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*Let's recreate [https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/T311/SEINFELDScript.pdf this scene] as a series of still photographs. | *Let's recreate [https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/T311/SEINFELDScript.pdf this scene] as a series of still photographs. | ||
*Below are stills from [http://www.retroweb.com/backlots/seinfeld_reunion.html the recreated set], used in an episode of Larry David's ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'' and a set miniature by [http://www.flickr.com/photos/24682838@N05/ Charles Brogdon]. | *Below are stills from [http://www.retroweb.com/backlots/seinfeld_reunion.html the recreated set], used in an episode of Larry David's ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'' and a set miniature by [http://www.flickr.com/photos/24682838@N05/ Charles Brogdon]. | ||
Revision as of 20:04, 13 October 2022
New Adventures of Old Christine diagram.
Format
- Catchphrase.
- Laughtrack.
- Commercial breaks.
- Recurring narrative problematic
- 30-minutes long
Mode of production
- Shot on film, not live
- Syndication quality
- Appears to be live, with a laughtrack
Dominant ideology (Zeitgeist)
- Characters expressing opposing views
- Polysemy = many meanings
Seinfeld's innovations
- Director Tom Cherones
- Let's recreate this scene as a series of still photographs.
- Below are stills from the recreated set, used in an episode of Larry David's Curb Your Enthusiasm and a set miniature by Charles Brogdon.
The set as recreated for Curb Your Enthusiasm.
A Curb Your Enthusiasm scene.
Set miniature.
Texts & resources
- Jeremy G. Butler, The Sitcom (New York: Routledge, 2020).
- Seinfeld scene breakdown materials
