Talk:Walk and talk

In real life
Due to the popularity of the technique, the tactic is becoming more common as a real life timesaver. I cannot cite it of course, but it must surely be an interesting thing to mention. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.208.17.135 (talk) 17:11, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

This is an encyclopedia, not a forum.--75.45.198.173 (talk) 05:31, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

General
Okay, expanded and detailed the concept of the Walk and Talk a bit more, but it could probably still use some attention, preferably from someone whose knowledge of film and television technique exceeds my own. Lokicarbis 09:39, 6 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Law and Order (various series) heavily uses this method as well (and considerably predates West Wing). There it appears to be mostly used to show the watcher how busy the characters are - they cannot take a break for a conference, but must conference on the move. 24.16.164.253 14:55, 19 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Law and Order lacked the closeness of the characters in its walk and talks. The characters were usually taken at a much wider angle than The West Wing which used much tighter shots, and usually showed a lot of other goings on around the characters.

I think this is a much older gimmick than this piece is giving credit for. Not to mention the fact that it's all "primary research," if you call watching TV 'research.' In Terry Gilliam's "Brazil", he does an extended satire of this exact diegetic technique, which makes me think that it predates even that film. Article could use a considerable amount of attention, not that it's really a topic deserving of such.


 * The Bill has been doing it for years. There is telly outside America... Kinitawowi 17:47, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

I have no citation handy, but I read about STAR TREK actors using the phrase walk and talk scenes at least as far back as ST: THE NEXT GENERATION. They're always walking through the Enterprise's rounded corridars. It may even go back to ST: OS but I am not familar enough with that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.235.132.117 (talk) 17:01, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

The Larry Sanders Show
Is it just me, or did The Larry Sanders Show invent the 'Walk and Talk' waaay before The West Wing did? They didn't use it as much as The West Wing, but I distinctly remember times where the camera tracked Larry or Artie etc, from the set to backstage to their offices in one follow-shot.
 * In the audio commentary for the first episode, Peter Tolan claims credit for the walk and talk. 109.154.88.75 (talk) 19:54, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Neologism: pedeconferencing
This article included the neologism "pedeconferencing". Keep it simple. No need to use complex neologisms and confuse readers. If the word is notable perhaps mention it and refer to Wiktionary but show preference to the commonly understood simple English that will be clear and understandable to all, a majority have English as a second language. As of 2009 there is no Wiktionary article for pedeconferencing or pedeconference (or hyphenated pede-* variations). A google search returns this article as the top result for "pedeconferencing". I've added requests for citation beside the instances but I would hope to remove them if they are still there without suitables references in a month or so. -- Horkana (talk) 05:05, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Kathryn Flett of the Guardian mentions the Walk and Talk in Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip even using the neologism "'pede-conferencing', the fabulous pseudo-technical term for walking up and down corridors having meetings". Her disdain for the neologism is apparent. She goes on to suggest The West Wing pioneered the use of Walk and Talk which is already disputed elsewhere in this article.  Other sources of this use seem to be from bloggers and websites and referencing back here.  Perhaps with additional good sources this could be reincluded in the article but it hardly merits being included in the lead sentence without it being better established.  -- Horkana (talk) 17:52, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Expert opinion
Article is tagged as being in need of "expert opinion" since 2008. Please outline what is needed to improve the article so that the tag might be removed. If individual points seem like original research then mark each point as "citation needed" instead of a vague tag on the whole article.

Compare article from February 2013 to the article from the December 2008 and be specific about what changes you consider necessary to bring the article up to standard. The tag by itself has made little difference for nearly 5 years, so if the article has problems either say what they are or work to fix them. -- 93.107.127.229 (talk) 00:31, 8 February 2013 (UTC)