On Sat, 23 Mar 91 12:04:45 EST Goose said: >I have studied television and can agree with that source about TV >being good for close intimate things. I can explain it to you but >unfortunately the only thing I have to back my claims up are my >textbook. The reason why this is true is that television is an >inductive medium. This means that telelvsion is better if one >uses many close-ups to explain a story rather than the deductive >approach where there are a series of shots progressing from a long >shot to a close-up. It is an intimate medium also because the screen >is relatively small and it generally reaches us in our homes which, >in the farthest sense, is an intimate place. > What textbook are you using, Goose? And what course is it for? ---------- Number of people who showed up for the Opening of the Universal Studios theme park in Florida: 15,000. Number who wanted their money back because some major attractions were not ready: 1,000. ---------- | | Bitnet : JBUTLER@UA1VM | | Jeremy G. Butler - - - - - - - - - - | Internet : [log in to unmask] | | | GEnie : J.BUTLER27 | | | | Telecommunication & Film Dept * The University of Alabama * Tuscaloosa |