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| − | '''Multiple camera vs. single camera'''
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| − | |title=Multiple-Camera Production: ''All My Children''
| + | #*Who originally articulated it? What does it mean when applied to TV? |
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| + | #Polysemy |
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| + | #*"poly-semy" = "many meanings" |
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| + | #*We saw polysemy in action in our discussion of ''The Andy Griffith Show''. What are some specific examples of polysemy from your own television viewing? |
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| + | #*What does "structured polysemy" mean? |
| − | |File:Fig09-35 AMC01.jpg|alt1=All My Children.|
| + | #Discourse |
| − | |File:Fig09-36 AMC02.jpg|alt2=All My Children.|
| + | #*How does theorist John Fiske use the term? |
| − | |File:Fig09-37 AMC03.jpg|alt3=All My Children.|
| + | #*What is an example of this, from your own television viewing? |
| − | |File:Fig09-38 AMC04.jpg|alt4=All My Children.|
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| − | #What is the difference between the two modes of production? | |
| − | #*What is it about these two scenes from soap operas that mark them as multiple-camera productions? | |
| − | #**[http://www.criticalcommons.org/Members/jbutler/clips/atwt20080201.mp4 ''As the World Turns''] (see ''Television'') | |
| − | #***[https://tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/TVCrit2018_images_ByChapters/10/ Online screenshots]. | |
| − | #**[https://tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/AllMyChildren.php ''All My Children'']. | |
| − | #**'''All Groups:''' List at least three aspects of these scenes that mark them as multiple-camera.
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| − | #*Similarly, how can you tell that this ''The New Adventures of Old Christine'' episode, “Ritchie Scores” (8 January 2007) is a multiple-camera sitcom?
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| − | #**[http://www.tvstylebook.com/video/the-new-adventures-of-old-christine-scene/ See video clip] (password: telestylistics).
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| − | #**'''All Groups:''' List at least three multiple-camera aspects of the scene that it shares with the ''As the World Turns'' and ''All My Children'' examples. | |
| − | #In which situations is single camera preferred? In which is multiple camera preferred? | |
| − | #*'''All Groups:''' List at least two examples of each. | |
| − | #'''All Groups:''' List four single-camera TV shows and four multiple-camera shows, but don't use the examples in the textbook.
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| − | #*Single camera: The Office, Grey's Anatomy, Ghost Whisperer, Lost, Breaking Bad, Handmaid's Tale, Game of Thrones | |
| − | #*Multiple camera: Full House, Suite Life of Z.C., Cheers, Drake & Josh, Fresh Prince...
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| − | '''Multiple-camera exercise: "The Contest," ''Seinfeld'', October 26, 1992'''
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| − | *Pretend you are director Tom Cherones and map out the camera positions [http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T311/SEINFELDScript.pdf for this scene]. Where would you cut? Which camera-position would you use for each shot?
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| − | |File:SeinfeldSetMiniature.jpg|alt1=Seinfeld set miniature.|Set miniature.
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| | == Bibliography == | | == Bibliography == |
| − | #Butler, Jeremy G. ''Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture''. New York: Routledge, 2018. | + | #Jeremy G. Butler, ''Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture'' (New York: Routledge, 2018). |
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| − | ==External links==
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| − | #[http://www.tvstylebook.com/video/ ''Television Style'' video examples]
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| − | #[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T311/SeinfeldSceneBreakdown.php ''Seinfeld'' scene breakdown materials]
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| − | #[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/Seinfeld19921118TheContest_SampleScene.php Video clip]
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| − | #[http://tvcrit.com/find/howimet Hybrid mode of production] in ''How I Met Your Mother''
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| − | #[http://www.criticalcommons.org/Members/jbutler/clips/multiple-camera-editing-in-soap-operas/video_view Multiple-camera editing in ''Days of Our Lives'']
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| | [[Category:JCM311]] | | [[Category:JCM311]] |
| | [[Category:JCM311 Discussion]] | | [[Category:JCM311 Discussion]] |
