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==Bill Nichols' terms==
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==Signs of character<ref name="Dyer">Richard Dyer, ''Stars''</ref>==
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Explain film scholar Bill Nichols' sense of the following terms:<ref>Bill Nichols, ''Representing Reality''.</ref>
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#Viewer foreknowledge
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*'''Groups 1 and 2:''' ''historical world'' or ''historical reality''
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#Character name
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**Why does he prefer this term to "reality"?
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#Appearance
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*'''Groups 3 and 4:''' ''social actor''
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#Objective correlative
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**Why does he prefer this term to "individuals" or, simply, "people" in non-narrative works?
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#Dialogue
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#Lighting and videography or cinematography
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#Action
  
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==Modes of representation==
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How are these signs of character used to construct the characters in the "Rudy's Sick" episode of ''The Cosby Show''?
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Television depicts historical reality and addresses itself to the viewer about that reality through four principal "modes". Individual genres and programs are not limited to one single mode, but instead draw upon each as needed.
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<gallery widths=400px heights=300px perrow=2 >
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Image:Cosbyqq00_04_43qq00311.jpg|'''Group 3:''' Dr. Heathcliff "Cliff" Huxtable (Bill Cosby) <br />'''Group 4:''' Clair Huxtable (Phylicia Rashad)
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Image:Cosbyqq00_03_07qq00282.jpg|'''Group 1:''' Rudith Lillian "Rudy" Huxtable (Keshia Knight Pulliam)
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Image:Cosbyqq00_05_19qq00317.jpg|'''Group 2:''' Denise Huxtable (Lisa Bonet) ''or...''
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Image:Cosbyqq00_05_38qq00322.jpg| Theodore "Theo" Huxtable (Malcolm-Jamal Warner)
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</gallery>
  
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Explain the principles behind each mode:
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[[Image:Cosbyqq00_04_43qq00311.jpg]] [[Image:Cosbyqq00_03_07qq00282.jpg]] [[Image:Cosbyqq00_05_19qq00317.jpg]] [[Image:Cosbyqq00_05_38qq00322.jpg]]
  
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#'''Group 4:''' Expository (or rhetorical)
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==Signs of performance<ref name="Dyer" />==
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#'''Group 1:''' Interactive
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#Vocal
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#'''Group 2:''' Observational
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#Facial
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#'''Group 3:''' Reflexive
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#Gestural
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#Corporeal
  
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==Applying "modes of representation" ==
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==Star texts==
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News coverage of an incident in Goražde, ''The Daily Show'', ''Two-A-Days'', ''Cops'', Ole Miss vs. Alabama football, ''Who Wants to be a Millionaire''
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#Explain how these terms apply to the study of television stars:
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#*'''Group 4:''' Stars as texts
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#*'''Group 1:''' Intertextual
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#*'''Group 2:''' Media text
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#*'''Group 3:''' Polysemy
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#How does the textbook distinguish a "star" from an everyday "actor"?
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#Choose one star principally known for his or her work on television. What are some attributes of his or her polysemy. Explain how, according to Richard Dyer's approach, his or her polysemy is constructed from:
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#*Promotion
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#*Publicity
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#*Characters on TV programs
  
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===''The Daily Show'' in Iraq ===
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<gallery widths=400px heights=300px perrow=2 > <--files hotlinked out of Wikipedia Commons-->
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File:Bryan Cranston (7598828512).jpg|'''Group 4:''' Bryan Cranston
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===''Deadliest Catch''===
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</gallery>
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#'''Group 1:''' Expository (or rhetorical)
 
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#*How does it argue for a certain interpretation of these events?
 
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#*How does it shape our understanding of them?
 
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#'''Group 2:''' Interactive
 
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#*Does the TV world ''interact'' with the historical world?
 
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#'''Group 3:''' Observational
 
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#*Do the producers just ''observe'' these events?
 
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#*How is this show different from ''Cops''?
 
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#'''Group 4:''' Reflexive
 
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#*Is it TV about TV? Does it make you aware of TV ''as'' TV?
 
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===''Two-a-Days: Hoover High''===
 
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*How does ''Two-a-Days'' impose elements of narrative on “reality”? What specific aspects of serial narrative structure does the program employ?
 
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*How does it bring together several different genres?
 
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*How is its use of sport/competition different from that of ''Survivor'' or ''The Amazing Race''?
 
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*How is its representation of sports (specifically football) different/similar to how ESPN covers sports?
 
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*"It is possible that there will be some stereotyping going on with all the editing," [Blair] Blanton said. "But I just hope people will get to know the ''real'' me and not the ''show'' me." (CW article, ending line).
 
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**What term would Nichols use instead of “the show me”?
 
  
 
== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
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#Butler, Jeremy G. ''Television: Critical Methods and Applications''. Mahweh, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2007.
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#Jeremy G. Butler, ''Television: Critical Methods and Applications'' (New York: Routledge, 2012).
  
 
==References==
 
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==External links==
 
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*[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/tvcritgallery/main.php/v/chapter04/ ''Television'' Chapter 4 illustrations]
 
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*[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/tvcritgallery/main.php/v/tvprograms/TwoADays/ ''Two-a-Days'' illustrations]
 
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*[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/NewsClips.htm "The Road to Goražde": news video clips]
 
  
 
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Revision as of 19:49, 2 September 2014

Signs of character[1]

  1. Viewer foreknowledge
  2. Character name
  3. Appearance
  4. Objective correlative
  5. Dialogue
  6. Lighting and videography or cinematography
  7. Action

How are these signs of character used to construct the characters in the "Rudy's Sick" episode of The Cosby Show?

  • Cosbyqq00 04 43qq00311.jpg

    Group 3: Dr. Heathcliff "Cliff" Huxtable (Bill Cosby)
    Group 4: Clair Huxtable (Phylicia Rashad)

  • Cosbyqq00 03 07qq00282.jpg

    Group 1: Rudith Lillian "Rudy" Huxtable (Keshia Knight Pulliam)

  • Cosbyqq00 05 19qq00317.jpg

    Group 2: Denise Huxtable (Lisa Bonet) or...

  • Cosbyqq00 05 38qq00322.jpg

    Theodore "Theo" Huxtable (Malcolm-Jamal Warner)

File:Cosbyqq00 04 43qq00311.jpg File:Cosbyqq00 03 07qq00282.jpg File:Cosbyqq00 05 19qq00317.jpg File:Cosbyqq00 05 38qq00322.jpg

Signs of performance[1]

  1. Vocal
  2. Facial
  3. Gestural
  4. Corporeal

Star texts

  1. Explain how these terms apply to the study of television stars:
    • Group 4: Stars as texts
    • Group 1: Intertextual
    • Group 2: Media text
    • Group 3: Polysemy
  2. How does the textbook distinguish a "star" from an everyday "actor"?
  3. Choose one star principally known for his or her work on television. What are some attributes of his or her polysemy. Explain how, according to Richard Dyer's approach, his or her polysemy is constructed from:
    • Promotion
    • Publicity
    • Characters on TV programs

  • Group 4: Bryan Cranston

Bibliography

  1. Jeremy G. Butler, Television: Critical Methods and Applications (New York: Routledge, 2012).

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Richard Dyer, Stars

External links

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