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==Classical Hollywood cinema==
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#'''Group 1:''' Why were surrealists obsessed with dreams and the insane? What does Robert Hughes mean when he characterizes "neurosis" as "the permanent involuntary form of dreams"?
 
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#'''Group 2:''' René Magritte's ''The Treason of Images'' (1928-9) contains the phrase, "Ceci n'est pas une pipe" ("This is not a pipe"). What does Hughes feel is the significance of this phrase?
 
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#'''Group 3:''' How does Hughes characterize the surrealist use of sexuality?
 
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#'''Group 4:''' What previously dismissed forms of art (what Hughes calls, "kinds of expression") did surrealists advocate for? Why?
 
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#What elements of surrealism do you see in these films?
 
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#*'''Group 1 and 6:''' ''Entr'Acte'' (Clair, 1924)
 
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#*'''Groups 2 and 5:''' ''Un Chien Andalou'' (Buñuel/Dalí, 1928)
 
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#*'''Groups 3 and 4:''' ''Zero for Conduct'' (Vigo, 1933)
 
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#'''All groups:''' Hughes maintains that "The [surrealist] object was collage in three dimensions" (p. 241). What do you think he means by this? (Meret Oppenheim's ''Luncheon in Fur'' is one example.)
 
  
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==Bibliography==
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Does ''Always Be My Maybe'' fit the classical implementation of:
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*Hughes, Robert. ''The Shock of the New''. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980.
 
  
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#Single protagonist
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*[https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/T340/SurrealismLecture.php Dada & Surrealism Illustrations]
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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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==The television series==
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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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*How many scenes does it have?
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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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#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: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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