Editing Analysis

F.R.I.E.N.D.S is one of my favorite shows. It's a sitcom so the lighting is always very well lit and even. Joey is one of my favorite characters. In The One with the Late Thanksgiving, Joey gets his head stuck in Monica's door because of the little chain that stops a door from fully opening.

It started with Joey sticking his head in and apologizing for going to a Rangers game and coming back late for Thanksgiving dinner. There's an exchange of closeup shots of his face sticking into the apartment and medium shots of Monica and Chandler eating dinner inside. This was useful because Joey was using his big-eyed stare to try to apologize, and Chandler warns Monica not to look at him. We can see how big Joey's eyes get and it's really funny.

Then, instead of a close-up of Joey's face, there's a wide shot of his head and the whole door, which was a good idea because it allowed Ross, Phoebe and Rachel to stick their heads in to apologize too. I also like how this shot was wide enough for us to see the back of Chandler and how he sits up straight on his seat as a reaction to the heads popping in. The following shot was a medium shot of him continuing his straightening up to make the shots look seamless. When only Joey spoke again, it was a close-up of his face again.

Even though Chandler and Monica are together, both of them aren't always in the same medium shot. It would only be a medium shot when they both react to something. When only one of them speak, it would be a medium close-up of the speaker. When Joey's head gets stuck in the door, it starts off as a close-up, but then the next shot of Joey is a medium shot since Chandler and Monica are standing there watching him and reacting to his struggle.

So sometimes when it's only Joey speaking, it's a close-up of his face, and sometimes it's a medium shot to see Chandler and Monica's reaction. A really good choice of a medium close-up of Joey was when Monica squeezed turkey grease on the sides of his face, because we get to see Monica's shoulder, the turkey grease tube, and it is close enough for us to see the grease flow down Joey's face as he tries to lick it off his face.

I notice whenever Chandler makes a joke, only he is in the shot so we can really focus on his facial expression. I also like how in the end, when Joey runs into the table of food, he begins to fall and we can see the surprised faces of Phoebe, Rachel, Ross and Chandler followed by another shot of Joey continuing his fall but from a different angle.