteen club kids and former club kids. Flashy and bright is their mantra.

Or they think it's their mantra God I hope there's more to them than bright & flashy :cry

 

[Solo4114]

I enjoyed and continue to enjoy the original CSI, but when I first watched it, the style definitely threw me. I got used to it over time, though. It's still a bit more hyperkinetic than, say, SVU or one of the "90s" style cop shows.

As for the forensic magic they work, television ALWAYS simplifies and takes "dramatic license" with the actual "doing" of whatever job they depict. Legal shows, medical shows, cop shows, forensic shows, etc. It's all fantasy. Sometimes they try to ground it a BIT more, but mostly they make stuff up.

I actually have come to really enjoy Bones as a show, though. Great chemistry between the leads, and the cast is actually pretty talented. I think they have fairly good writers, too. But yes, their forensic stuff is....out there. They get away with it by making it clear that these are top-of-their-field specialists with top-of-the-line equipment (like, experimental stuff). The notion that a police lab has those kinds of holographic projectors and such, though, is laughable. Just walk in to ANY precinct house in ANY urban area and you tell me that a city has a budget for THAT kind of crap.


I find that there are periods where people want the "fantasy" of whatever profession, and periods where they want the "reality" of the profession (or at least a more realistic, grounded depiction). The "fantasy" stuff is like the CSI spin-offs, and pretty much ANY legal show. (The original, especially in the early seasons, was a lot less fantastical.) The realistic stuff are shows like The Wire, Law & Order (back in its day -- it was WAY more realistic than what came before), and ER (same as L&O). After a while, though, these formulas get messed with and become more fantastical.

 

[YenChih Lin]

I loathe Miami, but I love Las Vegas and New York. When it started out, it was somewhat still grounded in reality (talking about LV), but what I think is, that even LV has started the flashy flashy tech overuse somewhere at 7 season, when I right. And since William Petersen's, Fox's and Durden's leave, it's not the same, even though a good name like Fishburn tries to fill the gap. What I like about NY, are the characters less the tech, although some of them are real functioning toys .

It's also the science behind CSI, that made me watch LV. But really, really hate Caruso's "glasses-on-glasses-off" thing.

 

[Solo4114]

I loathe Miami, but I love Las Vegas and New York. When it started out, it was somewhat still grounded in reality (talking about LV), but what I think is, that even LV has started the flashy flashy tech overuse somewhere at 7 season, when I right. And since William Petersen's, Fox's and Durden's leave, it's not the same, even though a good name like Fishburn tries to fill the gap. What I like about NY, are the characters less the tech, although some of them are real functioning toys .

It's also the science behind CSI, that made me watch LV. But really, really hate Caruso's "glasses-on-glasses-off" thing.

Caruso's ridiculous. Here's an hysterical 10-minute collection of his one-liners at the start of each show. He's such a damn caricature.

YouTube - CSI Miami - Endless Caruso One Liners



I agree that losing Petersen and Fox hurt LV, but I actually think it helped force them to use ongoing stories (which I enjoyed) in addition to just the one-off episodes. I still haven't burned out on LV, but I cannot bring myself to watch Miami. NY I've only seen once or twice and it struck me as fairly "samey."

 

[wackychimp]

I watched Miami for a few seasons on and off. I grew up down there and was always looking for a familiar location on the show.

The thing that bugs me about all of these is that it seems that the whole crime investgation is committed, investigated and wrapped up IN A SINGLE DAY!

Why would they do that? As a viewer, I expect that it'd take place over several days (and in reality months). It's almost insulting.

 

[n0x23]

CSI is just another in a long line of LAW ENFORCEMENT shows on these days.
If the COPS don't catch you in the FIRST 48 HOURS then CSI will, then you will be tried and prosecuted by the LAW and ORDER and after they do, LOCK DOWN is where you're going and if you're not obedient you will have to face THE SQUAD: PRISON POLICE who will not protect you from the murderous GANGLAND you will most certainly fall victim to!

It's called Social Conditioning, couple that with television's initial Beta Brainwave state and then into Alpha Brainwave state inducing susceptibility to propaganda, memes, indoctrination, manipulation and disinformation.

There's a reason why it's called Television Programming.


Ps. I like House.


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[Solo4114]

Oh, the irony...

 

[kalkamel]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glvGfQnx3DI

 

[YenChih Lin]

The thing that bugs me about all of these is that it seems that the whole crime investgation is committed, investigated and wrapped up IN A SINGLE DAY!

Why would they do that? As a viewer, I expect that it'd take place over several days (and in reality months). It's almost insulting.

Well, it's called dramaturgical ruse, you can' do that real time :lol - would be boring

 

[Lear60man]

Miami Need more Crocket and Tubbs.