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==''Le Million''==
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==Classical Hollywood cinema==
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*In the following four instances, sound and image are ''not'' in sync. How does sound comment on or shape the image in these scenes? (Online at http://tvcrit.org/EO/DV/Million.php )
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*#'''Groups 2 & 5:''' :00:04:16 Interrupted embrace.
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File:Narrative Structure - Classical Film.jpeg|alt=Diagram of classical narrative structure.|''Television'' Figure 3.6 The rise and fall of the narrative action in classical film.
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*#'''Group 3:''' :00:37:55 Michel in a taxi.
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*#'''Group 4:''' :00:56:09 Michel and Béatrice, trapped on stage.
 
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*#'''Group 6 & 1:''' :01:12:00 The backstage struggle for the jacket.
 
  
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==''The Crime of M. Lange''==
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Does ''Always Be My Maybe'' fit the classical implementation of:
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#'''Group 4:''' In 1936, right after the Popular Front scored a victory in the election, there were nationwide strikes. What impact did these strikes have on the film industry? Specifically, what was the "''Contrat Collectif''"?
 
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#'''Group 1:''' Among the significant events of 1936 was the founding of Ciné-Liberté. What were the objectives of this association and what was Renoir's relationship to it?
 
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#*Describe the film, ''La vie est à nous'', and its relationship to the Popular Front
 
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#'''Group 2:''' Strebel writes that the working man (often played by Jean Gabin), aka the "proletarian hero," was often a part of films of this era. How does she characterize him (e.g., in ''The Crime of M. Lange'')?
 
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#'''Group 3:''' According to Strebel, "The parallels between the growth of the cinematographic movement [that is, 1930s French "social cinema"] and its corresponding socio-political movement, the Popular Front, are extremely close." How so?
 
  
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== ''The Crime of M. Lange'' cast==
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#Single protagonist
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#Exposition
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#Motivation
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#Narrative enigma
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#Cause-effect chain
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#*''Story time'' versus ''screen time''--in terms of duration and order
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#Climax
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#Resolution
  
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Actor ... character
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==The television series==
  
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*René Lefèvre ... Amédée Lange
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*Florelle ... Valentine
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File:Fig03-12 TV Series Narrative Structure - rendered.jpg|alt=Diagram of series-TV narrative structure.|''Television'' Figure 3.12 Linear-TV series' narrative structure must accommodate commercial interruptions and allow for a repeatable narrative problematic.
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*Jules Berry ... Batala
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*Marcel Lévesque ... The Concierge
 
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*Odette Talazac ... The Concierge
 
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*Henri Guisol ... Meunier (the son)
 
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*Maurice Baquet ... Charles, The Concierges' Son
 
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*Jacques B. Brunius ... Mr. Baigneur
 
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*Sylvain Itkine ... Batala's cousin
 
  
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==External links==
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Break down the "The Vartabedian Conundrum" episode from ''The Big Bang Theory'' (December 8, 2008). Number each scene and provide a ''brief'' description of it.
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*[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/Million.php Sound Experiments in ''Le Million'']
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*How many scenes does it have?
  
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==Bibliography==
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Does the episode contain the conventional elements of a TV series? What are the key differences between its narrative structure and that of a classical film?
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*Strebel, Elizabeth Grottle. "French Social Cinema and the Popular Front." ''Journal of Contemporary History'' 12, no. 3 (July 1977), 499-519.
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#Multiple protagonists
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#Exposition
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#Motivation
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#Narrative problematic
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#Cause-effect chain
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#Climax
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#Resolution?
  
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[[Category:JCM312 Discussion]]
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[[Category:BUI301F2022]]
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[[Category:BUI301F2022 Discussion]]

Revision as of 19:40, 24 August 2022

Classical Hollywood cinema

  • Diagram of classical narrative structure.

    Television Figure 3.6 The rise and fall of the narrative action in classical film.

Does Always Be My Maybe fit the classical implementation of:

  1. Single protagonist
  2. Exposition
  3. Motivation
  4. Narrative enigma
  5. Cause-effect chain
    • Story time versus screen time--in terms of duration and order
  6. Climax
  7. Resolution

The television series

  • Diagram of series-TV narrative structure.

    Television Figure 3.12 Linear-TV series' narrative structure must accommodate commercial interruptions and allow for a repeatable narrative problematic.

Break down the "The Vartabedian Conundrum" episode from The Big Bang Theory (December 8, 2008). Number each scene and provide a brief description of it.

  • How many scenes does it have?

Does the episode contain the conventional elements of a TV series? What are the key differences between its narrative structure and that of a classical film?

  1. Multiple protagonists
  2. Exposition
  3. Motivation
  4. Narrative problematic
  5. Cause-effect chain
  6. Climax
  7. Resolution?
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