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Text messages in TV shows
The Guardian had an interesting piece the other day about the increased use, in various TV shows, of text messages as a means of communication between characters. More specifically, the article was complaining about the fact that these on-screen text messages are either impossible for viewers to read on screen, or, maybe they are readable, but they're not on screen long enough to allow viewers to read them.
Is this something that you've noticed in shows that you watch? Is it something that annoys you? Do you pause the show so that you can get up close to your TV/computer screen and try to decipher the text message? Do you agree with the article that TV has a major texting problem?
(Note: I'm horrible with tags, never use them, so no clue what tags to add to this, or how to see what tags are even available for use.)
Is this something that you've noticed in shows that you watch? Is it something that annoys you? Do you pause the show so that you can get up close to your TV/computer screen and try to decipher the text message? Do you agree with the article that TV has a major texting problem?
(Note: I'm horrible with tags, never use them, so no clue what tags to add to this, or how to see what tags are even available for use.)
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I find it best when they don't focus on the phone but instead have a shot of the person looking at it while showing the enlarged text on the screen next to them. I agree though that there are lots of shows that just show the text on the phone and it's often not very readable. I have had to not only pause but walk closer to the TV to be able to read them.
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