Critique on China Beach TV Show

China Beach



The show “China Beach” is set in Vietnam in the year of 1968. Throughout the whole show, we meet many different kinds of people. The main characters consist of doctors, nurses, and soldiers based at the China Beach hospital. During the episode, I observed many different filming and editing techniques incorporated into the show. The entire episode showed the creativeness of the writer and director. The beginning montage was my favorite part of the show. The cinematography of this section of the story was very professional and it incorporated a wide variety of camera shots. The three major aspects of the show that I chose to analyze are the editing, camera shots and angles, and the use of music and sound effects. The first part of the show I examined was how the story was put together.
Overall, I think that the editing of this show was professional. For example, in the beginning montage, the producers incorporated many different aspec...