Difference between pages "Mise-en-Scene (Discussion)" and "Style and Stylistics (Discussion)"

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#'''Group 1:''' What are icons?  What is iconography? Discuss examples from in-class episodes of ''Designing Women'', ''Girlfriends'', or ''My So-Called Life''.
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==''Television: Critical Methods and Applications''==
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#'''Group 2:''' What narrative impact does the economic decision to shoot on studio sets have on sitcoms (with studio audiences) and soap operas? (What differences are there between the studio set-up of these two genres?) That is, how does set design shape the way stories are told?
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##Of the sitcoms we've seen in class (''The Andy Griffith Show'', ''[[Building Narrative (Discussion)|The Cosby Show]]'', ''Designing Women'', ''Girlfriends''), which are shot on studio sets with studio audiences?
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'''Group 6:''' Be prepared to define these basic terms: "style," "stylistics". Then, pretend you are "evaluative" and "descriptive" stylisticians. How would you study ''The Mindy Project''? Devise a research project that you might attempt with this TV text.
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#Lighting questions:
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##'''Group 3:''' What are the characteristics of three-point lighting? What function does each "point" serve? Pretend you are a director of photography (DP). Describe a scene that might ''not'' use three-point lighting and explain why.
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'''Groups 2 & 3:''' Be prepared to define these basic terms: "style," "stylistics". Then, pretend you are an "analytic" stylistician.  How would you study ''The Mindy Project''? Devise a research project that you might attempt with this TV text. Be sure to account for the following "functions" of style discussed in the textbook.
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##'''Group 4:''' What is the difference between high-key and low-key lighting? And what is chiaroscuro? Pretend you are a director of photography (DP). Describe a scene that might use each of these techniques.
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*symbolize
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#Describe the mise-en-scene of the ''Northern Exposure'' [http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T311/MiseEnSceneNorthernExposure.htm scene with Joel and Jules]. How are aspects of the characters (Joel, Jules, Maggie, Ed) communicated through mise-en-scene?  That is, what would we know about the characters even if there were no dialogue in this scene?
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*decorate
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#*'''Group 1:''' costume design, iconography
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#*'''Group 2:''' set design
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'''Group 4 & 1:''' Be prepared to define these basic terms: "style," "stylistics". Then, pretend you are an "analytic" stylistician.  How would you study ''The Mindy Project''? Devise a research project that you might attempt with this TV text. Be sure to account for the following "functions" of style discussed in the textbook.
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#*'''Group 3:''' lighting design
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*persuade
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#*'''Group 4:''' blocking and figure movement
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*hail or interpellate
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*differentiate
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'''Groups 5:''' Be prepared to define these basic terms: "style," "stylistics". Then, pretend you are a "historical" stylistician. How would you study ''The Mindy Project''? Devise a research project that you might attempt with this TV text. Be sure to account for "craft practices" and "schemas."
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=="Televisuality and the Resurrection of the Sitcom in the 2000s"==
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*'''All Groups:''' List at least three aspects of the ''The Mindy Project'' scene that mark it as single-camera production.
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*'''All groups:''' Table 5.3 in "Televisuality and the Resurrection of the Sitcom in the 2000s" lists elements of the "single-camera televisual schema". Is ''The Mindy Project'' "televisual", in addition to being a single-camera production? Identify any elements from this table in the scene. ([http://tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/MindyProject20131112Opening.php View clip]).
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|File:MindyProject20131111 ProductionStill.jpg|alt1=The Mindy Project screen shot.|Morgan, Mindy, Cliff, and Yana (from left).
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== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
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#Butler, Jeremy G. ''Television: Critical Methods and Applications''. New York: Routledge, 2012.
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#Butler, Jeremy G. ''Television: Critical Methods and Applications''. NY: Routledge, 2012.
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#Butler, Jeremy G. "Televisuality and the Resurrection of the Sitcom in the 2000s," in ''Television Style'' (NY: Routledge, 2010), 173-222.
  
 
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*[http://www.routledge.com/cw/butler-9780415883283/s1/gallery-06/ ''Northern Exposure'' images] on the ''Television'' gallery.
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*[http://www.tvstylebook.com/pix/images-by-chapter/?album=1&gallery=15 ''Television Style'' illustrations]
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*[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/NorthernExposureDinner.php ''Northern Exposure'' dinner scene].
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*[http://www.tvstylebook.com/ ''Television Style'' official homepage]
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*[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/NorthernExposureTheBrick.php ''Northern Exposure'' scene in The Brick]
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*[http://tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/MindyProject20131112Opening.php ''The Mindy Project'' clip]
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*[http://www.routledge.com/cw/butler-9780415883283/s1/gallery-07/ ''Television'', chapter 7 illustrations]
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*[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/NewGirl.php ''New Girl'' clip]
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*[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T311/Girlfriends/ ''Girlfriends'' illustrations]
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*[http://tvcrit.com/find/howimet Hybrid mode of production] in ''How I Met Your Mother''
  
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Revision as of 18:33, 31 October 2017

Television: Critical Methods and Applications

Group 6: Be prepared to define these basic terms: "style," "stylistics". Then, pretend you are "evaluative" and "descriptive" stylisticians. How would you study The Mindy Project? Devise a research project that you might attempt with this TV text.

Groups 2 & 3: Be prepared to define these basic terms: "style," "stylistics". Then, pretend you are an "analytic" stylistician. How would you study The Mindy Project? Devise a research project that you might attempt with this TV text. Be sure to account for the following "functions" of style discussed in the textbook.

  • symbolize
  • decorate

Group 4 & 1: Be prepared to define these basic terms: "style," "stylistics". Then, pretend you are an "analytic" stylistician. How would you study The Mindy Project? Devise a research project that you might attempt with this TV text. Be sure to account for the following "functions" of style discussed in the textbook.

  • persuade
  • hail or interpellate
  • differentiate

Groups 5: Be prepared to define these basic terms: "style," "stylistics". Then, pretend you are a "historical" stylistician. How would you study The Mindy Project? Devise a research project that you might attempt with this TV text. Be sure to account for "craft practices" and "schemas."

"Televisuality and the Resurrection of the Sitcom in the 2000s"

  • All Groups: List at least three aspects of the The Mindy Project scene that mark it as single-camera production.
  • All groups: Table 5.3 in "Televisuality and the Resurrection of the Sitcom in the 2000s" lists elements of the "single-camera televisual schema". Is The Mindy Project "televisual", in addition to being a single-camera production? Identify any elements from this table in the scene. (View clip).

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Bibliography

  1. Butler, Jeremy G. Television: Critical Methods and Applications. NY: Routledge, 2012.
  2. Butler, Jeremy G. "Televisuality and the Resurrection of the Sitcom in the 2000s," in Television Style (NY: Routledge, 2010), 173-222.

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