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Americans can't make good docs. Most of the time they underestimate the audience and dumb down the content. And they always feel like they're somehow competing with "real films", so they play it up like there's supposed to be ACTION and INTENSITY while... doing an interview or filming a bug or whatever.
I remember as a kid how excited I was that the history channel was starting, and I disappointed I was after less than a day of viewing.
The snake jump cut is drawn like a moth mosquito buzzing sound to a flame flame cut when it sees thermal vision effect its prey snare jump cut snare
I’m thinking of all those documentaries with celebrity narrators making “funny” commentary over the most mundane things
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