Comments on: White Album’s use of on-screen text http://www.minimumtempo.com/2009/02/07/white-albums-use-of-on-screen-text/ minimum tempo is about anime, manga, music, and games. mostly. Sun, 22 Jan 2012 06:28:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ETERNAL http://www.minimumtempo.com/2009/02/07/white-albums-use-of-on-screen-text/comment-page-1/#comment-3464 ETERNAL Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:09:31 +0000 http://www.minimumtempo.com/?p=1508#comment-3464 As you illustrated, <i>helpful</i> is definitely the wrong way to describe the on-screen text: like with most any other show, the characters' thoughts and feelings can be inferred through their actions. That said, I can't say that I found it to be annoying; if anything, it's an interesting technique. I guess I just have a thing for introspection, and the use of the text seems to match with the subtleties of the storytelling. It may not help the narrative, but I don't think it hinders it either, and I usually like to see original techniques like this, even if only because I haven't seen them before. As you illustrated, helpful is definitely the wrong way to describe the on-screen text: like with most any other show, the characters’ thoughts and feelings can be inferred through their actions. That said, I can’t say that I found it to be annoying; if anything, it’s an interesting technique. I guess I just have a thing for introspection, and the use of the text seems to match with the subtleties of the storytelling. It may not help the narrative, but I don’t think it hinders it either, and I usually like to see original techniques like this, even if only because I haven’t seen them before.

]]> By: Lbrevis http://www.minimumtempo.com/2009/02/07/white-albums-use-of-on-screen-text/comment-page-1/#comment-3459 Lbrevis Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:00:06 +0000 http://www.minimumtempo.com/?p=1508#comment-3459 I watched the first couple episodes of White Album and really hated the onscreen text. If it gave new insight that'd be one thing but as you've pointed out it just reiterates what's being told with the camera. I don't know if they were trying to appeal to people who'd played the visual novel or what, but it was a bad choice. I watched the first couple episodes of White Album and really hated the onscreen text. If it gave new insight that’d be one thing but as you’ve pointed out it just reiterates what’s being told with the camera. I don’t know if they were trying to appeal to people who’d played the visual novel or what, but it was a bad choice.

]]> By: AstroNerdBoy http://www.minimumtempo.com/2009/02/07/white-albums-use-of-on-screen-text/comment-page-1/#comment-3456 AstroNerdBoy Sat, 07 Feb 2009 10:44:53 +0000 http://www.minimumtempo.com/?p=1508#comment-3456 On occasion it has been helpful I guess. Initially, I thought, "What the heck is this crap?" That first episode was already a jumbled mess for me and the thoughts didn't help. "The cold lips of a doll" is what Eclipse used for that last image, which flows a bit better I think. Yes, his facial expression says something but the words nail it home as to his exact thoughts. I do think that in the end, the text is more about having a different presentation in telling the story than other anime titles to give it a sense of uniqueness. On occasion it has been helpful I guess. Initially, I thought, “What the heck is this crap?” That first episode was already a jumbled mess for me and the thoughts didn’t help.

“The cold lips of a doll” is what Eclipse used for that last image, which flows a bit better I think. Yes, his facial expression says something but the words nail it home as to his exact thoughts.

I do think that in the end, the text is more about having a different presentation in telling the story than other anime titles to give it a sense of uniqueness.

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