The Cameraman Has the D.T.'s

"For God's sakes man!  Put down that camera and take a drink.  Your hands are shaking so badly, you can't keep the camera still."  

Note from Director:  "Film from an insect's perspective.  Flinch a lot.  Move nervously.  Operate at warp speed.  Relinquish any human quality whatsoever."

Note from Lighting Designer:  "Lighting a human face from below creates a demonic effect.  Why would the director shoot from this angle?"  

Note from Producer:  "We are trying to produce a demonic effect in a completely normal scene.  It makes the inane dribble more interesting.  Who cares if it doesn't make sense?"  

Modern day television.  

Note from Director:  "The cast can't have any talent, so we must make what they are doing and saying interesting somehow."  

Notes from Cast Members:  "Can't you just attach the camera to a tripod, and let us create the drama?  That's how it was done in the old days."  

Note from the Asshole who created this aesthetic:  "I will die soon, and then television can regain its artistic integrity.  After all we are just insects anyway buzzing around."  

It bothers me when I want to watch a television program, but I can't because it gives me motion sickness.  The world around me all ready is spinning.  The earth is spinning.  Politicians are spinning.  Washing machines are spinning.  I don't need for my TV programs to spin.  I need them to sit still like good little boys and girls and say their lines and make their marks.  Give the cameraman some Ritalin, or better yet give him another drink.  He needs it.