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#Describe the efficient mode of production that developed for cartoon production in the 1930s. What were its basic (1) technological and (2) economic characteristics?  That is, how was cartoon production organized so that it could be profitable?
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==Classical Hollywood cinema==
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''Television'' discusses seven principal characteristics of classical Hollywood cinema:
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#'''G1''': Single protagonist
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#'''G1''': Exposition
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#'''G2''': Motivation
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#'''G2''': Narrative enigma
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#'''G3''': Cause-effect chain
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#*'''G3''': ''Story time'' versus ''screen time''--in terms of duration and order
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#'''G4''': Climax
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#'''G4''': Resolution/Denouement--compare exposition and denouement
  
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'''Group 1 '''
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Does ''Day for Night'' qualify as a classical film? Why or why not? Explain how the characteristics above are (or are not) used in the film.
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{{Gallery
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|title=''Day for Night'': beginning and ending.[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T340/DayForNight-OpenClose/index.htm]
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|width=400
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|lines=1
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|align=center
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|File:DayForNightqq00 02 29qq00011.jpg|alt1=First shot.|First shot ([http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T340/DayForNight-OpenClose/pages/DayForNightqq00_02_29qq00011.htm larger image]).
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|File:DayForNightqq01 54 22qq00023.jpg|alt2=Final shot.|Final shot ([http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T340/DayForNight-OpenClose/pages/DayForNightqq01_54_22qq00023.htm larger image]).
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}}
  
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#How do made-for-TV cartoons differ from made-for-movie-theater cartoons?
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==Signs of character<ref name="Dyer">Richard Dyer, ''Stars''</ref>==
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#*What was the first made-for-TV animated cartoon? When?
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#Viewer foreknowledge
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#*What aspects of made-for-TV cartoons does ''The Flintstones'' exemplify?
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#Character name
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{{Gallery|title=|width=300|height=200|lines=1|File:Fig11-16 CrusaderRabbit06.jpg|alt1=Frame capture from ''Crusader Rabbit''.|Frame capture from ''Crusader Rabbit''.}}
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#Appearance
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#Objective correlative
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#Dialogue
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#Lighting and videography or cinematography
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#Action
  
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How are these signs of character used to construct the following characters in ''Day for Night''?
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*'''G1''': Alphonse
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*'''G2''': Liliane
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*'''G3''': Ferrand
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*'''G4''': Julie
  
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'''Group 2'''
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{{Gallery
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|title=''Day for Night'' Character Construction
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#What does this term mean in the context of cartooning: abstraction?
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#What studio was associated with (somewhat) abstract cartooning? What aesthetic techniques did it use to achieve this abstraction?
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#How has cartooning balanced abstraction with naturalism?
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{{Gallery|title=|width=300|height=200|lines=1|File:Fig11-11 Gerald copy.jpg|alt1=Frame capture from ''Gerald McBoing Boing''.|Frame capture from ''Gerald McBoing Boing''.}}
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|File:DayForNightqq00 05 15qq00006.jpg|alt1=Frame grab of Alphonse.|First close-up of Alphonse.
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|File:DayForNightqq00 10 09qq00017.jpg|alt2=Frame grab of Alphonse and Liliane.|Alphonse and Liliane in the hotel.
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'''Group 3'''
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|File:DayForNightqq00 06 49qq00007.jpg|alt3=Frame grab of Ferrand.|First close-up of Ferrand.
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|File:DayForNightqq00 08 28qq00013.jpg|alt4=Frame grab of Ferrand.|Ferrand discusses Julie's photos. See also, [http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T340/DayForNight_FerrandsBooks/index.php Ferrand's books.]
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|File:DayForNightqq00 08 38qq00014.jpg|alt5=Frame grab of Julie's photograph.|First appearance of Julie, in a photograph.
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|File:DayForNightqq00 38 49qq00043.jpg|alt6=Frame grab of Julie.|Julie arrives, amid paparazzi.
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#How does digital (CGI), 3D animation differ from conventional cell animation? In particular:
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==Signs of performance<ref name="Dyer" />==
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#*How is that difference part of the production process?
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#'''G1''' and '''G5''': Vocal
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#*How is that difference evident in how the animation looks?
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#'''G2''': Facial
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#Which of these ''Simpsons'' frame grabs exemplifies CGI animation?
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#'''G3''': Gestural
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{{Gallery|title=|width=300|height=200|lines=2
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#'''G4''': Corporeal
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|File:Fig11-26 Simpsons 000013.jpg|alt1=Frame capture from ''The Simpsons''.|Frame capture from ''The Simpsons''.
 
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|File:Fig11-27 Simpsons 000003.jpg|alt1=Frame capture from ''The Simpsons''.|Frame capture from ''The Simpsons''. Homer enters a new, strange dimension.
 
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'''Group 4'''
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==''Day for Night'' cast==
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* [[Wikipedia:Jacqueline Bisset|Jacqueline Bisset]] as Julie
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* [[Wikipedia:Valentina Cortese|Valentina Cortese]] as Severine
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* [[Wikipedia:Dani (entertainer)|Dani]] as Liliane
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* [[Wikipedia:Alexandra Stewart|Alexandra Stewart]] as Stacey
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* [[Wikipedia:Jean-Pierre Aumont|Jean-Pierre Aumont]] as Alexandre
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* [[Wikipedia:Jean Champion|Jean Champion]] as Bertrand
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* [[Wikipedia:Jean-Pierre Léaud|Jean-Pierre Léaud]] as Alphonse
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* [[Wikipedia:François Truffaut|François Truffaut]] as (Director) Ferrand
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* [[Wikipedia:Nathalie Baye|Nathalie Baye]] as Joelle
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* [[Wikipedia:David Markham|David Markham]] as Doctor Nelson
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* [[Wikipedia:Zénaïde Rossi|Zénaïde Rossi]] as Madame Lajoie, Gaston's wife
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* [[Wikipedia:Xavier Saint-Macary|Xavier Saint-Macary]] as Christian, Alexandre's lover
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* Bernard Menez as the Property Man
  
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#What does this term mean in the context of cartooning: naturalism?
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==References==
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#Which filmmaker's cartoons were associated with naturalism? What technological and aesthetic techniques did he use to achieve this naturalism? What technological device did he use that is also used in Ah-Ha's music video?
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#How has cartooning balanced naturalism with abstraction?
 
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{{Gallery|title=|width=300|height=200|lines=2
 
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|File:Fig11-09 ah ha roto 01.jpg|alt1=Frame capture from Ah-Ha's ''Take on Me''.|Frame capture from Ah-Ha's ''Take on Me''.
 
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== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
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#Butler, Jeremy G. ''Television: Critical Methods and Applications''. Mahweh, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2007.
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#Jeremy G. Butler, ''Television: Critical Methods and Applications'' (New York: Routledge, 2012).
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#David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson, ''Film Art: An Introduction'', 9th ed. (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2010).
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
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*[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/tvcritgallery/main.php/v/chapter11/ Chapter 11 illustrations]
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#[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T340/DayForNight/index.htm Frame grabs] from ''Day for Night''.
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#[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/Anderson_AmEx.php Wes Anderson American Express Commercial] (''Day for Night'' parody, password protected)
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==External videos==
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#[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage ''TV Tropes'']: listing of numerous narrative conventions.
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Revision as of 10:11, 29 August 2017

Classical Hollywood cinema

Television discusses seven principal characteristics of classical Hollywood cinema:

  1. G1: Single protagonist
  2. G1: Exposition
  3. G2: Motivation
  4. G2: Narrative enigma
  5. G3: Cause-effect chain
    • G3: Story time versus screen time--in terms of duration and order
  6. G4: Climax
  7. G4: Resolution/Denouement--compare exposition and denouement

Does Day for Night qualify as a classical film? Why or why not? Explain how the characteristics above are (or are not) used in the film. Template:Gallery

Signs of character[1]

  1. Viewer foreknowledge
  2. Character name
  3. Appearance
  4. Objective correlative
  5. Dialogue
  6. Lighting and videography or cinematography
  7. Action

How are these signs of character used to construct the following characters in Day for Night?

  • G1: Alphonse
  • G2: Liliane
  • G3: Ferrand
  • G4: Julie

Template:Gallery

Signs of performance[1]

  1. G1 and G5: Vocal
  2. G2: Facial
  3. G3: Gestural
  4. G4: Corporeal

Day for Night cast

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Richard Dyer, Stars

Bibliography

  1. Jeremy G. Butler, Television: Critical Methods and Applications (New York: Routledge, 2012).
  2. David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson, Film Art: An Introduction, 9th ed. (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2010).

External links

  1. Frame grabs from Day for Night.
  2. Wes Anderson American Express Commercial (Day for Night parody, password protected)
  3. TV Tropes: listing of numerous narrative conventions.
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