Difference between pages "Style and Stylistics (Discussion)" and "BUI301F2022/Narrative Structure"

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==''Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture''==
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==Classical Hollywood cinema==
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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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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 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."
 
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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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Does ''Always Be My Maybe'' fit the classical implementation of:
  
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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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#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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*'''All Groups:''' List at least three aspects of the ''The Mindy Project'' scene that mark it as single-camera production.
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==The television series==
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*'''All groups:''' Table 5.3 in "Televisuality and the Resurrection of the Sitcom in the 2000s" lists elements of the "single-camera televisual schema". Is ''The Mindy Project'' "televisual", in addition to being a single-camera production? Identify any elements from this table in the scene.
 
  
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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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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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== Bibliography ==
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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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#Butler, Jeremy G. ''Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture''. NY: Routledge, 2018.
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*How many scenes does it have?
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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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==External links==
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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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*[http://www.tvstylebook.com/pix/images-by-chapter/?album=1&gallery=15 ''Television Style'' illustrations]
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#Multiple protagonists
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*[http://www.tvstylebook.com/ ''Television Style'' official homepage]
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#Exposition
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*[http://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/BUI301/MindyProject_20131112/index.html ''The Mindy Project'' screenshots]
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#Motivation
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*[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/NewGirl.php ''New Girl'' clip]
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#Narrative problematic
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*[http://tvcrit.com/find/howimet Hybrid mode of production] in ''How I Met Your Mother''
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#Cause-effect chain
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#Climax
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#Resolution?
  
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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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