Scrubs and the Authenticity it's 'World'

Honestly, after rewatching a good majority of it, Scrubs barely feels like a sitcom in its production. The actual sets feel dynamic instead of...well like a set. Where as shows like Friends, How I Met Your Mother, That 70s Show, Seinfeld, Big Bang Theory, Last Man Standing and most others, have one or two perspective sets, Scrubs makes use of so many different angles and shots that almost make it feel like it's being filmed in an actual hospital or apartment. Though we see certain rooms over and over again, the use of multiple angles helps keep it from being repetitive. Even apartment shots have setups that covers what feels like the entire room instead of creating a back wall and that's it. Scrubs doesn't feel like a production, even though it clearly is and it fascinates how much care and effort actually went into making this show feel and look authentic. I can't emphasize how much I appreciate this. Though I know medical dramas have more or less the same set up, excluding a few that come to mind, it's rare to see Sitcoms go through so much effort to implement diversity in shots. I've gotten so use to the one or two stage setup in recent years that feel the need to make only a few complex scenes and then just fly-by-the-seat-of-their-pants for the rest. Scrubs, though centralized in mostly one place, has some much variety within its rooms and it's a shame things like this don't get noticed often. It's not that the trend of one/two perspective sets are a bad thing but it, to me, feels so much less admirable than what this show did years before. Just thought I'd share some love for a show that's now long gone.

Submitted June 29, 2017 at 04:10AM by CJ64Bit http://ift.tt/2t3kmg2