Okay. Welcome to my first reflection post. Today I'm watching Twin Peaks to help me get a sense of that creepy small town feeling. I'm not normally a David Lynch fan, but I really like the pilot, and not 5 minutes in to episode one and I'm liking it very much as well.
One of the things that I've noticed about shows set in small towns is that there is always an outsider. It's the case in Northern Exposure I think this is to allow the audience to have a point of identification in the film, which of course assumes that TV watchers are typically city dwellers. Well, at least the writers are. And the producers. And the actors. Need I go on?
I really like Special Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan). He's got a really good creepy but sympathetic quality about him.
The score seems to be pretty critical in establishing the eerie feeling (well, that and all the blood), but I think the fairly monotone/sepia color scheme plays a big part as well.
Secrets. Everybody has secrets in small towns. That's what I'm really enjoying about the setting for my film. You can really develop the whole community, because it's just not that big. Plus, everybody knows everybody, and lots of people are related. It makes for great dynamics, and lots of potential for those secrets I mentioned earlier.
The people in Twin Peaks are also just very... bizarre. For example, one woman was obsessing about making silent drape runners. It was very, very creepy. Not entirely sure why, though. I think it's the seriousness with which the characters take their quirkiness.
Cathrine Martell (Piper Laurie) reminds me very much of the Madame Mayor character (she's even having an affair with a businessman!), and Pete Martell (Jack Nance) reminds me of the mayor's husband. I can't tell if they're supposed to be husband and wife in the show, but it would be kind of funny if they were.
Lordy, but there's a lot of corruption and depravity that goes on in that show. I'm going to need to fill my town with it.
In any case, the episode's done, so I'm going to go play Super Smash Brothers: Brawl!
One of the things that I've noticed about shows set in small towns is that there is always an outsider. It's the case in Northern Exposure I think this is to allow the audience to have a point of identification in the film, which of course assumes that TV watchers are typically city dwellers. Well, at least the writers are. And the producers. And the actors. Need I go on?
I really like Special Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan). He's got a really good creepy but sympathetic quality about him.
The score seems to be pretty critical in establishing the eerie feeling (well, that and all the blood), but I think the fairly monotone/sepia color scheme plays a big part as well.
Secrets. Everybody has secrets in small towns. That's what I'm really enjoying about the setting for my film. You can really develop the whole community, because it's just not that big. Plus, everybody knows everybody, and lots of people are related. It makes for great dynamics, and lots of potential for those secrets I mentioned earlier.
The people in Twin Peaks are also just very... bizarre. For example, one woman was obsessing about making silent drape runners. It was very, very creepy. Not entirely sure why, though. I think it's the seriousness with which the characters take their quirkiness.
Cathrine Martell (Piper Laurie) reminds me very much of the Madame Mayor character (she's even having an affair with a businessman!), and Pete Martell (Jack Nance) reminds me of the mayor's husband. I can't tell if they're supposed to be husband and wife in the show, but it would be kind of funny if they were.
Lordy, but there's a lot of corruption and depravity that goes on in that show. I'm going to need to fill my town with it.
In any case, the episode's done, so I'm going to go play Super Smash Brothers: Brawl!
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