

Talking Heads has since been used as a criticism for media that relied heavily on dialog.Īs American Television and Hollywood became more "cerebral" in the early to mid 90s, the media became noticeably more Talking Heady: Complicated police procedural and legal dramas popular at the time relied on interviews and testimonies, while comedy aped the Seinfeld and Pulp Fiction style of rambling, slice-of-life dialog.īill Watterson complained that Newspaper Comics are moving in this direction, probably due to a combination of Cerebus Syndrome and Lazy Artists, though he blames restrictions placed on them by newspapers.Īlso notable is UK comedy show Peep Show, the entire premise is based around talking heads (because each shot is from the perspective of another person in the scene). The term was originally coined in the 70s to describe advertisements shot in this style. Theoretically easy to write and definitely cheap to film, Talking Heads can be boring. PAGES WILL BE DELETED OTHERWISE IF THEY ARE MISSING BASIC MARKUP.įootage (specifically, close shots) of people.

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