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== Form ==
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=="Televisuality and the Resurrection of the Sitcom in the 2000s"==
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#How do Bordwell and Thompson (B/T) define "form" in its general sense? And how is film a "system"?
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#Apply B/T's four principles of film form to ''Day for Night'':[[Image:DayForNightqq01 20 04qq00013.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Ferrand's dream.]]
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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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##Function: What function do Ferrand's dreams serve?
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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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##Similarity and repetition: What is one ''motif'' that recurs in the film? (And what is a motif, according to B/T?)
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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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##Difference and variation: How does the film make use of variations?
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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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##Development: B/T note, "Another way to size up how a film develops formally is to ''compare the beginning with the ending''." So, how would you say [http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T340/DayForNight-OpenClose/ the beginning and ending of ''Day for Night''] signals the film's development?
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http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T340/DayForNight-OpenClose/thumbnails/DayForNightqq00_02_29qq00011.jpg ([http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T340/DayForNight-OpenClose/pages/DayForNightqq00_02_29qq00011.htm larger image])
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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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Last shot:
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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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http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T340/DayForNight-OpenClose/thumbnails/DayForNightqq01_54_22qq00023.jpg ([http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T340/DayForNight-OpenClose/pages/DayForNightqq01_54_22qq00023.htm larger image])
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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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== ''Narrative'' form==
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==''Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture''==
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B/T define narrative form as "...a chain of events in cause-effect relationship occurring in time and space." Discuss/define each phrase of this definition, providing examples from ''Day for Night'':
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#'''All groups''': Explain how the textbook defines the term "style" in your own words.
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#a chain of events in cause-effect relationship
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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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#occurring in time and space
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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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=== Plot and story ===
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#*decorate
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#What is the difference between "plot" and "story", as B/T are using those terms?
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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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#Describe the plot and the story of ''Day for Night''. How do they differ?
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#*persuade
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#*hail or interpellate
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===Classical Hollywood cinema===
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#*differentiate
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#What are the five or six principal characteristics of classical Hollywood cinema, according to B/T? List them.
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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."
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#*Does ''Day for Night'' qualify as a classical film? Why or why not?
 
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##Individual characters as causal agents
 
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##Desire and goal
 
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##Counterforce
 
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##Cause and effect chain of events
 
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##Deadlines/appointments
 
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##Closure
 
  
 
== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
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#David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson, ''Film Art: An Introduction'', 8th ed. (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2007).
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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==
 
==External links==
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#[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T340/DayForNight/index.htm Frame grabs] from ''Day for Night''.
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*[https://www.tvstylebook.com/ ''Television Style'' official homepage]
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#[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/Anderson_AmEx.php Wes Anderson American Express Commercial] (''Day for Night'' parody, password protected)
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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]
  
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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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