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==Signs of character<ref name="Dyer">Richard Dyer, ''Stars''</ref>==
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==Readings==
#Viewer foreknowledge
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===Introduction, by John Caughie===
#Character name
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'''Group 1'''
#Appearance
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#What are the basic assumptions of auteurist critics?
#Objective correlative
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#How did auteurism differ from previous film criticism?
#Dialogue
 
#Lighting and videography or cinematography
 
#Action
 
  
How are these signs of character used to construct the characters in the "The Vartabedian Conundrum" episode of ''The Big Bang Theory''? These screen shots mostly show their first appearance in this particular episode.
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=== Edward Buscombe ===
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'''Group 2'''
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#What elements of romanticism underpin auteurism?
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#What is the difference between Hawks and "Hawks"?
  
<gallery widths=400px heights=300px perrow=2 >
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=== ''Cahiers du Cinéma'' ===
Image:BigBangTheory20081117qq00_00_15qq00003.jpg|'''Groups 3 & 7:''' Leonard Hofstadter (Johnny Galecki)
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'''Group 3'''
Image:BigBangTheory20081117qq00 00 03qq00001.jpg|'''Groups 4 & 8:''' Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons)
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#What is "formalism" and how did it relate to ''Cahiers''-style auteurism?
Image:BigBangTheory20081117qq00 04 38qq00068.jpg|'''Group 5:''' Penny (Kaley Cuoco)
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#What is "personalism"?
Image:BigBangTheory20081117qq00_10_10qq00163.jpg|'''Group 6:''' Dr. Stephanie Barnett (Sara Rue), hospital scene
 
Image:BigBangTheory20081117qq00 08 36qq00134.jpg|'''Group 1:''' Howard Wolowitz (Simon Helberg)
 
Image:BigBangTheory20081117qq00 08 53qq00138.jpg|'''Group 2:''' Raj Koothrappali (Kunal Nayyar)
 
</gallery>
 
  
===Two more screen shots of Sheldon===
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=== ''Movie'' ===
[[Image:BigBangTheory20081117qq00 03 59qq00055.jpg]]
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'''Group 4'''
[[Image:BigBangTheory20081117qq00 01 28qq00020.jpg]]
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#What was ''Movie''?
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#How did ''Movie'''s approach to auteurism differ from that of ''Cahiers du Cinéma''?
  
==Signs of performance<ref name="Dyer" />==
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=== Andrew Sarris ===
#Vocal
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'''Grad Group'''
#Facial
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#What, according to Sarris, are the three premises of the auteur theory?
#Gestural
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#*Explain, if you can, what Sarris means by "élan of the soul".
#Corporeal
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#What does Sarris mean when he uses the term "mise-en-scene"? ('''Hint''': it's ''not'' how Bordwell and Thompson use it in ''Film Art''.)
 
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#*And how does this image (below) illustrate it?
==Star texts==
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[[Image:Rules Moment07.jpg|thumb|left|Jean Renoir in ''Rules of the Game'' (French title: ''La Règle du jeu'').]]
#Explain how these terms apply to the study of television stars:
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#*'''Group 4:''' Stars as texts
 
#*'''Group 1:''' Intertextual
 
#*'''Group 2:''' Media text
 
#*'''Group 3:''' Polysemy
 
#How does the textbook distinguish a "star" from an everyday "actor"?
 
#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
 
 
 
<gallery widths=400px heights=300px perrow=2 > <--files hotlinked out of Wikipedia Commons; see talk page-->
 
File:Amy_Poehler_at_Parks_and_Recreation_premiere.jpg|'''Group 4:''' Amy Poehler
 
</gallery>
 
  
 
== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
#Jeremy G. Butler, ''Television: Critical Methods and Applications'' (New York: Routledge, 2012).
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All from ''Theories of Authorship'', John Caughie, ed. (Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1981):
  
==References==
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#Introduction, John Caughie, 9-16.
<references/>
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#Edward Buscombe, "Ideas of Authorship," 22-34.
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#''Cahiers du Cinéma'', 35-47.
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#''Movie'', 48-60.
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#Andrew Sarris, 61-67.
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
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#[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T440/AuteurTheory.htm Auteur Theory Illustrations]
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#[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T340/Bazin03.htm Auteurism's defining moment], according to Sarris.
  
[[Category:TCF311]]
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[[Category:TCF440/540 Discussion]]
[[Category:TCF311 Discussion]]
 

Revision as of 14:55, 27 March 2008

Readings

Introduction, by John Caughie

Group 1

  1. What are the basic assumptions of auteurist critics?
  2. How did auteurism differ from previous film criticism?

Edward Buscombe

Group 2

  1. What elements of romanticism underpin auteurism?
  2. What is the difference between Hawks and "Hawks"?

Cahiers du Cinéma

Group 3

  1. What is "formalism" and how did it relate to Cahiers-style auteurism?
  2. What is "personalism"?

Movie

Group 4

  1. What was Movie?
  2. How did Movie's approach to auteurism differ from that of Cahiers du Cinéma?

Andrew Sarris

Grad Group

  1. What, according to Sarris, are the three premises of the auteur theory?
    • Explain, if you can, what Sarris means by "élan of the soul".
  2. What does Sarris mean when he uses the term "mise-en-scene"? (Hint: it's not how Bordwell and Thompson use it in Film Art.)
    • And how does this image (below) illustrate it?
Jean Renoir in Rules of the Game (French title: La Règle du jeu).


Bibliography

All from Theories of Authorship, John Caughie, ed. (Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1981):

  1. Introduction, John Caughie, 9-16.
  2. Edward Buscombe, "Ideas of Authorship," 22-34.
  3. Cahiers du Cinéma, 35-47.
  4. Movie, 48-60.
  5. Andrew Sarris, 61-67.

External links

  1. Auteur Theory Illustrations
  2. Auteurism's defining moment, according to Sarris.