Richiepiep
Jun 7, 2009, 11:42 AM
No, MITMs approach of breaking the fourth wall in mid-action to address the audience is not new at all!
(for first-person narration and voice-over mixing with action used in 'The Wonder Years', see a separate thread).
Two very similar 1990s (pre)teen comedies (I mean similar to each other) were very creative in that respect.
Clarissa Explains It All (1991-94), a Nickelodeon show starring Melissa Joan Hart of later 'Sabrina'-fame. She always commented on her own plans and other people's behaviour.
http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/entertainment/watch/v12979434NrTpr9n
Bailey Kipper's P.O.V. (1996). A CBS show, also shown on the BBC and Nickelodeon UK, starring Michael Galeota. A boy spying on his own family with dozens of webcams, and commenting on everything.
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Both must have been favourite playgrounds for post-production art and sound departments! They really went wild with Paintbox Pro graphics. Bailey Kipper was the first ever to be completely edited on a Mackintosh computer. Perhaps, MITM showed the first cohesive, integrated approach?
But it's clear they borrowed some ideas right and left.
Rich
(for first-person narration and voice-over mixing with action used in 'The Wonder Years', see a separate thread).
Two very similar 1990s (pre)teen comedies (I mean similar to each other) were very creative in that respect.
Clarissa Explains It All (1991-94), a Nickelodeon show starring Melissa Joan Hart of later 'Sabrina'-fame. She always commented on her own plans and other people's behaviour.
http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/entertainment/watch/v12979434NrTpr9n
Bailey Kipper's P.O.V. (1996). A CBS show, also shown on the BBC and Nickelodeon UK, starring Michael Galeota. A boy spying on his own family with dozens of webcams, and commenting on everything.
AZwi2UDOpu4
Both must have been favourite playgrounds for post-production art and sound departments! They really went wild with Paintbox Pro graphics. Bailey Kipper was the first ever to be completely edited on a Mackintosh computer. Perhaps, MITM showed the first cohesive, integrated approach?
But it's clear they borrowed some ideas right and left.
Rich