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PiP during Japanese TV shows -
01-19-2009, 01:40 AM
I have wondered about it for a while now... what's the deal with showing faces of people during a TV show with a Picture in Picture (PiP)? Be it a live news report, or entertainment show, you often see people from the studio/audience/innocent bystanders focused on in the PiP on the corner of the screen.
An example to show you what I mean: So I was wondering, since it is a rather common thing on Japanese TV... why are they doing this? Is it a psychological/ cultural thing? Or is it just a weird tradition, that has not other meaning? If this is the case, then how and why did it start? I assume it could be something like the the annoying laugh during western TV sitcoms... another phenomena I do not quite understand... do the authors think their audiences are too stupid to understand when to laugh and when not? But that is another topic. 
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01-19-2009, 01:52 AM
I think it's just a tool to show peopl's reaction to the viewers so they'll have the same reaction too. I dunno. This reminds me when I was still in the Philippines. There's always a small screen in the corner of the screen with someone doing sign languages and all that stuff.
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01-19-2009, 02:06 AM
It's like the good old laugh track from sitcoms. They play it so the mindless sheep will know when to laugh.
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