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==Bill Nichols' terms==
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==Signs of character<ref name="Dyer">Richard Dyer, ''Stars''</ref>==
Explain film scholar Bill Nichols' sense of the following terms:<ref>Bill Nichols, ''Representing Reality''.</ref>
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#Viewer foreknowledge
*'''Groups 1 and 2:''' ''historical world'' or ''historical reality''
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#Character name
**Why does he prefer this term to "reality"?
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#Appearance
*'''Groups 3 and 4:''' ''social actor''
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#Objective correlative
**Why does he prefer this term to "individuals" or, simply, "people" in non-narrative works?
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#Dialogue
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#Lighting and videography or cinematography
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#Action
  
==Modes of representation==
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How are these signs of character used to construct the characters in the "The Vartabedian Conundrum" episode of ''The Big Bang Theory''? These screen shots mostly show their first appearance in this particular episode.
Television depicts historical reality and addresses itself to the viewer about that reality through four principal "modes". Individual genres and programs are not limited to one single mode, but instead draw upon each as needed.
 
  
Explain the principles behind each mode:
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<gallery widths=400px heights=300px perrow=2 >
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Image:BigBangTheory20081117qq00_00_15qq00003.jpg|'''Groups 3 & 7:''' Leonard Hofstadter (Johnny Galecki)
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Image:BigBangTheory20081117qq00 00 03qq00001.jpg|'''Groups 4 & 8:''' Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons)
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Image:BigBangTheory20081117qq00 04 38qq00068.jpg|'''Group 5:''' Penny (Kaley Cuoco)
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Image:BigBangTheory20081117qq00_10_10qq00163.jpg|'''Group 6:''' Dr. Stephanie Barnett (Sara Rue), hospital scene
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Image:BigBangTheory20081117qq00 08 36qq00134.jpg|'''Group 1:''' Howard Wolowitz (Simon Helberg)
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Image:BigBangTheory20081117qq00 09 32qq00151.jpg|'''Group 2:''' Raj Koothrappali (Kunal Nayyar)
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</gallery>
  
#'''Group 4:''' Expository (or rhetorical)
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===Two more screen shots of Sheldon===
#'''Group 1:''' Interactive
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[[Image:BigBangTheory20081117qq00 03 59qq00055.jpg]]
#'''Group 2:''' Observational
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[[Image:BigBangTheory20081117qq00 01 28qq00020.jpg]]
#'''Group 3:''' Reflexive
 
  
==Applying "modes of representation" ==
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==Signs of performance<ref name="Dyer" />==
News coverage of an incident in Goražde, ''The Daily Show'', ''Two-A-Days'', ''Cops'', Ole Miss vs. Alabama football, ''Who Wants to be a Millionaire''
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#Vocal
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#Facial
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#Gestural
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#Corporeal
  
===''The Daily Show'' in Iraq ===
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==Star texts==
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#Explain how these terms apply to the study of television stars:
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#*'''Group 4:''' Stars as texts
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#*'''Group 1:''' Intertextual
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#*'''Group 2:''' Media text
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#*'''Group 3:''' Polysemy
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#How does the textbook distinguish a "star" from an everyday "actor"?
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#Choose one star principally known for his or her work on television. What are some attributes of his or her polysemy. Explain how, according to Richard Dyer's approach, his or her polysemy is constructed from:
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#*Promotion
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#*Publicity
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#*Characters on TV programs
  
===''Deadliest Catch''===
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<gallery widths=400px heights=300px perrow=2 > <--files hotlinked out of Wikipedia Commons; see talk page-->
#Expository (or rhetorical)
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File:Amy_Poehler_at_Parks_and_Recreation_premiere.jpg|'''Group 4:''' Amy Poehler
#*How does it argue for a certain interpretation of these events?
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</gallery>
#*How does it shape our understanding of them?
 
#Interactive
 
#*Does the TV world ''interact'' with the historical world?
 
#Observational
 
#*Do the producers just ''observe'' these events?
 
#*How is this show different from ''Cops''?
 
#Reflexive
 
#*Is it TV about TV? Does it make you aware of TV ''as'' TV?
 
 
 
===''Two-a-Days: Hoover High''===
 
*How does ''Two-a-Days'' impose elements of narrative on “reality”? What specific aspects of serial narrative structure does the program employ?
 
*How does it bring together several different genres?
 
*How is its use of sport/competition different from that of ''Survivor'' or ''The Amazing Race''?
 
*How is its representation of sports (specifically football) different/similar to how ESPN covers sports?
 
*"It is possible that there will be some stereotyping going on with all the editing," [Blair] Blanton said. "But I just hope people will get to know the ''real'' me and not the ''show'' me." (CW article, ending line).
 
**What term would Nichols use instead of “the show me”?
 
  
 
== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
#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).
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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<references/>
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
*[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/tvcritgallery/main.php/v/chapter04/ ''Television'' Chapter 4 illustrations]
 
*[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/tvcritgallery/main.php/v/tvprograms/TwoADays/ ''Two-a-Days'' illustrations]
 
*[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/NewsClips.htm "The Road to Goražde": news video clips]
 
  
 
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[[Category:TCF311 Discussion]]
 
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Revision as of 21:21, 29 August 2016

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 characters in the "The Vartabedian Conundrum" episode of The Big Bang Theory? These screen shots mostly show their first appearance in this particular episode.

Two more screen shots of Sheldon

BigBangTheory20081117qq00 03 59qq00055.jpg BigBangTheory20081117qq00 01 28qq00020.jpg

Signs of performance[1]

  1. Vocal
  2. Facial
  3. Gestural
  4. Corporeal

Star texts

  1. Explain how these terms apply to the study of television stars:
    • Group 4: Stars as texts
    • Group 1: Intertextual
    • Group 2: Media text
    • Group 3: Polysemy
  2. How does the textbook distinguish a "star" from an everyday "actor"?
  3. Choose one star principally known for his or her work on television. What are some attributes of his or her polysemy. Explain how, according to Richard Dyer's approach, his or her polysemy is constructed from:
    • Promotion
    • Publicity
    • Characters on TV programs

Bibliography

  1. Jeremy G. Butler, Television: Critical Methods and Applications (New York: Routledge, 2012).

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Richard Dyer, Stars

External links