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− | + | You may substitute ''Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'' for ''The Mindy Project''. | |
− | '' | + | ==''Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture''== |
− | ''' | + | '''Group 6:''' 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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+ | '''Groups 2 & 3:''' 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 | *symbolize | ||
*decorate | *decorate | ||
− | '''Group 4 & 1:''' | + | '''Group 4 & 1:''' 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 | *persuade | ||
*hail or interpellate | *hail or interpellate | ||
*differentiate | *differentiate | ||
− | '''Groups 5:''' | + | '''Groups 5:''' 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"== | =="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. | *'''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. ([http://tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/MindyProject20131112Opening.php View clip]). | *'''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|alt=The Mindy Project screen shot.|Morgan, Mindy, Cliff, and Yana (from left). | |
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== Bibliography == | == Bibliography == | ||
− | #Butler, Jeremy G. ''Television: | + | #Butler, Jeremy G. ''Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture''. NY: Routledge, 2018. |
#Butler, Jeremy G. "Televisuality and the Resurrection of the Sitcom in the 2000s," in ''Television Style'' (NY: Routledge, 2010), 173-222. | #Butler, Jeremy G. "Televisuality and the Resurrection of the Sitcom in the 2000s," in ''Television Style'' (NY: Routledge, 2010), 173-222. | ||
Revision as of 16:44, 10 December 2018
You may substitute Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt for The Mindy Project.
Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture
Group 6: 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: 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: 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: 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).
Bibliography
- Butler, Jeremy G. Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture. NY: Routledge, 2018.
- Butler, Jeremy G. "Televisuality and the Resurrection of the Sitcom in the 2000s," in Television Style (NY: Routledge, 2010), 173-222.