Editing Arrested Development (section)

=== Filming techniques ===
''Arrested Development'' uses several elements that were rare at the time for American live-action sitcoms. It was shot on location and in HD video (at 24 frames per second) with multiple cameras, parodying tactics often employed in documentary film and reality television, straying from the "fixed-set, [[studio audience]], [[laugh track]]" style long dominant in comedy production.<ref name="Lotz">{{cite book |last=Lotz |first=Amanda D. |title=The Television Will Be Revolutionized |year=2007 |publisher=NYU Press |pages=[https://archive.org/details/televisionwillbe0000lotz/page/232 232]–33 |url=https://archive.org/details/televisionwillbe0000lotz |url-access=registration |isbn=978-0-8147-5232-6}}</ref> The show makes heavy use of [[Cutaway (filmmaking)|cutaway gags]], supplementing the narrative with visual punchlines like security camera footage, Bluth family photos, website screenshots, archive films, and flashbacks.<ref name=Lotz /> An omniscient third-person narrator (producer Ron Howard) ties together the multiple plot threads running through each episode, while humorously undercutting and commenting on the characters.<ref name="Mittell">{{cite book |last=Mittell |first=Jason |title="Previously On: Prime Time Serials and the Mechanics of Memory", ''Intermediality and Storytelling'' |year=2010 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |page=86 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lYUYCe-4neMC&pg=PA86 |isbn=978-3-11-023773-3}}</ref> ''Arrested Development'' developed [[Metafiction|self-referentiality]] through use of [[in-joke]]s that evolved over multiple episodes, which rewarded longtime viewership (and in turn may have discouraged new viewers and contributed to the show's ratings difficulties).<ref name=Lotz />

Because of scheduling conflicts,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Heritage |first=Stuart |date=March 15, 2019 |title='A lumbering zombie': Arrested Development bows out on a low |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/mar/15/arrested-development-bows-out-on-a-low-lumbering-zombie-netflix |access-date=March 26, 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Northrup |first=Ryan |date=February 8, 2022 |title=Will Arnett Reflects On Arrested Development Season 4 & 5 Fan Backlash |url=https://screenrant.com/arrested-development-season-4-5-backlash-will-arnett/ |access-date=March 26, 2024 |website=[[Screen Rant]] |language=en |archive-date=December 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212184715/http://screenrant.com/arrested-development-season-4-5-backlash-will-arnett/ |url-status=live }}</ref> the fourth season used a different format with longer episodes focusing on one character.<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |last=Franich |first=Darren |date=May 7, 2018 |title=The 'Arrested Development' remix is impressive, but pointless: EW review |url=https://ew.com/tv/2018/05/07/arrested-development-season-4-remix-review/ |access-date=March 26, 2024 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en |archive-date=March 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326175826/https://ew.com/tv/2018/05/07/arrested-development-season-4-remix-review/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Matar |first=Joe |date=May 7, 2018 |title=Arrested Development Season 4 Remix Review: Fateful Consequences |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/arrested-development-season-4-remix-review-fateful-consequences/ |access-date=March 26, 2024 |website=[[Den of Geek]] |language=en-US |archive-date=March 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326175826/https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/arrested-development-season-4-remix-review-fateful-consequences/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The season was later re-edited to be more in line with the format of the other seasons.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=May 1, 2018 |title='Arrested Development' Season 4 Is Getting A Remix |url=https://deadline.com/2018/05/arrested-development-season-4-remix-release-mitch-hurwitz-1202380474/ |access-date=March 26, 2024 |website=Deadline |language=en-US |archive-date=March 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326175826/https://deadline.com/2018/05/arrested-development-season-4-remix-release-mitch-hurwitz-1202380474/ |url-status=live }}</ref>