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==Bill Nichols' terms==
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Explain film scholar Bill Nichols' sense of the following terms:<ref>Bill Nichols, ''Representing Reality''.</ref>
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*'''Groups 1 and 2:''' ''historical world'' or ''historical reality''
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**Why does he prefer this term to "reality"?
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*'''Groups 3 and 4:''' ''social actor''
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**Why does he prefer this term to "individuals" or, simply, "people" in non-narrative works?
  
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#What does this term mean in the context of cartooning: naturalism?
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==Modes of representation==
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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 ([http://tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/AHa-TakeOnMe.php view video])? (A digital version of the same device is used in ''Son of Zorn'' [2016].)
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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.
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#How has cartooning balanced naturalism with abstraction?
 
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|File:Fig11-09 ah ha roto 01.jpg|alt1=Screen shot from Ah-Ha's ''Take on Me''.|Screen shot from Ah-Ha's ''Take on Me''.
 
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'''Groups 6 & 2'''
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Providing examples from the non-narrative television viewed in class (''Lobster Wars'', ''The Daily Show'', ''Two-A-Days'', ''Cops'', news coverage of an incident in Goražde, ''Who Wants to be a Millionaire'') explain each mode:
  
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#What does this term mean in the context of cartooning: abstraction?
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#'''Group 4:''' Expository (or rhetorical)
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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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#'''Group 1:''' Interactive
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#How has cartooning balanced abstraction with naturalism?
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#'''Group 2:''' Observational
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{{Gallery|title=|width=300|height=200|lines=2|File:Fig11-11 Gerald copy.jpg|alt2=Screen shot from ''Gerald McBoing Boing''.|Screen shot from ''Gerald McBoing Boing''. [http://www.tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/GeraldMcBoing-Boing_480x360.php View video.]}}
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#'''Group 3:''' Reflexive
  
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'''Groups 7 & 3'''
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==''Two-a-Days: Hoover High''==
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*How does ''Two-a-Days'' impose elements of narrative on “reality”? What specific aspects of serial narrative structure does the program employ?
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*How does it bring together several different genres?
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*How is its use of sport/competition different from that of ''Survivor'' or ''The Amazing Race''?
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*How is its representation of sports (specifically football) different/similar to how ESPN covers sports?
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*"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).
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**What term would Nichols use instead of “the show me”?
  
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#How do made-for-TV cartoons differ from made-for-movie-theater cartoons?
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== Bibliography ==
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#*What was the first made-for-TV animated cartoon? When?
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#Butler, Jeremy G. ''Television: Critical Methods and Applications''. Mahweh, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2007.
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#*What aspects of made-for-TV cartoons does ''The Flintstones'' exemplify? ([http://www.tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/Flintstones.php View video.])
 
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#How does digital (CGI) animation differ from conventional cell animation? In particular:
 
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#*How is that difference part of the production process?
 
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#*How is that difference evident in how the animation looks?
 
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#*[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/SimpsonsHomer3.php View ''Simpsons'' 3D animation.]
 
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|File:Fig11-27 Simpsons 000003.jpg|alt5=Screen shot from ''The Simpsons''.|Screen shot from ''The Simpsons''. Homer enters a new, strange dimension.
 
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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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== Bibliography ==
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==References==
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#Butler, Jeremy G. ''Television: Critical Methods and Applications''. '''Third edition'''. NY: Routledge, 2011.
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*[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/Animation.php Animation illustrations]
 
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*[http://tvcrit.com/files/DeletedChapters/11_images/index.html ''Television'', '''third edition''', Chapter 11 illustrations]
 
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*[[wikipedia:Treehouse of Horror VI#Homer.C2.B3|Wikipedia article on "Homer<sup>3</sup>"]].
 
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zpl0KRFdj1E ''Gerald McBoing Boing'']
 
  
 
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Revision as of 19:00, 9 September 2008

Bill Nichols' terms

Explain film scholar Bill Nichols' sense of the following terms:[1]

  • Groups 1 and 2: historical world or historical reality
    • Why does he prefer this term to "reality"?
  • Groups 3 and 4: social actor
    • Why does he prefer this term to "individuals" or, simply, "people" in non-narrative works?

Modes of representation

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.

Providing examples from the non-narrative television viewed in class (Lobster Wars, The Daily Show, Two-A-Days, Cops, news coverage of an incident in Goražde, Who Wants to be a Millionaire) explain each mode:

  1. Group 4: Expository (or rhetorical)
  2. Group 1: Interactive
  3. Group 2: Observational
  4. Group 3: Reflexive

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

  1. Butler, Jeremy G. Television: Critical Methods and Applications. Mahweh, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2007.

References

  1. ↑ Bill Nichols, Representing Reality.

External links

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