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OITNB Character Analysis

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After analyzing this episode, there are several things that I noticed that made me think about why OITNB is a successful program. First, I think how the directors chose to light each a nice composition. The way they light the inmate’s faces, the prison hallways and the outside world, really makes me feel as though this is taking place not just in a fictional world. Having the dynamic character stories help with this feeling, but as discussed before, lighting plays a large part in how we look at a specific scene. In addition to the lighting elements, the way the scenes are composed works with the overall flow of the series. Having shorter, choppy scenes creates a hardness around the show, which plays to the hardness of the situation the women

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