Difference between pages "Douglas Sirk as Auteur (Discussion)" and "Editing: Multiple Camera Mode (Discussion)"

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==Equivalent characters in the 1934 and 1959 versions of ''Imitation of Life''==
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==Multiple camera vs. single camera==
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#What is the difference between the two modes of production?
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#*What is it about [http://www.tvstylebook.com/video/as-the-world-turns-scene/ this scene from ''As The World Turns''] (password: telestylistics) that marks it as a multiple-camera production? From 1 February 2008.
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#**Compare it with the ''All My Children'' scene in ''Television'': [http://www.tcf.ua.edu/tvcritgallery/index.php/chapter07?page=5 frame grabs] and [http://www.tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/AllMyChildren.htm QuickTime clip].
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#**'''All Groups:''' List at least three aspects of the scene that mark it as multiple-camera.
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#*What is it about this ''The New Adventures of Old Christine'' episode, “Ritchie Scores” (8 January 2007) that marks it as a multiple-camera production?. [http://www.tvstylebook.com/video/the-new-adventures-of-old-christine-scene/ See video clip.]
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#**'''All Groups:''' List at least three multiple-camera aspects of the ''ATWT'' scene that it shares with the ''AMC'' example.
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#In which situations is single camera preferred? In which is multiple camera preferred?
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#*'''All Groups:''' List at least two examples of each.
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#'''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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==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].
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    <td><strong>1934</strong></td>
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http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T311/SeinfeldSetMiniature.jpg
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    <td><strong>1959</strong></td>
 
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    <td>Bea</td>
 
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    <td>Lora</td>
 
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    <td>Delilah</td>
 
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    <td>Annie</td>
 
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    <td>Jessie</td>
 
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    <td>Susie</td>
 
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    <td>Peola</td>
 
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    <td>Sarah Jane</td>
 
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    <td>Steve</td>
 
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    <td>Steve</td>
 
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==Readings==
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Set miniature by [http://www.flickr.com/photos/24682838@N05/ Charles Brogdon].
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==="Three-Way Mirror: Imitation of Life"===
 
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Lucy Fischer sums the previous approaches to ''Imitation of Life'' and then addresses her own concerns about the film:
 
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# "The question of women and work"
 
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# "The issue of race"
 
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# "The matter of star biography"
 
  
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Discuss these "concerns":
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== Bibliography ==
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#'''Group 2:''' According to Fischer, what "cliché" is there about women's employment in the decade 1948-58? Why is it untrue?
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#Butler, Jeremy G. ''Television: Critical Methods and Applications''. Mahweh, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2007.
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#'''Group 3:''' Often, films place women in the position of choosing between work outside the home and staying at home and nurturing children. How does ''Imitation of Life'' deal with this conflict—both in terms of Lora ''and'' Annie? Does Annie fit a "mammy" stereotype? According to Fischer what factors present domestic labor in a negative manner?
 
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#*And how does the presentation of work vs. motherhood differ in the 1934 and 1959 versions?
 
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#'''Group 4:''' It's not just work and motherhood that are inflected with issues surrounding race. Fischer also sees a connection between race and "performance," between race and imitations (plural) of life. What different forms of performance, of playing a role, are evident in ''Imitation of Life''? Who performs and why?
 
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#*How does changing the white mother from the "Pancake Queen" to a performer change the story's meaning?
 
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#*''Student response''': Fischer references Sarah Jane's "passing" and its parallelism with IMITATION's purpose: "recuperative melodrama" versus "subversive parody." Her passing also acts as a metaphor for women's roles in the workplace, such as Annie's passing as a "happy housewife" (or even Lora's passing as a good mother). Sarah Jane's passing (especially in school) incidentally touches on the topic of segregation and BROWN v. BOARD of EDUCATION. Thus, as Sarah Jane plays the part of a white girl in school and at a dive, she passes, just as Lora passes as a mother while playing parts professionally and as Annie passes as a satisfied housewife.  
 
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#'''All Groups:''' We'll discuss Turner as a star more fully next week, but what themes (or polysemy) does Fischer say were associated both with Turner (embodied in the Johnny Stompanato scandal) and Turner's ''character'' in ''Imitation of Life''?
 
  
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==="Distanciation and Douglas Sirk"===
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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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#'''Group 1:''' How does Sirk "intensify" elements of the melodrama genre?
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[[Category:TCF311]]
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#Willemen concludes that the "distanciation effect" can be "used to parody the stylistic procedures which traditionally convey an extremely smug, self-righteous and ''petit bourgeois'' world view paramount in the American melodrama."
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[[Category:TCF311 Discussion]]
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#*''Petit bourgeois'' (pronounced "petty boor-jwah") is a French word meaning, literally, the "small middle-class", but more generally referring to a conservative social class of shop keepers and professionals. Thus, a ''petit bourgeois'' worldview is one that is politically and morally conservative.
 
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#*'''All Groups:''' How might ''Imitation of Life'' be seen to be an attack on conservative values of the 1950s? Do you think it succeeds at that?
 
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==Thinking further about remakes==
 
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#'''All Groups:''' There are many differences between the two versions of ''Imitation of Life''. One subtle change is the endings. How does each film end? (Refer to [http://www.tcf.ua.edu/jbutler/Diss/AppC/index.htm frame grabs here].) How do the endings signify different resolutions of the black daughter plotline and the white mother-boyfriend-daughter plotline?
 
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[[Image:ImitationOfLife1934qq01 47 59qq.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Final scene, 1934 version.]]
 
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[[Image:ImitationOfLife1934qq01 49 48qq.jpg|none|thumb|200px|Final shot, 1934 version.]]
 
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[[Image:ImitationOfLife1959qq02 02 53qq.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Final scene, 1959 version.]]
 
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[[Image:ImitationOfLife1959qq02 03 35qq.jpg|none|thumb|200px|Final shot, 1959 version.]]
 
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==Bibliography==
 
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# Lucy Fischer, "Three-Way Mirror: Imitation of Life," ''Imitation of Life: Douglas Sirk, Director'' ed. Lucy Fischer (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press) 3-28.
 
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# Paul Willemen, "Distanciation and Douglas Sirk," ''Imitation of Life: Douglas Sirk, Director'', 268-272.
 
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[[Category:TCF440/540 Discussion]]
 

Revision as of 20:15, 17 November 2011

Multiple camera vs. single camera

  1. What is the difference between the two modes of production?
    • What is it about this scene from As The World Turns (password: telestylistics) that marks it as a multiple-camera production? From 1 February 2008.
      • Compare it with the All My Children scene in Television: frame grabs and QuickTime clip.
      • All Groups: List at least three aspects of the scene that mark it as multiple-camera.
    • What is it about this The New Adventures of Old Christine episode, “Ritchie Scores” (8 January 2007) that marks it as a multiple-camera production?. See video clip.
      • All Groups: List at least three multiple-camera aspects of the ATWT scene that it shares with the AMC example.
  2. In which situations is single camera preferred? In which is multiple camera preferred?
    • All Groups: List at least two examples of each.
  3. All Groups: List four single-camera TV shows and four multiple-camera shows, but don't use the examples in the textbook.

Multiple-camera exercise: "The Contest," Seinfeld, October 26, 1992

  • Pretend you are director Tom Cherones and map out the camera positions for this scene.

http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T311/SeinfeldSetMiniature.jpg

Set miniature by Charles Brogdon.

Bibliography

  1. Butler, Jeremy G. Television: Critical Methods and Applications. Mahweh, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2007.

External links

  1. Television Style video examples
  2. Seinfeld scene breakdown materials
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