S. Cohan article- CH.4&5

So we read the first couple chapters of the Cohan article a few classes ago, and now we're back into the fourth and fifth chapter.  In this article, Cohan talks about CSI and how stylized they made the series.  He then goes on to tell us about two key points of making CSI the way that it is.  In the very beginning of the article Cohan points out to us the two styles which happen to be 

"the trademark 'CSI shots', which illustrate cutting edge forensic technology at work, display trace evidence in microscopic close-ups or probe the interior of a victims body; and second, the highly selective use of colour separations that render a darker but also more unrealistic look that usual for TV crime shows" (50).

The majority of this article focuses on the colour, I feel like, in each episode of the series.  I must admit, watching them just for fun on TV randomly, and then having to watch them for class, I never really payed that close of attention to the colors and how they are used in each series.  I will so what I did notice, color wise, was that they always have a blue hue of color in the labs.  Cohan talks about the blue color as being a staple color in the show, and how different colors may change for each season or show, but the blue hue never changes in the lab.  Now that I know the shows producers and writers focus so much on how the color looks for the visual aspect, I'm going to pay a lot more attention to what they are talking about. 

They also talk a lot about the style being the biggest part of how they wanted to series to run with their famous "CSI shots".  We may know these shots as the famous flashbacks in the scenes where they show us how the crime started and got to the point it did, or you see the bullet going right through a persons flesh when they recreate how the crime scene took place--- all characteristics that set it apart from other crime drama series.  Knowing now that the shows writers wanted everything in the series to be so stylized and focused so much on the shots and the color, rather so much than the storyline, I take a deeper appreciation for how this show has been able to do so well and capture so much attention from viewers.