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'''TCF 311 Critical Studies in Television''' is a discussion-oriented course taught by [[User:Jeremy Butler|Jeremy Butler]].
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=="Televisuality and the Resurrection of the Sitcom in the 2000s"==
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File:Table 5.3-resized.jpg|alt=Television Style, table 5.3|''Television Style'', table 5.3 "Multiple-camera and Single-camera Schemas," full table.
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File:Table 5.3 part 1 Cinematography.jpg|alt=Television Style, table 5.3|Table 5.3: Cinematography.
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File:Table 5.3 part 2 MeS and Editing resized.jpg|alt=Television Style, table 5.3.|Table 5.3: Mise-en-Scene and Editing.
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File:Table 5.3 part 3 Sound and Misc resized.jpg|alt=Television Style, table 5.3.|Table 5.3: Sound and Miscellaneous.
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== Course objectives ==
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View a scene from ''The Mindy Project'' (see Blackboard and [http://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/BUI301/MindyProject_20131112/index.html screenshots online]).
  
The online syllabus is over here ('''Fall 2014'''): [http://goo.gl/rZn98A goo.gl/rZn98A]
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*'''Table 5.3''' in "Televisuality and the Resurrection of the Sitcom in the 2000s" (see above) lists elements of the "single-camera televisual schema".
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**How many of those single-camera elements do you see in ''The Mindy Project'' scene? Each group will account for one or two groups of elements (click a thumbnail above to enlarge it):
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**#'''Group 1:''' cinematography
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**#'''Group 2:''' mise-en-scene
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**#'''Group 3:''' editing
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**#'''Group 4:''' sound ''and'' "miscellaneous"
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*'''All groups:''' '''Table 5.6''' from the essay outlines a "televisual continuum"--ranging from ''very'' televisual (''The Simpsons'') to not televisual at all (school-play recordings).
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*#What does the term "televisual" mean--as conceived by John Caldwell (see p. 175)?
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*#Where does ''The Mindy Project'' fit on the continuum? Table 5.6 puts ''The Honeymooners'' in the second category, ''The New Adventures of Old Christine'' ([[Editing: Multiple Camera Mode (Discussion)|which we discussed three weeks ago]]) in the third category, and ''Scrubs'' in the fifth category.  
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*#Where would you place ''The Office'' (see Ethan Thompson's and Brett Mills's discussion of comedy ''vérité ''; p. 214?
  
== Online study guides ==
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===Chronological order===
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File:Mindyproject 20131112qq00 00 55qq00040.jpg|alt=The Mindy Project screenshot.|Morgan, Mindy, Cliff, and Yana (from left).
*[[TV Structure (Discussion)]]
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*[[Narrative Structure (Discussion)]]
 
*[[Building Narrative (Discussion)]]
 
*[[Beyond and Beside Narrative (Discussion)]]
 
*[[The Commercial (Discussion)]]
 
*[[Mise-en-Scene (Discussion)]]
 
*[[Style and the Camera (Discussion)]]
 
*[[Editing: Single Camera Mode (Discussion)]]
 
*[[Editing: Multiple Camera Mode (Discussion)]]
 
*[[Sound (Discussion)]]
 
*[[A History of TV Style (Discussion)]]
 
*[[Music Television (Discussion)]]
 
*[[Animation (Discussion)]]
 
*[[Television Studies: An Overview (Discussion)]]
 
*[[Style and Stylistics (Discussion)]]
 
*[[Genre Study (Discussion)]]
 
*[[Semiotics (Discussion)]]
 
*[[Semiotics II (Discussion)]]
 
*[[Ideological Criticism, Cultural Studies & Production Studies (Discussion)]]
 
*[[Discourse & Identity I & II (Discussion)]]
 
*[[Discourse & Identity III (Discussion)]]
 
  
===List of discussion notes===
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==''Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture''==
[[:Category:TCF311 Discussion]]
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#'''All groups''': Explain how the textbook defines the term "style" in your own words.
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#'''Group 1:''' Explain the work of "evaluative" and "descriptive" stylisticians. How might they approach ''The Mindy Project''?
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#'''Group 2:''' Explain the work of "analytic" stylisticians. How might they approach ''The Mindy Project''? Be ready to define the following purposes or "functions" of style discussed in the textbook.
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#*symbolize
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#*decorate
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#'''Group 3:''' Explain the work of "analytic" stylisticians. How might they approach ''The Mindy Project''? Be ready to define the following purposes or "functions" of style discussed in the textbook.
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#*persuade
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#*hail or interpellate
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#*differentiate
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#'''Group 4:''' Explain the work of "historical" stylisticians. How might they approach ''The Mindy Project''? Be ready to define these terms: "craft practices" and "schemas."
  
==Study groups==
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== Bibliography ==
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#Butler, Jeremy G. ''Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture''. NY: Routledge, 2018.
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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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'''Group 1'''
 
* Kaddy Brown
 
* Cecily Cheesman
 
* Shanrica Evans
 
* Kendall Grayson
 
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'''Group 2'''
 
* Christina Irion
 
* Natalie Landers
 
* Mike McGee
 
* Toffer Mohr
 
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'''Group 3'''
 
* Gantt Moore
 
* Maggie O'Keeffe
 
* Jacob Reed
 
* Austin Rhyne
 
* Will Shingleton
 
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'''Group 4'''
 
* Callie Smith
 
* Megan Smith
 
* Shea Smitherman
 
* Tara Lynn Steele
 
* Sean Taylor
 
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== Texts & resources ==
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==External links==
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*[https://www.tvstylebook.com/ ''Television Style'' official homepage]
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*[https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/BUI301/MindyProject_20131112/index.html ''The Mindy Project'' screenshots]
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*[https://criticalcommons.org/Members/jbutler/clips/blending-multiple-camera-and-single-camera/ Hybrid mode of production] in ''How I Met Your Mother''
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*[https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/BUI301/NewAdventuresofOldChristine/ ''The New Adventures of Old Christine'': screenshots]
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*[https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/BUI301/NewAdventuresofOldChristine/Table%20502_OldChristine.pdf ''The New Adventures of Old Christine'': découpage]
  
===Books===
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[[Category:BUI301]]
*Jeremy G. Butler, ''Television: Critical Methods and Applications'' (New York: Routledge, 2012).
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[[Category:BUI301 Discussion]]
===Companion Website===
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[[Category:JCM311]]
*http://www.routledge.com/cw/butler-9780415883283/
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[[Category:JCM311 Discussion]]
 
 
===Articles and book chapters===
 
 
 
[[Category:TCF311]]
 
[[Category:TCF Classes]]
 

Revision as of 18:24, 22 October 2020

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

View a scene from The Mindy Project (see Blackboard and screenshots online).

  • Table 5.3 in "Televisuality and the Resurrection of the Sitcom in the 2000s" (see above) lists elements of the "single-camera televisual schema".
    • How many of those single-camera elements do you see in The Mindy Project scene? Each group will account for one or two groups of elements (click a thumbnail above to enlarge it):
      1. Group 1: cinematography
      2. Group 2: mise-en-scene
      3. Group 3: editing
      4. Group 4: sound and "miscellaneous"
  • All groups: Table 5.6 from the essay outlines a "televisual continuum"--ranging from very televisual (The Simpsons) to not televisual at all (school-play recordings).
    1. What does the term "televisual" mean--as conceived by John Caldwell (see p. 175)?
    2. Where does The Mindy Project fit on the continuum? Table 5.6 puts The Honeymooners in the second category, The New Adventures of Old Christine (which we discussed three weeks ago) in the third category, and Scrubs in the fifth category.
    3. Where would you place The Office (see Ethan Thompson's and Brett Mills's discussion of comedy vérité ; p. 214?

Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture

  1. All groups: Explain how the textbook defines the term "style" in your own words.
  2. Group 1: Explain the work of "evaluative" and "descriptive" stylisticians. How might they approach The Mindy Project?
  3. Group 2: Explain the work of "analytic" stylisticians. How might they approach The Mindy Project? Be ready to define the following purposes or "functions" of style discussed in the textbook.
    • symbolize
    • decorate
  4. Group 3: Explain the work of "analytic" stylisticians. How might they approach The Mindy Project? Be ready to define the following purposes or "functions" of style discussed in the textbook.
    • persuade
    • hail or interpellate
    • differentiate
  5. Group 4: Explain the work of "historical" stylisticians. How might they approach The Mindy Project? Be ready to define these terms: "craft practices" and "schemas."

Bibliography

  1. Butler, Jeremy G. Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture. NY: Routledge, 2018.
  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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