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'''TCF 311 Critical Studies in Television''' is a discussion-oriented course taught by [[User:Jeremy Butler|Jeremy Butler]].
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==Classical Hollywood cinema==
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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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== Course objectives ==
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Does ''Always Be My Maybe'' fit the classical implementation of:
  
The online syllabus is over here (Fall 2008):
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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
  
http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T311/F08/
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==The television series==
  
== Online study guides ==
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===Chronological order===
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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.
*[[Narrative Structure (Discussion)]]
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*[[Building Narrative (Discussion)]]
 
*[[Mise-en-Scene (Discussion)]]
 
*[[Style and the Camera (Discussion)]]
 
*[[Editing (Discussion)]]
 
*[[Sound (Discussion)]]
 
*[[A History of TV Style (Discussion)]]
 
*[[Music Television (Discussion)]]
 
*[[The Commercial (Discussion)]]
 
*[[Animation (Discussion)]]
 
*[[Television Studies: An Overview (Discussion)]]
 
*[[Semiotics (Discussion)]]
 
*[[Semiotics II (Discussion)]]
 
*[[Genre Study (Discussion)]]
 
*[[Ideological Criticism (Discussion)]]
 
*[[Ideological Criticism II (Discussion)]]
 
*[[Feminist Criticism (Discussion)]]
 
*[[Feminist Criticism II (Discussion)]]
 
*[[Cultural Studies, Ethnography (Discussion)]]
 
*[[Postmodernism (Discussion)]]
 
  
===List of lecture notes===
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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.
[[:Category:TCF311 Lecture]]
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*How many scenes does it have?
===List of discussion notes===
 
[[:Category:TCF311 Discussion]]
 
  
==Study groups==
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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?
  
===[[TCF311 Group 1]]===
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[[Category:BUI301F2022]]
*Christy Abercrombie
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[[Category:BUI301F2022 Discussion]]
*Bethany Andrews
 
*Jonathan Barge
 
*Graham Carpenter
 
*Chuck Chapleau
 
*Marissa De Anda
 
 
 
===[[TCF311 Group 2]]===
 
*Corey Craft
 
*Mitch DeAnda
 
*Matthew Glasscock
 
*Nic Gulas
 
*Katie Hallman
 
 
 
===[[TCF311 Group 3]]===
 
*Brian Hubble
 
*Ben Kallam
 
*Amanda Killen
 
*Crystal Kohl
 
*Meghann Manson
 
*Christy McGee
 
 
 
===[[TCF311 Group 4]]===
 
*Laura Oswalt
 
*Nathan Phillips
 
*Andrew Richardson
 
*Rayven Tirado
 
*Erin Williams
 
 
 
== Texts & resources ==
 
 
 
===Books===
 
 
 
===Articles and book chapters===
 
 
 
[[Category:TCF311]]
 
[[Category:TCF Classes]]
 

Revision as of 19:40, 24 August 2022

Classical Hollywood cinema

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

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?