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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=="Televisuality and the Resurrection of the Sitcom in the 2000s"==
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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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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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#Lighting questions:
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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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##'''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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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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##'''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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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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#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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#*'''Group 1:''' costume design, iconography
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#*'''Group 2:''' set design
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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]).
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#*'''Group 3:''' lighting design
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#*'''Group 4:''' blocking and figure movement
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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?
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File:Mindyproject 20131112qq00 00 55qq00040.jpg|alt=The Mindy Project screenshot.|Morgan, Mindy, Cliff, and Yana (from left).
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==''Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture''==
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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."
  
 
== 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: 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.
  
 
==External links==
 
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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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*[https://www.tvstylebook.com/ ''Television Style'' official homepage]
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*[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/NorthernExposureDinner.php ''Northern Exposure'' dinner scene].
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*[https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/BUI301/MindyProject_20131112/index.html ''The Mindy Project'' screenshots]
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*[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/NorthernExposureTheBrick.php ''Northern Exposure'' scene in The Brick]
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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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*[http://www.routledge.com/cw/butler-9780415883283/s1/gallery-07/ ''Television'', chapter 7 illustrations]
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*[https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/BUI301/NewAdventuresofOldChristine/ ''The New Adventures of Old Christine'': screenshots]
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*[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T311/Girlfriends/ ''Girlfriends'' illustrations]
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*[https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/BUI301/NewAdventuresofOldChristine/Table%20502_OldChristine.pdf ''The New Adventures of Old Christine'': découpage]
  
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Revision as of 18:24, 22 October 2020

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

  • Television Style, table 5.3

    Television Style, table 5.3 "Multiple-camera and Single-camera Schemas," full table.

  • Television Style, table 5.3

    Table 5.3: Cinematography.

  • Television Style, table 5.3.

    Table 5.3: Mise-en-Scene and Editing.

  • Television Style, table 5.3.

    Table 5.3: Sound and Miscellaneous.

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?
  • The Mindy Project screenshot.

    Morgan, Mindy, Cliff, and Yana (from left).

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.

External links

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