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i was awoken a couple of mornings ago by somebody whisper-shouting [you know exactly what i mean, don't play stupid] my name

which considering i was completely alone in a flat surrounded by over a foot of concrete on all sides and double glazed windows..

..quite freaked me out

of course, i went back to sleep for about 4 hours.. why live in the world when you can live in your head etc.. but still, a bit freaky

i've just finished watching the 1st series of lost, but i'm not gonna talk about the programme, because there's little more boring that other peoples tv activities, apart from other peoples emotions of course... but yeah anyway, it got me thinking about the tv series as an artform, or not even that, just as a task... from my limited understanding of any worthwhile art/media/entertainment.. one of the few foundation factors which make it 'good' are that every part of the piece has been thought through and specifically chosen.. nothing is happenstance.. for instance in a painting not only has the subject and it's intended meanings been thought of, but each colour and shade has been picked consciously, the style, type of paint, brush strokes.. etc etc.. it's all deliberate. same with a song, not just the music itself, but the sounds of the individual instruments, the style of performance, the words, blah blah blah... the creator of the piece , or creators, have managed developed a complete article of which every part was deliberate and under their control

now without undermining the talents involved in artforms like painting, music, photography, sculpture etc etc... controlling the whole of any of these can't be anywhere as difficult as controlling moving pictures with sound... film/tv.. where each frame needs to be as thought out as if it was a single photograph, and on top of that music must be added, continuity needs taking care of as well as the massive human resource tasks of dealing with actors and crew... then add time, technical and financial constraints and i still struggle to believe it's possible to make a feature film which isn't flooded with basic flaws

now turn that into a tv series like lost, or alias, or 24, which develops over not a few hours but dozens, created and filmed over years, when the every moment of the story had to be completely developed in advance

it's just mental

that's all i was thinking really

i've had my tea and i'm still hungry.. stupid healthy eating [no. i'm not on a diet, as i'm neither a girl nor an idiot, i just thought it was time i ate something green]

i fear i'm wasting the autumn by being indoors too often

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