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<div>==Class screenings related to identity==<br />
*Race<br />
**''The Bernie Mac Show''<br />
**''Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip''<br />
**''Girlfriends''<br />
**Jeff Foxworthy, ''The Good Old Days''<br />
**Jim Gaffigan, ''Noble Ape''<br />
*Ethnicity/nationality<br />
**''Always Be My Maybe''<br />
**''Reservation Dogs''<br />
**''Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens''<br />
*Gender<br />
**Sasha ([[w:Ali Wong|Ali Wong]]) in ''Always Be My Maybe''<br />
**Nora ([[W:Awkwafina|Awkwafina]]) in ''Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens''<br />
**[[W:Penny (The Big Bang Theory)|Penny]] ([[W:Kaley Cuoco|Kaley Cuoco]]) and Dr. Stephanie Barnett ([[w:Sara Rue|Sara Rue]]) in ''The Big Bang Theory''<br />
**Julia ([[W:Dixie Carter|Dixie Carter]]), Mary Jo ([[w:Annie Potts|Annie Potts]]), Allison ([[w:Julia Duffy|Julia Duffy]]), Carlene ([[w:Jan Hooks|Jan Hooks]]), Bernice ([[w:Alice Ghostley|Alice Ghostley]]) in ''Designing Women''<br />
**Toni ([[W:Jill Marie Jones|Jill Marie Jones]]), Maya ([[W:Golden Brooks|Golden Brooks]]), Joan ([[W:Tracee Ellis Ross|Tracee Ellis Ross]]), Lynn ([[W:Persia White|Persia White]]) in ''Girlfriends''<br />
**Lucy ([[W:Lucille Ball|Lucille Ball]]) in ''I Love Lucy''<br />
**Eve ([[W:Barbara Stanwyck|Barbara Stanwyck]]) in ''The Lady Eve''<br />
**[[w:Jennifer Walters (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Jennifer/She-Hulk]] ([[w:Tatiana Maslany|Tatiana Maslany]] in in ''She-Hulk: Attorney at Law''<br />
**Max ([[W:Kat Dennings|Kat Dennings]]) and Caroline ([[W:Beth Behrs|Beth Behrs]]) in ''2 Broke Girls''<br />
*Religion<br />
**''Curb Your Enthusiasm''<br />
*Class<br />
**''The Lady Eve''<br />
**''2 Broke Girls''<br />
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File:01 establishing shot.jpg|alt=Seinfeld reenactment.|Establishing shot of the diner, with Jerry and George.<br />
File:02 George.jpg|alt=Seinfeld reenactment.|George: "Well, my mother..."<br />
File:03 Jerry.jpg|alt=Seinfeld reenactment. |Jerry: "But you're still master of your domain?"<br />
File:02b George IMG 6576.jpg|alt=Seinfeld reenactment.|George: "I'm king of the county."<br />
File:04 Elaine enters.jpg|alt=Seinfeld reenactment. |Elaine enters: "John F. Kennedy, Junior!"<br />
File:05 Jerry looks at Elaine.jpg|alt=Seinfeld reenactment. |Jerry looks at Elaine: "Did you talk to him?"<br />
File:06 3-shot.jpg|alt=Seinfeld reenactment. |Three-shot. Elaine tells her John F. Kennedy, Jr. story.<br />
File:09 Jerry listens.jpg|alt=Seinfeld reenactment. |<br />
File:08 2-shot Elaine and George.jpg|alt=Seinfeld reenactment. |Two-shot of Elaine and George.<br />
File:07 Jerry.jpg|alt=Seinfeld reenactment. |Jerry: "Are you still master of your domain?"<br />
File:10 Elaine - Queen of the Castle.jpg|alt=Seinfeld reenactment. |Elaine: "I am queen of the castle."<br />
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== Herman Gray and Michael Omi & Howard Winant on the study of race and ethnicity==<br />
*Sociologists Michael Omi and Howard Winant reject the idea of racial '''essentialism''' and propose an approach based instead on a '''racial formation'''.<br />
*Herman Gray identifies three African-American discourses in TV. <br />
*#The '''assimilationist''' category, including ''Designing Women''.<br />
*#The '''pluralist''' category, including ''Girlfriends''.<br />
*#The '''multiculturalist''' category.<br />
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==Beretta Smith-Shomade==<br />
Beretta Smith-Shomade (pronounced "show-ma-day") examines "four intertwined elements in [1990s] television comedy that define and give meaning to Black women's representation there: work roles, characterization, class, and identity" (48).<br />
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*Work and class. When Joan snoops in Marcus's apartment, she notes music by [[w:John Coltrane|John Coltrane]] and [[W:Macy Gray|Macy Gray]] and a novel by [[W:Walter Mosley|Walter Mosley]]. What do these signifiers tell you about Marcus's social class? Also, elsewhere in the episode there are allusions to the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, Nelson Mandela, and Rainbow/PUSH. Each is a significant reference within black culture.<br />
<!--**The items in Marcus' apartment allude that he is well-off, cultured, and educated. They represent a higher class because many working class individuals may not be interested in those matters. --><br />
**The [[w:Tuskegee Syphilis Study|Tuskegee Syphilis Study]] (here in Alabama!) subjected many black men to the disease without proper treatment or information before the experiment. This contributed to a growing mistrust between the black community and medical professionals. <br />
**[[w:Nelson Mandela|Nelson Mandela]] was jailed for 27 years in South Africa for fighting to end apartheid.<br />
**[[w:Rainbow/PUSH|Rainbow/PUSH]] is a non-profit intended to empower black individuals within government positions. PUSH stands for People United to Serve Humanity. <br />
*Identity<br />
**Language. How does the way they speak define black characters? What differences do you hear in the ''Girlfriends'' characters' speech?<br />
**Skin shade. How does skin shade define black characters? Describe how this episode directly addresses this issue in the black community. Is there a moral to this story?<br />
**Hair. How do hair styles define black characters? What hair-style differences do you see in the ''Girlfriends'' characters and what do they tell you about Toni, Maya, Joan, and Lynn?<br />
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*Characterization (i.e., conventional roles and stereotypes). Does ''Girlfriends'' rely on African-American stereotypes? E.g., "mammy," "sapphire," "tragic mulatto," etc.<br />
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==Casts==<br />
===''Girlfriends''===<br />
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File:Girlfriends20001002qq00 01 26qq00017.jpg|alt=Screenshot from Girlfriends.|''Girlfriends'' credits. From left: Toni, Maya, Joan, & Lynn.<br />
File:Girlfriends20001002qq00 01 30qq00020.jpg|alt=Screenshot from Girlfriends.|Joan.<br />
File:Girlfriends20001002qq00 01 31qq00022.jpg|alt=Screenshot from Girlfriends.|Maya.<br />
File:Girlfriends20001002qq00 01 36qq00007.jpg|alt=Screenshot from Girlfriends.|Lynn.<br />
File:Girlfriends20001002qq00 01 39qq00010.jpg|alt=Screenshot from Girlfriends.|Toni.<br />
File:Girlfriends20001002qq00 01 41qq00034.jpg|alt=Screenshot from Girlfriends.|William.<br />
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*William Dent ([[Wikipedia:Reggie Hayes|Reggie Hayes]])<br />
*Toni Childs ([[Wikipedia:Jill Marie Jones|Jill Marie Jones]])<br />
*Maya Wilkes ([[Wikipedia:Golden Brooks|Golden Brooks]])<br />
*Joan Clayton ([[Wikipedia:Tracee Ellis Ross|Tracee Ellis Ross]])<br />
*Lynn Searcy ([[Wikipedia:Persia White|Persia White]])<br />
*Marcus Stokes ([[Wikipedia:Rodney Van Johnson|Rodney Van Johnson]])<br />
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== Texts & resources ==<br />
*Beretta E. Smith-Shomade, "Laughing Out Loud: Negras Negotiating Situation Comedy," in ''Shaded Lives: African-American Women and Television'' (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2002), 24-68.<br />
*Jeremy G. Butler, "Redesigning Discourse: Feminism, the Sitcom and Designing Women," Journal of Film and Video, 45, no. 1; pp. 13-26. [https://tvcrit.com/jbutler/research/RedesigningDiscourse.pdf Online version].<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jeremy_Butler/Books/Discourse_and_Identity:_Race Wikipedia book: ''Girlfriends'' allusions]<br />
*[https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/T311/Girlfriends/ ''Girlfriends'' illustrations]<br />
*"Infanity: Girlfriends," tour of the ''Girlfriends'' set by Persia White, [https://tvcrit.org/EO/DV/White_Persia_Girlfriends.php local copy]<br />
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<div>Contributors' notes:<br />
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[https://butlerana.com/winwiki/index.php/Jeremy_Butler Jeremy Butler]<br />
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*[[User:Architha|Architha]]<br />
*[[User:Gardner|Gardner]]<br />
*[[User:Ava|Ava]]<br />
*[[User:Daisy|Daisy]]<br />
*[[User:Josh|Josh]]<br />
*[[User:Kate|Kate]]<br />
*[[User:Alex|Alex]]<br />
*[[User:Logan|Logan]]<br />
*[[User:Marguerite|Marguerite]]<br />
*[[User:Mayeth|Mayeth]]<br />
*[[User:Sam|Sam]]<br />
*[[User:Zachary|Zachary]]</div>Jeremy Butlerhttps://screenpedia.org/index.php/BUI301F2022/TV_Comedy:_Single_CameraBUI301F2022/TV Comedy: Single Camera2022-10-24T18:09:17Z<p>Jeremy Butler: </p>
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<div>==Single-Camera productions: Behind the scenes==<br />
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File:Addams Family Still.jpg|alt=The Addams Family, circa 1960.|''The Addams Family'', circa 1965<br />
File:Andy Griffith Show street scene.jpg|alt=Promotional photograph, The Andy Griffith Show. From the episode, "Barney's Replacement," broadcast October 9, 1961.|''The Andy Griffith Show'', 10/6/1961 episode<br />
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==''Scrubs'' decoupage exercise==<br />
Diagram the opening scene from ''Scrubs'' (video on Blackboard and [http://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/BUI301/Scrubs_20050215/index.html screenshots over here]). Does your diagram look [https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/BUI301/Scrubs_20050215/Scrubs_20050215_diagram.jpg like this?]<br />
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==Format (aka, the televisual "schema")==<br />
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File:ReservationDogsS1E2qq00 00 17qq00001.jpg|alt=Reservation Dogs screenshot.<br />
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Table 5.3 "Multiple-camera and single-camera schemas" (''Television Style'', p. 196) summarizes the differences between the two. What elements of the single-camera televisual schema can you identify in the opening scene of ''Reservation Dogs'' ([https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/BUI301/F22/resdogsjb/index.html see screenshots], directed by Sydney Freeland?<br />
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===''Seinfeld'' scene reenactment ''as a single-camera production''===<br />
We will reshoot [https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/T311/SEINFELDScript.pdf this scene] from "The Contest" as a ''televisual'' scene--in a series of still photographs.<br />
*[https://vimeo.com/766951657 The resulting video!]<br />
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'''Camera operators (see below): please be sure to shoot images in "landscape" format.'''<br />
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*The scene starts with Jerry and George seated at a table in Tuomey. Elaine is in Gorgas Library.<br />
**Kate and Ava will shoot "in-studio" (on the "set" that is the Tuomey interior), upstairs in the faculty office.<br />
**Daisy and Logan will shoot Archi in Gorgas Library, walking to Tuomey, and walking up the stairs. (Optional: shoot Archi gazing at a JFK, Jr. type.)<br />
**Alex and Marguerite will shoot B-roll footage--six photographs of the exterior of Tuomey and Gorgas and random shots around the Quad.<br />
*Instead of Elaine entering on her line, "...John F. Kennedy Jr.", she will phone Jerry. Jerry will put her on speaker so that he and George can talk to her.<br />
*After Jerry says, "Good one," Elaine says, "Hang on, I'm almost at Tuomey." She then enters Tuomey and stands next to George and Jerry's table, which she says her long monologue.<br />
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====Cast and crew====<br />
*Cast<br />
**Ava as Jerry<br />
**Josh as George<br />
**Archi as Elaine<br />
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*Crew<br />
**Alex: camera (b-roll)<br />
**Marguerite: camera (b-roll) - grip, gaffer, make-up<br />
**Kate: camera (in-studio)<br />
**Zach: camera (in-studio) - grip, gaffer, make-up<br />
**Daisy: camera (remote)<br />
**Logan: camera (remote) - grip, gaffer, make-up<br />
**Gardner: script continuity, security, craft services<br />
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File:01 establishing shot.jpg|alt=Seinfeld reenactment.|Establishing shot of the diner, with Jerry and George.<br />
File:02 George.jpg|alt=Seinfeld reenactment.|George: "Well, my mother..."<br />
File:03 Jerry.jpg|alt=Seinfeld reenactment. |Jerry: "But you're still master of your domain?"<br />
File:02b George IMG 6576.jpg|alt=Seinfeld reenactment.|George: "I'm king of the county."<br />
File:04 Elaine enters.jpg|alt=Seinfeld reenactment. |Elaine enters: "John F. Kennedy, Junior!"<br />
File:05 Jerry looks at Elaine.jpg|alt=Seinfeld reenactment. |Jerry looks at Elaine: "Did you talk to him?"<br />
File:06 3-shot.jpg|alt=Seinfeld reenactment. |Three-shot. Elaine tells her John F. Kennedy, Jr. story.<br />
File:09 Jerry listens.jpg|alt=Seinfeld reenactment. |<br />
File:08 2-shot Elaine and George.jpg|alt=Seinfeld reenactment. |Two-shot of Elaine and George.<br />
File:07 Jerry.jpg|alt=Seinfeld reenactment. |Jerry: "Are you still master of your domain?"<br />
File:10 Elaine - Queen of the Castle.jpg|alt=Seinfeld reenactment. |Elaine: "I am queen of the castle."<br />
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== Texts & resources ==<br />
*Jeremy G. Butler, ''Television Style'' (New York: Routledge, 2010).<br />
*[http://www.tvstylebook.com/video/ ''Television Style'' video examples]<br />
*[https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/BUI301/F22/resdogsjb/index.html ''Reservation Dogs'' screenshots]<br />
*[https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/T311/ChevCommFromTVCrit/ Chevrolet commercial screenshots]<br />
*[https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/BUI301/Scrubs_20050215/ ''Scrubs'' screenshots]<br />
*[https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/BUI301/SOPRANOS_S1_D3/ ''The Sopranos'' screenshots]<br />
*[https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/T112/classicism/index.php#editing Classical Editing Examples]<br />
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File:NewAdventures diagram.jpg|alt=New Adventures of Old Christine diagram.|''New Adventures of Old Christine'' diagram.<br />
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==Format==<br />
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# Catchphrase.<br />
# Laughtrack.<br />
# Commercial breaks.<br />
# Recurring narrative problematic<br />
# 30-minutes long<br />
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==Mode of production==<br />
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# Shot on film, not live<br />
# Syndication quality<br />
# Appears to be live, with a laughtrack<br />
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==Dominant ideology (''Zeitgeist'')==<br />
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# Characters expressing opposing views<br />
# Polysemy = many meanings<br />
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==''Seinfeld'''s innovations==<br />
*Director Tom Cherones<br />
*Below are stills from [http://www.retroweb.com/backlots/seinfeld_reunion.html the recreated set], used in an episode of Larry David's ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'' and a set miniature by [http://www.flickr.com/photos/24682838@N05/ Charles Brogdon].<br />
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File:Seinfeld reunion sets 048.jpg|alt=Seinfeld set.|The set as recreated for ''Curb Your Enthusiasm''.<br />
File:Seinfeld reunion sets 056.jpg|alt=Seinfeld set.|A ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'' scene.<br />
File:SeinfeldSetMiniature.jpg|alt=Seinfeld set miniature.|Set miniature.<br />
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===''Seinfeld'' scene reenactment===<br />
A reenactment of [https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/T311/SEINFELDScript.pdf this scene] from "The Contest" as a series of still photographs.<br />
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*Cast<br />
**Logan as Jerry<br />
**Ava as George<br />
**Marguerite as Elaine<br />
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File:01 establishing shot.jpg|alt=Seinfeld reenactment.|Establishing shot of the diner, with Jerry and George.<br />
File:02 George.jpg|alt=Seinfeld reenactment.|George: "Well, my mother..."<br />
File:03 Jerry.jpg|alt=Seinfeld reenactment. |Jerry: "But you're still master of your domain?"<br />
File:02b George IMG 6576.jpg|alt=Seinfeld reenactment.|George: "I'm king of the county."<br />
File:04 Elaine enters.jpg|alt=Seinfeld reenactment. |Elaine enters: "John F. Kennedy, Junior!"<br />
File:05 Jerry looks at Elaine.jpg|alt=Seinfeld reenactment. |Jerry looks at Elaine: "Did you talk to him?"<br />
File:06 3-shot.jpg|alt=Seinfeld reenactment. |Three-shot. Elaine tells her John F. Kennedy, Jr. story.<br />
File:09 Jerry listens.jpg|alt=Seinfeld reenactment. |<br />
File:08 2-shot Elaine and George.jpg|alt=Seinfeld reenactment. |Two-shot of Elaine and George.<br />
File:07 Jerry.jpg|alt=Seinfeld reenactment. |Jerry: "Are you still master of your domain?"<br />
File:10 Elaine - Queen of the Castle.jpg|alt=Seinfeld reenactment. |Elaine: "I am queen of the castle."<br />
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== Texts & resources ==<br />
*Jeremy G. Butler, ''The Sitcom'' (New York: Routledge, 2020).<br />
*[https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/T311/SeinfeldSceneBreakdown.php ''Seinfeld'' scene breakdown materials]<br />
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File:AlwaysBeMyMaybeqq00 07 50qq00007.jpg|alt=Screenshot from ''Always Be My Maybe''.|''Always Be My Maybe''<br />
File:LadyEveqq00 05 18qq00001.jpg|alt=Screenshot from ''The Lady Eve''.|''The Lady Eve'': "meet cute"?<br />
File:LadyEve00 05 23qq00002.jpg|alt=Screenshot from ''The Lady Eve''.|''The Lady Eve'': Hopsie returns from the Amazon.<br />
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==Narrative==<br />
#“Stanley Cavell: "the comedy of remarriage" (from ''Pursuits of Happiness'')<br />
#*“...the couple as separated in the initial stages, only to be reunited by the end of the film after discovering that they still love each other"<br />
#"...the couple experiencing love at first sight yet being unable to be together, due to factors beyond their control.<br />
#"...unrequited love.<br />
#"...the couple who are at war with each other from the start”<br />
===Tropes===<br />
*“mistaken identity, disguise and masquerade, intimate tete-a-tetes (often meals), public humiliation, brides bolting from the altar, a race against time, confiding in friends and the 'meet-cute'."<br />
**What are our films' "meets cute" and how are they "prophetic"?<br />
===The screwball heroine===<br />
*“crazy and unpredictable, she is capable of throwing a man's life into complete chaos, and has excessive energies and exuberance. In this respect she is a threat to society and needs to be contained by the restraints of marriage."<br />
**How is the threat of the independent woman contained? Is that containment what you take away from ''The Lady Eve'' or ''Always''?<br />
===The screwball hero===<br />
*"two main types: the innocent and the father figure.”<br />
**Hopsie Pike (The Lady Eve): "the naive innocent who needs to be guided by a woman in order to find happiness. Yet in turn all of these men have lost their way and need to be transformed by love into fully functioning, emotionally intelligent adults."<br />
***Does this apply to Marcus?<br />
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=="The comedy of romance"==<br />
*Geoff King: "...comedy as hinging on 'departures of a particular kind from what are considered to be the normal routines of life', the comic impact of which is created through:<br />
**difference from what is usually expected in the non-comic world<br />
**incongruity<br />
**exaggeration<br />
**displacement; sense of things being out of place, mixed up or not quite right.”<br />
**How does this relate back to Carroll's types of humor?<br />
*"anarchic disruption of the norm, manifested in an exhilarating rush of verbal wit and slapstick comedy, the chemistry between the couple having been the catalyst for this comic abundance.”<br />
**What is the function of slapstick in ''Eve'' and ''Always''?<br />
**"The gag"<br />
***What functions do gags serve in romantic comedies? E.g., Jean dropping an apple on Hopsie.<br />
***Do they serve the narrative or distract from it?<br />
*Geoff King and Raymond Durgnat: "The audience laugh with relief that it is not us on the screen, even to the point of feeling '''superior''' to the characters in all their foolishness and humiliation, yet we can laugh with a sense of recognition, or in sympathy with the character with whom we have been aligned.”<br />
**Did you feel superior to any of the characters in the two films? Was that superiority a source of humor?<br />
*Steve Neale and Frank Krutnik: "distribution of narrative knowledge between the characters and the spectator in order to create comic suspense and surprise."<br />
**What phrase does Carroll use for this?<br />
**What types of disguises are there in ''Eve''?<br />
**Surprise: "The unexpected gives delight to the spectator, in contrast to the pleasure created by following the predictable narrative path of the genre, applying Barthes's distinction between ''jouissance'' and ''plaisir''. ''Jouissance'' (delight) is an uncontrolled pleasure which is difficult to rationalise, creating a more intense relationship between the film and the spectator."<br />
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== Texts & resources ==<br />
*Claire Mortimer, ''Romantic Comedy'' (New York: Routledge, 2010).<br />
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<div>To optimize [https://www.videolan.org/ VLC Media Player] for capturing screenshots, [https://www.videolan.org/ download/install the software from here], and then configure it in the following manner.<br />
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Alternatively, there is a 6-minute [http://shotlogger.org/VLCandShotLogger/VLCconfiguration.mp4 video tutorial] covering these steps. Although it was created for a project called Shot Logger, it can apply to any capturing of screenshots: [http://shotlogger.org/VLCandShotLogger/VLCconfiguration.mp4 view it here].<br />
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#Open VLC's preferences.<br />
#*Select the '''Tools''' menu and then '''Preferences'''<br />
#Select the '''Video''' preferences and then scroll down to its '''Video Snapshots''' section.<br />
#Choose a '''Directory''' (aka, a "folder") in which to store your image files. Make sure it's one you can easily find later.<br />
#Check the '''Sequential numbering''' box.<br />
#Change the '''Prefix''' to the following in the blank:<br />
#*The name of your Keaton film, followed by<br />
#*The letters '''qq$Tqq'''<br />
#*The result of this "prefix" is that your filenames will look something like this:<br />
#**''Keaton Film Title qq01_05_11qq00004.jpg''<br />
#**Note that the filename contains the timecode for the screenshot, in an HH_MM_SS format: one hour, five minutes and 11 seconds, in this case.<br />
#Change the '''Format''' from PNG to JPG. (PNG files are MUCH bigger than JPEG ones.)<br />
#*When you're finished setting preferences, the '''Video snapshots''' blanks should look like the image below.<br />
#Scroll down in preferences and be sure to click the '''SAVE''' button.<br />
#While watching a video, you can press shortcut keys to quickly capture a screenshot to the directory/folder you set in the preferences.<br />
#*Windows: '''SHIFT + S'''<br />
#*Mac: '''CMD + ALT + S'''<br />
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<div>==The Scarecrow==<br />
The Scarecrow is a 1920 silent American comedy short film starring [[w:Buster_Keaton|Buster Keaton]]. This 19-minute film was written and directed by Buster Keaton and Edward Cline.<br />
[[File:TheScarecrowqq00 14 10qq00304.jpg|thumb|288x288px]]<br />
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==Plot==<br />
Keaton and his roommate Roberts are farmhands who are competing for the love of the farmer’s daughter. The film opens with Keaton experiencing a toothache and his Roberts helping him pull the tooth out by tying it to the door. They both then get ready for breakfast. While Keaton cooks, Roberts sets the table, transforming their one-room living room into a kitchen by lowering strings from the ceiling that hold everything they need to eat. After their meal, they both go out to the farm where they compete for the farmer’s daughter’s attention.[[File:TheScarecrowqq00 16 26qq00363.jpg|thumb|288x288px|link=https://screenpedia.org/index.php/File:TheScarecrowqq00_16_26qq00363.jpg]]Keaton then begins to be chased by a dog that he believes to be rabid. The chase concludes with Keaton losing his clothes at the mill and the dog asking to be friends. Keaton runs into the farmer who, now angry, begins to chase him. In an effort to go unnoticed and escape, Keaton trades places with a scarecrow, wearing its clothes and imitating its posture. Unfortunately, Keaton is found out and once again runs. He trips and while kneeling to tie his shoelace, the farmer’s daughter runs into him. Believing that Keaton is proposing to her, she accepts, and the two run away together after the accidental proposal and marry in a river at the end of the film.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
*Buster Keaton as Farmhand #1<br />
*Joe Roberts as Farmhand #2<br />
*[[w:Luke_the_Dog|Luke the Dog]] as The “Mad” Dog<br />
*Joe Keaton as the Farmer<br />
*Sybil Seely as the Farmer’s Daughter<br />
*Al St. John as Motorcyclist<br />
==Production==<br />
The film was made as part of Buster Keaton's deal with Metro Pictures to release eight short films a year. The Scarecrow was shot in only four weeks<ref>James Curtis, ''Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life'' (New York: Knopf, 2022), p. 150</ref> and was followed immediately by production of the fourth short film Back Yard.<br />
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To exemplify a domestic setting, Keaton based the one-room house in the film off of Ed Gray’s house in Bluffton.<ref>James Curtis, ''Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life'' (New York: Knopf, 2022), p. 153</ref><br />
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==References==</div>Jeremy Butlerhttps://screenpedia.org/index.php/The_Scarecrow_by_GardnerThe Scarecrow by Gardner2022-09-14T20:50:36Z<p>Gardner: </p>
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<div>'''''The Scarecrow''''' (1920) is a short film comedy that was written, directed, and performed by [[w:Buster_Keaton|Buster Keaton]] along with [[w:Edward_F._Cline|Edward F. Cline]].<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0011656/</ref> An amusing romance, this 19-minute film is reminiscent of the vaudeville humor so common in Keaton films as one of the lead roles is played by [[w:Luke_the_Dog|Luke the Dog]].<ref>https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1832937/?ref_=tt_ov_st</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
[[File:Keaton's sore tooth.jpg|thumb|Keaton with a sore tooth.]]<br />
Two farmhands ([[w:Buster_Keaton|Buster Keaton]] and [[w:Joe_Roberts_(actor)|Joe Roberts]]) live in a one-room house resembling a Rube Goldberg invention. The house contains pulleys and levers that flip the room from bedroom to kitchen and back again. In the early minutes of the film, [[w:Joe_Roberts_(actor)|Roberts]] has to help [[w:Buster_Keaton|Keaton]] remove a sore tooth. He does this by tying a string from the tooth to a doorknob and then slamming the door to yank the tooth out. After eating a meal together, the met set out to fight over the woman they love.<br />
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Both men work on the same farm and share the same love interest: the farmer's daughter ([[w:Sybil_Seely|Sybil Seely)]]. Both men attempt to win her love by various competitions resulting in broken limbs and soaked clothing. While running from a seemingly rabid dog ([[w:Luke_the_Dog|Luke the Dog]]), Keaton loses most of his clothes in a haystack and is forced to borrow clothes from a scarecrow in the farmer's field. He trips to his knees as the farmer's daughter appears, and she takes it as a marriage proposal. The two run off together with the farmer, ([[w:Joe_Keaton|Joe Keaton]]) in hot pursuit. The happy couple picks up a pastor as they make their escape and are declared man and wife in the last scene - in the middle of a muddy stream.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scarecrow_(1920_film)</ref><br />
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== Production ==<br />
'''''The Scarecrow''''' examines romantic comedy through scenes of marriage and competition for courtship in America during the 1920's. The set is well developed with an elaborately designed bachelor pad that has pulleys and carts which deliver breakfast, seasonings, and toast to the two farmhands as they sit at their table. The ruins of an old building provide an excellent backdrop for the chase between Luke the Dog and Keaton, and a giant haystack provides both a playground for Keaton and a comic allusion to finding a needle in a haystack as [[w:Buster_Keaton|Keaton]] is chased around by [[w:Luke_the_Dog|Luke the Dog]].<ref>James Curtis, ''Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life'' (New York: Knopf, 2022), p. 150-153</ref><br />
== Cast ==<br />
[[File:Man & Wife.jpg|thumb|The couple declared "man & wife" in a muddy stream.]]<br />
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* [[w:Buster_Keaton|Buster Keaton]], First Farmhand<br />
* [[w:Joe_Roberts_(actor)|Joe Roberts]], Second Farmhand<br />
* [[w:Edward_F._Cline|Edward F. Cline]], Truck Driver<br />
* [[w:Luke_the_Dog|Luke the Dog]], Dog<br />
* [[w:Joe_Keaton|Joe Keaton]], Farmer<br />
* [[w:Sybil_Seely|Sybil Seely]], Farmer's Daughter<br />
* [[w:Al_St._John|Al St. John]], Motorcyclist <br />
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== See Also ==<br />
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* [[w:Buster_Keaton_filmography|Buster Keaton Filmography]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo8F-gWM45M The Scarecrow] on YouTube<br />
*</div>Jeremy Butlerhttps://screenpedia.org/index.php/Hard_Luck_by_AvaHard Luck by Ava2022-09-14T20:50:28Z<p>Ava: /* References */</p>
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<div>== Plot ==<br />
Buster Keaton plays a young man who decides to commit suicide after he loses his job and his dignity. He attempts suicide in a variety of ways, including laying on a train track and hanging himself from a tree, but none of his attempts are successful. Buster stumbles into a meeting of older men who are all setting off to hunt [[w:Dasypodidae|armadillos]], so he volunteers to join the hunt. On this humorous expedition, he tries fishing and horseback riding and is ultimately unsuccessful at both. <br />
[[File:Hard Luck qq00 01 43qq00013.jpg|thumb|Keaton attempts to kill himself by laying in front of a train, but it stops inches from his body.]]<br />
Lizard Lip Luke, a bandit, is also on the hunt. He and his goons shoot up a saloon of some kind and Luke tries to assault a woman inside. Buster saves her from the shootout and the assault and promptly proposes, to which the woman points to her husband, who is sitting two feet away. Buster attempts the [[w:High_diving|high dive]] but misses the pool completely, resulting in a giant, deep hole in the ground. Years later, Keaton reemerges from the giant hole dressed in traditional Chinese clothing, accompanied by a wife and two children.<br />
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== Production ==<br />
The final diving scene was accomplished by covering part of the swimming pool with a thin wax and then covering the wax with paper tiles that matched the area around the swimming pool. When Keaton dove off of the diving board, his hands broke through the paper and the wax and he landed in the water, but it looked as though he had gone straight through the ground. Of the dive, Keaton said, "I was so scared that if I hadn't lost my balance due to a sudden wind, I would never have left that platform."<ref>https://learn-us-east-1-prod-fleet02-xythos.content.blackboardcdn.com/60f18d46b1049/25047937?X-Blackboard-Expiration=1664355600000&X-Blackboard-Signature=FzcGUwt5akZaXTYhvXCeNPAz1tQe8yGKIsCf2Nci%2Bmw%3D&X-Blackboard-Client-Id=200220&response-cache-control=private%2C%20max-age%3D21600&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%2A%3DUTF-8%27%27Curtis%252C%2520James%2520-%2520Buster%2520Keaton.pdf&response-content-type=application%2Fpdf&X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEG0aCXVzLWVhc3QtMSJGMEQCIG5dKiekb%2FmN4Orw1vc%2B8rcMXAkwBdNLSX4akhRETfPLAiBdj7V4DrE67Vd8C01YSMmmjkRGu%2BGB%2FkkRUev88CCORyrMBAglEAIaDDYzNTU2NzkyNDE4MyIMqrpp3a1uKjS8oUJXKqkEe2modBJ3wQlhv%2F%2F8hVPJL%2FVTAI4a2EYS6HEfBvHe0aLDF6txuWCuLUyjuni%2FOaByxqGLGT7byPB7Xozyu4z2ZCwKcigY1lN90E1CWYUgRwfS%2FPlv0B31r9osFYstXCxfxSpfHxO1RHPLQRkgU7rYOMMdQmlHe1HdY3m48ftwdz7UNtrD3BgcnlU0ws8X7V4pOMq7eqgym5ifBU79NfX4A73j6alVFaDK8asmvty%2B60w4egq6Ma%2B2nAUB5zaFzoMdpbfeZPpamXY5P9gr1wZuusXlz%2Fy8GwxYDuivy9PvdlG93tioheeYjL96grwxXOTIvBTz5PmcM70HCYjvWjuVbsDyRZ7BknzsU8H%2BURyTofzfkJwdymscvjbiblV6rVscc0GSaE1kdf73Yw4zOnZT3TnFB%2BzrtpQy%2Fry2dh6fT1nEBoJHWxME3UsLcZdlHG35ApMYR7x%2BFHWAOhBWZ5PKYxIZyE1B02u0Aqlj0DPeMOEEpWEv9CD2AGgQvvhCzlWeIsLcOLm11clL%2BE%2Byrjm5LpD%2BE%2BmoG4A2g2A%2FX5Y%2B7wdWXc2vKZzokpXbgtP0%2F%2F6xCGrwAj9UTdSUHM5GaNcqgFW9ta16ivij2tJYFaOsVsfycB5ZV9%2FKJi8OU6sNqFupjxPkNq8QhiQNQXs26EkzBTkl8rhwWHMTA0pqCgLvloOwnEJ5wk0fdA5kDbojL%2BvQflaWlayB6Y8uqHSsAtHEra5mCeowrTMIlDDzks%2BZBjqqAZZi8c8UitSXWRd6bhsDOmP0UfilG1LH2wzyRATT2MjgzORSxvOMYYwN70DTTq3B2zL9%2Fog2XmNsWgaWc%2BMV%2Bn12QEwyLz5wpOzh7dLZN%2FC8a065bZtCnjEC2CGeSXqidANQBrajuY25Zt4fflW28ahSvA7rUKy4yf3fiae1FhtAhxhzPyt2Ztez3o4o%2BNeaB1IMMuS5xR7hGd1lqdnUp8p%2FPPrQKS1afk9y&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Date=20220928T030000Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=21600&X-Amz-Credential=ASIAZH6WM4PLS4LYOTUD%2F20220928%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Signature=dcb03b7ad1c14beda814c4fd4530cce1fb6b0741e07a5ae1faf0cc68514c9513<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
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* [[w:Buster_Keaton|Buster Keaton]] - Suicidal Boy<br />
* [[w:Virginia_Fox|Virginia Fox]] - Virginia<br />
* Joe Roberts - Lizard Lip Luke<br />
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[[File:Hard Luck qq00 16 42qq00196.jpg|thumb|Joe Roberts as Lizard Lip Luke]]<br />
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* Bull Montana - Virginia's Husband (uncredited)<br />
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* Bessie Wong - Chinese Wife (uncredited)<br />
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== See Also ==<br />
[[w:Buster_Keaton|Buster Keaton Wiki Page]]<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0012253/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt "Hard Luck" IMDb page]<br />
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== References ==<br />
''[https://learn-us-east-1-prod-fleet02-xythos.content.blackboardcdn.com/60f18d46b1049/25047937?X-Blackboard-Expiration=1664355600000&X-Blackboard-Signature=FzcGUwt5akZaXTYhvXCeNPAz1tQe8yGKIsCf2Nci%2Bmw%3D&X-Blackboard-Client-Id=200220&response-cache-control=private%2C%20max-age%3D21600&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%2A%3DUTF-8%27%27Curtis%252C%2520James%2520-%2520Buster%2520Keaton.pdf&response-content-type=application%2Fpdf&X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEG0aCXVzLWVhc3QtMSJGMEQCIG5dKiekb%2FmN4Orw1vc%2B8rcMXAkwBdNLSX4akhRETfPLAiBdj7V4DrE67Vd8C01YSMmmjkRGu%2BGB%2FkkRUev88CCORyrMBAglEAIaDDYzNTU2NzkyNDE4MyIMqrpp3a1uKjS8oUJXKqkEe2modBJ3wQlhv%2F%2F8hVPJL%2FVTAI4a2EYS6HEfBvHe0aLDF6txuWCuLUyjuni%2FOaByxqGLGT7byPB7Xozyu4z2ZCwKcigY1lN90E1CWYUgRwfS%2FPlv0B31r9osFYstXCxfxSpfHxO1RHPLQRkgU7rYOMMdQmlHe1HdY3m48ftwdz7UNtrD3BgcnlU0ws8X7V4pOMq7eqgym5ifBU79NfX4A73j6alVFaDK8asmvty%2B60w4egq6Ma%2B2nAUB5zaFzoMdpbfeZPpamXY5P9gr1wZuusXlz%2Fy8GwxYDuivy9PvdlG93tioheeYjL96grwxXOTIvBTz5PmcM70HCYjvWjuVbsDyRZ7BknzsU8H%2BURyTofzfkJwdymscvjbiblV6rVscc0GSaE1kdf73Yw4zOnZT3TnFB%2BzrtpQy%2Fry2dh6fT1nEBoJHWxME3UsLcZdlHG35ApMYR7x%2BFHWAOhBWZ5PKYxIZyE1B02u0Aqlj0DPeMOEEpWEv9CD2AGgQvvhCzlWeIsLcOLm11clL%2BE%2Byrjm5LpD%2BE%2BmoG4A2g2A%2FX5Y%2B7wdWXc2vKZzokpXbgtP0%2F%2F6xCGrwAj9UTdSUHM5GaNcqgFW9ta16ivij2tJYFaOsVsfycB5ZV9%2FKJi8OU6sNqFupjxPkNq8QhiQNQXs26EkzBTkl8rhwWHMTA0pqCgLvloOwnEJ5wk0fdA5kDbojL%2BvQflaWlayB6Y8uqHSsAtHEra5mCeowrTMIlDDzks%2BZBjqqAZZi8c8UitSXWRd6bhsDOmP0UfilG1LH2wzyRATT2MjgzORSxvOMYYwN70DTTq3B2zL9%2Fog2XmNsWgaWc%2BMV%2Bn12QEwyLz5wpOzh7dLZN%2FC8a065bZtCnjEC2CGeSXqidANQBrajuY25Zt4fflW28ahSvA7rUKy4yf3fiae1FhtAhxhzPyt2Ztez3o4o%2BNeaB1IMMuS5xR7hGd1lqdnUp8p%2FPPrQKS1afk9y&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Date=20220928T030000Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=21600&X-Amz-Credential=ASIAZH6WM4PLS4LYOTUD%2F20220928%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Signature=dcb03b7ad1c14beda814c4fd4530cce1fb6b0741e07a5ae1faf0cc68514c9513 Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life]''<br />
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<div>== Introduction ==<br />
[[File:Hard Luck qq00 02 10qq00019.jpg|thumb|Buster waits for a safe to fall on him.]]<br />
Hard Luck is an American two-reel silent comedy film released in 1921 starring Buster Keaton. The film was written by Keaton and [[w:Edward_F._Cline|Edward F. Cline]]. The run time is 22 minutes. Buster Keaton called the final scene the greatest “laugh-getting” scene of his career. It was lost for sixty years until discovered in a Russian archive print. <br />
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== Plot ==<br />
Buster Keaton plays a young man who is experiencing a string of “hard luck.” He decides to commit suicide after losing both his job and his love in a row. He first tries to jump in front of a trolly train, but he’s caught at the end of the line, and it turns around. He then cuts a rope causing a safe to fall missing him by an inch. He takes the rope and attempts to hang himself from a nearby tree but is chased away by police officers. He attempts to get hit by a car only to find it is two motorcycles that whiz past. He spots some poison through a window and chugs it down. He does not realize that it is whiskey labeled incorrectly. <br />
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Buster then agrees to go on a nature hunt for the zoo. In an attempt to be a hunter, Buster sets up camp. He grabs his fishing pole to catch dinner. He uses the first small fish he catches to reel in a bigger fish. He then repeats that to get a bigger fish. Finally, the fish is too big for Buster to reel, and he ends up in the lake. <br />
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Buster makes his way to a country club. He sees a young woman struggling to get onto a horse ([[w:Virginia_Fox|Virginia Fox]]). He kneels to help her and she invites him on their hunt. Antics with his horse ensue (including a treacherous journey across a river and a mistake that lands him on the back of a bull instead). At one point, trying to rope his horse, Buster instead ropes a bear. He jumps through a window to escape. <br />
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Lizard Lip Luke, a bandit, takes the Virginia hostage. Buster attempts to disarm him and save her. He ends up sneaking her away from Luke and his gang. Buster proposes to Virginia, but she has a husband already ([[w:Bull_Montana|Bull Montana]])! Buster is so upset that he jumps from the pool high dive into the concrete. <br />
[[File:Hard Luck qq00 03 20qq00031.jpg|thumb|Buster attempts to hang himself from a tree.]]<br />
Years later, Buster emerges through the hole in Asian clothing. He is followed by a Chinese wife (Bessie Wong) and two children. <ref>“Hard Luck (1921).” ''Century Film Project'', 19 Jan. 2021, <nowiki>https://centuryfilmproject.org/2021/01/18/hard-luck-1921/</nowiki>.</ref><br />
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== Cast ==<br />
Buster Keaton as Suicidal Boy<br />
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Virginia Fox as Virginia<br />
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Joe Robers as Lizard Lip Luke<br />
[[File:Hard Luck qq00 14 10qq00159.jpg|thumb|Buster crosses the river atop his horse.]]<br />
Bull Montana as Virginia’s Husband<br />
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Bessie Wong as Chinese Wife <ref>“Hard Luck.” ''IMDb'', IMDb.com, <nowiki>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0012253/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_cl_sm</nowiki>.</ref><br />
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== Production ==<br />
Hard Luck was Keaton's sixth film distributed by Metro Pictures. Buster wanted to give the film an astringent quality rare among comedians at the time. <br />
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The stunt that Keaton credits as his biggest laugh is that in which he dives into concrete. Buster explains they achieved this stunt by covering a portion of the pool with chin wax that looked like tiles. Keaton would dive through the paper into the water. He says about the stunt, “It was a perfect imitation, so perfect in fact from the top of chat diving platform I couldn't tell which was paper wax and which was tile. I was so scared that if I hadn't lost my balance due to a sudden wind, I would never have left that platform. Down I went then bang! I broke through the wax, but it cut my head and shoulders." <ref>James Curtis, ''Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life'' (New York: Knopf, 2022), p. 157-161</ref><br />
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Cinematography by Elgin Lessley<br />
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Filmed at Westlake Park<br />
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Produced by Joseph M. Schenck Productions <br />
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== See Also ==<br />
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=== References ===<br />
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<div>'''''The High Sign''''' is a 1921 American short comedy film co-directed by, written by, and starring [[w:Buster_Keaton|Buster Keaton]].<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
A man finds an ad in an extremely large newspaper for a position working at a shooting gallery. He does some target practice on the beach, but he clearly is not very skilled at shooting. However, this does not deter him from trying to secure the position at the gallery. In order to trick his potential boss into believing that he is a skilled marksman, he sets up a contraption that will have a dog ring the bell which typically indicates that a shooter hit a target, to mask the fact that he is not an accurate shooter. After he fooled his potential boss, he gets the job, and it is revealed that Tiny Tim, his boss, is the head of the Blind Buzzards, an organization which carries out criminal activity. Their next target for elimination is Mr. August Nickelnurser, who owes the organization extortion money. After seeing how good of a shot the protagonist apparently is, they decide to have him carry out the task of committing the murder.<br />
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After receiving a letter from the Blind Buzzards stating their intentions to kill her father, Nickelnurser’s daughter decides that in order to protect her father, she must employ a bodyguard to protect him. She goes to the shooting range where the protagonist works, and she hires him. He then realizes that he has the task of both protecting Mr. Nickelnurser because his daughter hired him, and killing Mr. Nickelnurser for the Blind Buzzards. He later makes his way over to the Nickelnurser home where he realizes that the butler of the family is a member of the Blind Buzzards and is a part of the plan to kill Mr. Nickelnurser. The Blind Buzzards are outside of the home, so the protagonist has the idea to pretend to kill Mr. Nickelnurser, who will pretend to be dead so that way the Blind Buzzards outside see and leave. He gets up too soon though, and they see and they storm into the house and chase the protagonist and Mr. Nickelnurser around the house going between the rooms and the floors using the trapdoors. Eventually Tiny Tim, the protagonists boss, falls into one of the trap doors and the chase ends with Mr. Nickelnurser safe and his murder having been prevented.<br />
[[File:The High Sign qq00 18 55qq00067.jpg|thumb|Final Chase Scene]]<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
[[File:The High Sign qq00 01 07qq00006.jpg|thumb|Keaton with the Gigantic Newspaper]]<br />
Al St. John- Man in target practice<br />
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Bartine Burkett- Miss Nickelnurser (Daughter of Nickelnurser)<br />
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Buster Keaton- Hero (as himself)<br />
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Charles Dorety- Gang Members<br />
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Ingram B. Pickett- Tiny Tim (Antagonist, head of the Blind Buzzards)<br />
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== Production ==<br />
Much of the film had to be shot on location due to the studio Keaton typically used being used by other companies while filming The High Sign.</div>Jeremy Butlerhttps://screenpedia.org/index.php/The_High_Sign_by_KateThe High Sign by Kate2022-09-14T20:50:00Z<p>Kate: </p>
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<div>'''''The High Sign''''' is a silent comedy film starring [[w:Buster_Keaton|Buster Keaton]], released in 1921. Although it was not the first Keaton film released to the public, it was the first one he made. The film features a man caught in a major dilemma, not knowing whether to kill a man to appease his gang, or protect the man to honor a job he was hired to do.<br />
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=== Plot ===<br />
The film opens with an [[w:Intertitle|intertitle]] explaining "Our Hero (Keaton) came from Nowhere, he wasn't going Anywhere and got kicked off Somewhere." After falling off of a moving train, Keaton finds an ad in a comically enormous newspaper about a job opportunity being a [[w:Sharpshooter|sharpshooter]] in a gallery. Keaton slips a small handgun out of the pocket of an unknowing policeman, replacing it with a [[w:Banana|banana]], and then proceeds to practice his sharpshooting skills. <br />
[[File:The High Sign Gang Sign.jpg|thumb|The Blinking Buzzards, led by Tiny Tim, present their gang sign.]]<br />
At the shooting gallery, Keaton is greeted by Tiny Tim, played by Ingram B. Pickett. He informs Keaton that he wants to hear the bell ring every time Keaton shoots, proving he is an accurate shooter. Tiny Tim then slips off to a back room labeled "The Blinking Buzzards," where he presents the titular "high sign" in order to enter. He reads a note ordering the death of August Nickelnurser, the town miser.<br />
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Meanwhile, August Nickelnurser reads a letter to his daughter from the Blinking Buzzards, threatening his life. Miss Nickelnurser insists that he hires a [[w:Bodyguard|bodyguard]].<br />
[[File:Keaton Looking.jpg|thumb|Keaton shows off his sharpshooting skills in the gallery.]]<br />
At the gallery, Keaton sets up a system wherein a dog, tempted by a large piece of meat, rings a bell every time Keaton shoots, making it seem like he is a great shot. He impresses Tiny Tim and a crowd with fancy trick shots, gaining the attention of Miss Nickelnurser. However, the dog soon gets distracted by a cat, ringing the bell repeatedly and forcing Keaton to shoot in rapid succession. Miss Nickelnurser asks Keaton to be her father's bodyguard, and he agrees.<br />
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Tiny Tim invites Keaton to the Blinking Buzzards gang, where he assigns Keaton to assassinate August Nickelnurser, the man he just agreed to protect.<br />
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A man walks into the gallery, grabs one of the guns used for target practice, and then steals some money from the register. A different man enters, wanting to practice, and uses his own gun to knock out all of the targets in two shots. Keaton hands over the entire register out of fear.<br />
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Tiny Tim comes face to face with the policeman from earlier, who is unable to defend himself with the banana that replaced his gun. He flees out of fear, eventually being chased by Keaton, and then chasing Keaton.<br />
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Later, Keaton enters the home of the Nickelnursers, which has now been reinforced with secret getaways in each room. The waiter, who is part of the gang, calls them to inform them that Keaton is too fearful to kill August Nickelnurser. Keaton devises a plan with August, where he shoots the air and August plays dead, fooling the Blinking Buzzards. However, Tiny Tim witnesses August stand up, setting off a sequence of the Blinking Buzzards chasing Keaton and the Nickelnursers around the house. After opening the trap door under Tiny Tim, sending him falling to the basement, the film ends with Keaton hugging Miss Nickelnurser while also making the high sign.<br />
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=== Cast ===<br />
Buster Keaton - Our Hero<br />
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Bartine Burkett - Miss Nicklenurser<br />
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Ingram B. Pickett - Tiny Tim<br />
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Charles Dorety - Gang Member<br />
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Al St. John - Man in target practice.<br />
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=== Production ===<br />
The High Sign marked Keaton's solo directorial debut. Although his co-star, [[w:Bartine_Burkett|Bartine Burkett]], remembers him as being thoroughly amused by the work he was doing, ruining shots with his laughter, Keaton ended up unsatisfied with the film. When Keaton wanted the film shelved, [[w:Louis_Anger|Lou Anger]] insisted that audiences should be able to view it. After witnessing which bits fell flat in front of the audience, the team re-shot certain parts to make the comedy more "human."<br />
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<div>'''''The Paleface''''' is a short silent comedy film starring and directed by [[w:Buster_Keaton|Buster Keaton]]. The film uses stereotypes to mock early Americans in their conflicts with Native Americans. The film is written by Keaton and produced by [[w:Joseph_M._Schenck|Joseph M. Schenk]].<br />
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=== '''Plot''' ===<br />
[[File:Keaton Film Paleface qq00 08 06qq00064.jpg|thumb|Buster Keaton disguising himself among the tribe]]<br />
The Native American tribe lives contently until one day, American oil men arrive. They are met by hitman who 'bought the lease for the land for a dollar' by killing the Native American who had it and giving his corpse a dollar. Soon met with a 24-hour eviction notice, the Native Chief is infuriated with the white men, threatening to kill the next white man who walks through the gate. Immediately after, an unsuspecting Buster Keaton peaks through the gate during his chase of an elusive butterfly. After catching the elusive butterfly, Keaton becomes the hunted as the Indians round him up and tie him to a stake to be burned. Buster cleverly escapes with a "Native disguise" (as seen on the right) and leads the tribe on a stunt-filled chase to a cabin, where he is able to make a makeshift fireproof suit. Although he stumbles back into the grasp of the Natives, his trusty fireproof suit keeps him unharmed by the flames. Aghast by such marvelous wonders, the Natives bow to Buster, who has now been indoctrinated 'into the red man culture." <br />
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Upon "Little Chief Paleface" (Buster's) rocky assimilation into the tribe, the Natives share their land dilemma with Buster. He immediately leads the tribe to confront the oil moguls. The tribe "does the dance," parading around the businessmen with axes, as Buster chases down stragglers, even taking one of their wigs, hilariously referencing the idea of "scalping" the white man. The Oil CEO escapes; however, and in a tense chase, Buster is cornered and forced to switch clothes with the businessman to keep the Indians off his tail. Dressed as the 'crooked white man' Buster now is forced to flee 'his' tribe and another Native Tribe who went bankrupt playing strip poker, until he again goes on a stunt-filled chase that ends at the initial camp where he is ultimately recognized. Buster then checks his coat pocket from the oil tycoon's coat, and to his surprise, finds the lease for the land inadvertently given to him by the oil man when they switched clothes. The tribe was finally saved. In a classic and final act of true heroism, Buster 'wins the girl,' by kissing the Indian Maiden for 'two years' to end the movie. <br />
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=== Cast ===<br />
[[File:Keaton Film Paleface qq00 16 29qq00155.jpg|thumb|Joe Roberts "Indian Chief" and Buster Keaton "Little Chief Paleface"]]<br />
Buster Keaton as "Little Chief Paleface"<br />
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Joe Roberts as the Indian Chief<br />
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Virginia Fox as the Indian Maiden<br />
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=== Production ===<br />
The majority of the film was shot at Iverson Ranch in Chatsworth, CA. Buster had adequate space and unique natural surroundings to perform his stunts. His stunt where he narrowly escapes with his makeshift bridge was made safer with a net to catch his would be 85-foot drop; however, the fireman who designed it broke a leg and shoulder in an earlier testing stage. <br />
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=== References ===<br />
James Curtis, ''Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life'' (New York: Knopf, 2022), p. 201.</div>Jeremy Butlerhttps://screenpedia.org/index.php/The_Frozen_NorthThe Frozen North2022-09-13T15:40:31Z<p>Jeremy Butler: </p>
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<div>[This is a sample article for a BUI 301 assignment. It was largely copied from the Wikipedia article on ''[[w:The Frozen North|The Frozen North]]''.]<br />
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'''''The Frozen North''''' is a 1922 American short [[w:comedy film|comedy film]] directed by and starring [[w:Buster Keaton|Buster Keaton]]. The film is a parody of early Western films, especially those of [[w:William S. Hart|William S. Hart]].<ref>James Curtis, ''Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life'' (New York: Knopf, 2022), p. 201.</ref> The film was written by Keaton and Edward F. Cline. The film runs for around 17 minutes.<br />
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==Plot==<br />
[Sample plot taken from the [[w:Neighbors (1920 film)|''Neighbors'' article on Wikipedia]] because the Wikipedia plot summary for ''The Frozen North'' was too long.]<br />
[[Image:Frozen north buster keaton.jpg|thumb|left|Keaton offers flowers to his neighbor (Bonnie Hill).]]<br />
"The Boy" and "the Girl" are young lovers who live in tenements, the rear of which face each other, with backyards separated by a wooden fence. Their families constantly feud over the lovers' relationship. Each morning the Boy and the Girl exchange love letters through holes in the fence, much to the dismay of their families who insist they stay away from one another. The Boy sneaks into the Girl's bedroom window as the parents are arguing but he is caught by the Girl's father who ties him to a clothes line and slowly sends him back over to his family's house. After much arguing and fighting the two families eventually go to court to settle their differences. The Boy demands the right to marry the Girl, and the judge insists that the two families not interfere in their plans.<br />
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On the day of the wedding the two families are naturally hostile to one another. After the wedding is delayed due to the Boy's belt repeatedly breaking and in his pants continuously falling down, the Girl's father discovers that the ring the Boy intends to give to her is a cheap 10-cent ring purchased from [[w:F. W. Woolworth Company|Woolworths]]. He angrily calls off the wedding and drags the Girl home. Determined to rescue his love and with the help of his two groomsmen, the Boy uses trapeze skills to snag the Girl and the two run off together. They eventually find themselves in the coal shed of a blacksmith who has been ordained as a minister who pronounces them husband and wife.<br />
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==Production==<br />
The film was photographed on location at [[w:Donner Lake|Donner Lake]] outside [[w:Truckee, California|Truckee, California]], in mid-winter. The film's opening intertitles give it its mock-serious tone, and are taken from ''[[w:The Shooting of Dan McGrew|The Shooting of Dan McGrew]]'' by [[W:Robert W. Service|Robert W. Service]].<br />
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Many of the gag sequences from ''The Frozen North'', including the fishing sequence and wearing guitars as snowshoes while carrying a mattress, were later used by [[w:The Three Stooges|The Three Stooges]] in ''[[w:Rockin' thru the Rockies|Rockin' thru the Rockies]]''.<br />
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The gag of a protagonist being in a film in a dream sequence and waking up in the end is also in the film ''[[w:Sherlock Jr.|Sherlock Jr.]]''.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* Buster Keaton as The Bad Man<br />
* Joe Roberts as The Driver<br />
* Sybil Seely as Wife<br />
* Bonnie Hill as The Pretty Neighbor<br />
* Freeman Wood as Her Husband<br />
* Edward F. Cline as The Janitor<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[w:Buster Keaton filmography|Buster Keaton filmography]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013158/ ''The Frozen North'' on the Internet Movie Database]</div>Jeremy Butlerhttps://screenpedia.org/index.php/The_BalloonaticThe Balloonatic2022-09-13T14:32:24Z<p>Zachary: Added another wiki link.</p>
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<div>'''''The Balloonatic''''' is a 1923 short [[comedy film]] by [[Buster Keaton]]. It was his final short for First National<ref name=":0">James Curtis, ''Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life'' (New York: Knopf, 2022), p. 213-214.</ref>. The film runtime is 27 minutes. <br />
[[File:Balloonaticqq00 25 59qq00036.jpg|alt=A man and a woman in a boat flying through the sky|thumb|Keaton and Haver flying away at the end of the film.]]<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
Buster Keaton goes to an [[amusement park]] where he sees a woman who interests him. He gets into a boat with her at the park and goes for a ride. He then finds a hot air balloon launch where he agrees to help the people putting it on my riding in the balloon and then unfurling a banner from the balloon once airborne. Once airborne he decides to shoot at ducks from the hot air balloon and in the process pops the balloon. Once he lands Buster finds himself in the wilderness. He once again sees the woman from the amusement park. With her in sight he attempts various methods of fishing such as using a rod and building a dam. Buster then has an intense interaction with two bears that is played for comedy. <br />
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Both Buster and the woman escape the bears and find themselves floating down the river in a boat. Unfortunately they reach a part of the river in which there is a waterfall. Unbeknownst to the audience until they go over the waterfall the boat has balloons affixed to it. Instead of tumbling over the waterfall Buster and the woman float away and the film ends.<br />
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== Production ==<br />
[[File:Balloonaticqq00 12 41qq00076.jpg|alt=A man looking at the ground in front of a small rock dam.|thumb|Keaton builds a dam in an attempt to catch fish.]]<br />
The river scenes were filmed on the [[Truckee River]] in California<ref name=":0" />. During production a fire burnt down the wood hotel that the actors were staying in forcing them to switch to less comfortable accommodations<ref name=":0" />. Unlike in many of his previous short films the woman (Phyllis Haver) drives much of the action instead of Keaton<ref name=":0" />.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
[[Buster Keaton]] as the main character<br />
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[[Phyllis Haver]] as the woman<br />
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== See also ==<br />
[[Buster Keaton Filmography]]<br />
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== References ==</div>Jeremy Butlerhttps://screenpedia.org/index.php/Day_DreamsDay Dreams2022-09-13T14:32:17Z<p>Marguerite: /* Plot */</p>
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<div>The 1922 film '''''Day Dreams''''' is an American comedy short directed by [[w:Buster_Keaton|Buster Keaton]] and [[w:Edward_F._Cline|Edward F. Cline]], starring Buster Keaton. It was Keaton’s ninth film with [[w:First_National_Pictures|First National Pictures]]. The film features many of Keaton’s iconic stunts, including the famous hamster wheel stunt on the riverboat. The film runs for about 25 minutes. <br />
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== Plot ==<br />
The Young Man, played by Keaton, is helplessly in love with the Girl. When he arrives at her house to ask for her hand in marriage, the Girl’s Father disapproves of their union on account that the Young Man is not able to earn a decent living. Desperate to make her his wife, the Young Man states that he will prove he is able to earn a living or else he will commit suicide. The Girl’s Father agrees, and the Young Man sets out on a journey to discover his suitable place of employment. <br />
[[File:DayDreamsqq00 16 10qq00151.jpg|thumb|Buster gracefully holding onto the back of a trolley car.]]<br />
The Young Man takes on many odd jobs throughout the film including working in an animal hospital, as a street cleaner, and as a theatrical performer. While he writes back home telling of his accomplishments and success, his reality tells another story. The Young Man is unable to hold each job for long because of his tendency to cause disruption in the workplace and his inability to do anything right. After getting booted from his last job on the stage, the Young Man finds himself in an unexpected police chase. The Young Man runs throughout the city being chased by an increasing number of policemen before he ends up on a riverboat stuck in the paddlewheel, circling like a hamster until he is able to escape. Once his journey for a job is over, the defeated Young Man returns the Girl’s house ready to admit his failure and fulfill his end of the bargain. The Girl’s Father lends him his revolver but the Young Man once again fails to perform and misses in his attempt. The Girl’s Father then proceeds to push the Young Man out of the window, concluding the film. <br />
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== Cast ==<br />
Buster Keaton as The Young Man<br />
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Renée Adorée as The Girl<br />
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Edward F. Cline as The Theatre director<br />
[[File:DayDreamsqq00 20 29qq00198.jpg|thumb|Buster inside the paddlewheel.]]<br />
Joe Keaton as The Girl’s Father<br />
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Joe Roberts as The Mayor<br />
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George Rowe as Stagehand<br />
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== Production ==<br />
Scenes were filmed in San Fransisco, Oakland, and Los Angeles. The idea for the film is credited to [[w:Roscoe_Arbuckle|Roscoe Arbuckle]], and it was his first one after his reentrance into the world of film. Keaton decided on the film’s name, '''''Day Dreams,''''' because of his own tendency to daydream during pictures<ref>James Curtis, ''Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life'' (New York: Knopf, 2022), p. 210.</ref> <br />
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== References ==</div>Jeremy Butlerhttps://screenpedia.org/index.php/The_Electric_HouseThe Electric House2022-09-13T14:32:08Z<p>Logan: </p>
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<div>The Electric House is a 1922 American short comedy film starring and co-directed by [[w:Buster_Keaton|Buster Keaton]]. The film runs for 22 minutes. <br />
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== Plot ==<br />
The film starts with a mix up of degrees at college graduation. The dean announces he needs a technician to electrify his house. One of Keaton's classmates studied in electrical engineering and presents his degree to the dean, but is denied when he shows him a diploma that shows cosmetics and manicuring. Keaton is called upon and shows his degree, originally supposed to be for botany, now showing one of electrical engineering, and he is given the job. While Keaton protests at first, but when he sees the Dean's beautiful daughter he relents and accepts the job. <br />
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The family heads out on vacation and gives Keaton a week to outfit their home with all the newest technology, and the only thing he is given is a book called Basic Manual of Electricity from the Dean's daughter. However he manages to do it and adds technology to all different parts of the house. When the family returns, Keaton shows them the new devices such as a moving staircase, a train that carries food, automatic sliding doors, and more of the like. Hijinks occur while Keaton showcases everything, but the family is still satisfied with the work he has done. <br />
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The family hosts a dinner party to show their new house off to all of their friends. At the same time though, the actual electrical engineering major sneaks into the house to sabotage Keaton's work. The electric machines go haywire as the engineer messes with the system. Food gets launched at the guests, doors open and close randomly, and Keaton is thrown out of a window into a pool. By the end of the film Keaton manages to get the electrical engineer out the control room and chases him through the house. The two both end up in the pool and get sucked through the drain and end up at the end of a sewer pipe together as the film ends. <br />
[[File:The Electric House qq00 05 23qq00052.jpg|thumb|The Homeowner lands in his pool after being launched from his window.]]<br />
[[File:The Electric House qq00 18 40qq00173.jpg|thumb|Keaton gets caught on a contraption on the floor and is quickly brought to the next room.]]<br />
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== Production ==<br />
The Electric House marks the last appearance of actress [[w:Virginia_Fox|Virginia Fox]] in a Buster Keaton film. She announced her resignation upon the project's completion, citing her weariness at being used essentially as a prop. She was noted as saying, "If I was hanging from an elk's head and they said, 'Hold it,' - I held it, even if they went to lunch." There was no bad blood in the long run though, as later in life she would go so far as to say that her favorite movies to work on were always Buster Keaton comedies.<ref>Curtis, James. ''Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life''. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2022, pp. 196-197.</ref> <br />
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The version of the film that was released is not actually the original production of The Electric House. Production and filming originally began filming in 1920, however it was stopped when Keaton suffered a broken ankle while filming a scene on the electric staircase. The project was shelved entirely after that, and would later be reworked entirely for what would become the 1922 film that would be released to the public. There are no copies of the original 1920 film that are known to exist. <br />
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== Cast ==<br />
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* Buster Keaton as Buster<br />
* Virginia Fox as Girl (uncredited)<br />
* Joe Keaton as Extra (uncredited)<br />
* Louise Keaton as Extra (uncredited)<br />
* Myra Keaton as Extra (uncredited)<br />
* Joe Roberts as Homeowner (uncredited)<br />
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== External links ==</div>Jeremy Butlerhttps://screenpedia.org/index.php/The_BlacksmithThe Blacksmith2022-09-13T14:32:02Z<p>Alex: </p>
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<div>The Blacksmith is a 1922 American short [[comedy film]] co-written, co-directed by and featuring [[Buster Keaton]]<ref>"Progressive Silent Film List: The Blacksmith". ''Silent Era''. Retrieved September 19, 2022.</ref>. Buster plays an assistant blacksmith to the boss played by [[Joe Roberts]], with predictable results. The film runs for around 22 minutes.<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
[[File:The Blacksmith Boy With Slingshot.jpg|thumb|The boy readies his slingshot moments before disaster.]]<br />
The film begins with some children watching Buster, an assistant blacksmith, do his work. His boss arrives, chasing the children away. Once his boss catches him cooking a meal on the fire, Buster pretends to work by hammering the plate, ruining the food. He burns both of his feet and his behind on a hot horseshoe, putting each into a bucket of water to cool off. His boss has him bring a hammer outside, but it is attracted to the large magnet above the door of the shop. This happens again with another hammer, then the wagon wheel. His boss starts hitting him and the sheriff tries to stop the fight, but he loses his badge and his gun to the magnet. They try to arrest the boss, which is helped by Buster releasing all of the magnetized tools on top of his head. <br />
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A horsewoman then enters the shop to buy some horseshoes. The horse does not like the options Buster tries until it sees some nice ones in a glass case. The horsewoman buys the nice horseshoes and leaves the shop. Another woman enters asking for something that will make horse riding less bumpy. Buster brings out a saddle shock-absorber, which makes it difficult for the woman to mount the horse, since it is so tall. But she seems pleased and leaves the shop. <br />
[[File:The Blacksmith Water Tower Gag.jpg|thumb|Buster releases water from a water tower onto the angry mob.]]<br />
A child enters with a balloon and Buster uses it to lift the car he is working on, but the child pops the balloon using a slingshot, which makes the car fall and break the floor. A man with a white car enters and leaves it for Buster to work on. Soon after, Buster has covered the car in oil, dented the hood, smashed the windows with a hammer, and burned the side with a welding torch. He then lifts an engine by a pulley and smashes the new car with it. The horse with the new saddle comes into the shop alone, and the boss returns just as Buster tries to leave. The boss tries to attack Buster, but they mostly end up damaging the new car even more. Buster lifts the boss up with the pulley and cuts the rope, which makes him fall onto the new car. The man and the second horsewoman return, and Buster runs away. He is dragged along the ground by a horse and gets caught in some railroad tracks. <br />
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The first horsewoman stops on the street to look at an uncovered pothole, but an explosion goes off inside it, scaring her horse into running. The train stops just before hitting Buster, and he runs away. The horse runs by and Buster catches the horsewoman. After saving her, he moves her ring to her left hand. Everyone catches up to them, but Buster pulls a rope which dumps water on their heads. They run away, jump on the back of a train, and ride off together. The final scene shows Buster fixing a model train in a living room while the horsewoman holds their new baby. <br />
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== Cast ==<br />
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* [[Buster Keaton]] as Blacksmith's assistant<br />
* [[Joe Roberts]] as Blacksmith<br />
* [[Virginia Fox]] as Horsewoman<br />
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== Production ==<br />
The film was originally called The Village Blacksmith, but the title along with numerous scenes were changed after receiving a negative pre-release review from James Quirk, an editor from the popular movie magazine ''Photoplay''. To improve pacing, some repetitive scenes were removed and more slapstick scenes outside of the blacksmith shop were added. Keaton was reportedly disheartened by the production process and considered the film "a dud," even though it ultimately made a decent profit and was well-received by critics.<ref>Curtis, James. ''Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life''. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2022, pp. 196-197.</ref><br />
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== References ==</div>Jeremy Butlerhttps://screenpedia.org/index.php/My_Wife%27s_RelationsMy Wife's Relations2022-09-13T14:31:55Z<p>Mayeth: </p>
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<div>My Wife’s Relations is a 1922 American short comedy film written and directed by [[w:Buster_Keaton|Buster Keaton]] and [[w:Edward_F._Cline|Edward F. Cline]], and produced by [[w:Joseph_M._Schenck|Joseph M. Schenck]]. The film features Buster Keaton as he finds himself the husband of a brusque woman after a series of unlikely events. The film runs for 26 minutes and 36 seconds.<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
[[File:MyWife'sRelations.jpg|thumb|Keaton and his soon-to-be Wife]]<br />
The film opens on Keaton who is an artist working as a candy puller to make money. It then cuts to a couple who is searching for an officiant to marry them in Polish. They find a man who ensures them that he speaks no other language than Polish and they set a time to meet at the town court. The film cuts back to Keaton and his taffy pulling antics as he accidentally engages in a fight with the mailman. In his escape from the mailman, Keaton trips over a prickly woman who marches him straight to the town court to file a complaint. The only official present at the courthouse is the Polish officiant who assumes that the couple is the one looking to get married. Due to the language barrier between the two parties, Keaton and the woman ultimately get married by accident.<br />
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The newlyweds simply accept their new relationship, and the Wife takes Keaton home to meet her family: her father and four brothers. The Father and the Brothers give Keaton a hard time about adjusting to their family dynamic and how things work in their household. Some highlights include a family dinner where Keaton is repeatedly asked to pass various food items back and forth, Keaton having to prepare his own bed, and getting into a fight with the Wife leading her to knock him unconscious. In the morning, Keaton is still unconscious and the entire family works together to try to wake him. They eventually use a copious amount of pepper to rouse the poor lad with a sneezing fit. As they calm down after the morning’s chaos, the Father finds a note in Keaton’s jacket pocket calling for someone to claim a hefty inheritance. Unbeknownst to the family, Keaton had picked up this note from the street and the inheritance is not actually for him. The family begins to treat him differently, with more respect. The family hosts a party to celebrate their marriage. The party begins to go awry as Keaton accidentally dumps a case of yeast into the dough his Wife was preparing. At the height of the event, the family learns that Keaton is in fact not the intended recipient of the note and intend to kill Keaton for misleading them. Keaton makes an extravagant getaway and is dragged down the street by a police car.<br />
[[File:MyWife'sRelations Family Portrait.jpg|thumb|Family portrait]]<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
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* [[w:Buster_Keaton|Buster Keaton]] as '''The Husband'''<br />
* [[w:Kate_Price_(actress)|Kate Price]] as '''Wife'''<br />
* [[w:Monte_Collins|Monte Collins]] as '''The Father'''<br />
* [[w:Wheezer_Dell|Wheezer Dell]] as '''Brother'''<br />
* [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0534973/ Harry Madison] as '''Brother''' <br />
* [[w:Joe_Roberts_(actor)|Joe Roberts]] as '''Brother''' <br />
* [[w:Tom_Wilson_(actor)|Tom Wilson]] as '''Brother'''<br />
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== Production ==<br />
The film is set in “the foreign section of a big city”, possibly [[w:Greenpoint,_Brooklyn|Greenpoint, Brooklyn]] a.k.a. “Little Poland”.<ref>James Curtis, ''Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life'' (New York: Knopf, 2022), p. 201.</ref><br />
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This is the first two-reeler film Keaton shot in the new enclosed stage, allowing the production crew to avoid rain delays during the wettest time of the year.<br />
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This film features actress Kate Price, who is the near antithesis of Keaton’s typical leading lady, [[w:Virginia_Fox|Virginia Fox]].<br />
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<div>Each student will create a short comic performance to be presented during the final exam period, Wednesday, 12/7, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Approximately five minutes each--no more than 10 minutes. Worth 10 points.<br />
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Performances could be:<br />
#A prepared funny story (a la stand-up comedy). Turn in a printed copy (200 words minimum), although you can ad lib during the performance.<br />
#A screenplay (perform as a table read) for ''a single scene''. It can be a spec script for an existing TV comedy, fan fiction, or an original work.<br />
#A narrative video or PowerPoint slide show.<br />
#*'''New option:''' Record three actors reading the ''Seinfeld'' scene we reenacted. Create a video slideshow using that recording and the class' still images from the ''single-camera'' reenactment ([https://alabama.box.com/s/b69xottcr8tli5f6rz1qsh0uqaz6d8fz see UA Box for the images]).<br />
#**[https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/T311/SEINFELDScript.pdf The script is online.]<br />
#A narrative song (can be a parody or take-off).<br />
#A fake autobiography (a la "contributors notes" by Michael Martone; minimum 300 words).<br />
#*Create your own on your Screenpedia page. At least one image must be included.<br />
#*See [https://butlerana.com/winwiki/index.php/Jeremy_Butler Dr. Butler's fake autobiography] (although yours does not have to be that long).<br />
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Two students may work on the screenplay or video together.<br />
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'''If you have public-speaking anxiety, consult with Dr. Butler for an alternative way to submit your work.'''<br />
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==Performance order==<br />
Alphabetized based on the fifth character in your email address:<br />
#Ava <br />
#Zachary <br />
#Sam <br />
#Josh <br />
#Archi<br />
#Marguerite <br />
#'''Intermission'''<br />
#Kate <br />
#Gardner <br />
#Mayeth <br />
#Logan</div>Jeremy Butlerhttps://screenpedia.org/index.php/A_(mostly)_verbal_analysisA (mostly) verbal analysis2022-09-09T15:56:51Z<p>Jeremy Butler: typo</p>
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<div>Each student will select a half-hour TV comedy and analyze its use of humor. Elements of the analysis include:<br />
#'''Recaps of five sitcom episodes.'''<br />
#*Choose any half-hour comedy.<br />
#*Write short, one-paragraph summaries of episodes' plots.<br />
#**Here is [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2297452/ an example from IMDb], using the ''Bunheads'' episode we watched:<br />
#***"Michelle finds a "new" local coffee shop with an award winning barista. After frequenting the shop a few times, she manages to upset the barista & their personalities clash. Fanny is on the search for a dancer to portray Clara in the Nutcracker since Sasha is gone, but is finding it difficult to replace her. The girls are exhausted from the extra rehearsals & decide to go see a basketball game to watch Sasha cheer. Boo realizes she has a crush on Charlie & wants to tell him but, it might be too late. With the opening of a new grocery store canceled, Michelle decides it's time to protest.—Carrie DeCosta"<br />
#*Post to your Blackboard ''journal''. '''One recap is due each Tuesday at 11:59 p.m., starting October 11th.'''<br />
#'''Oral presentation and written analysis of your sitcom.'''<br />
##Using the chapter, "A Critical/Cultural History of the Sitcom," from ''The Sitcom'' (on Blackboard), respond to these questions:<br />
###What is the show's narrative problematic?<br />
###*Discuss how it plays out in two specific episodes (using the recaps for reference).<br />
###*Is your show a "serial" or a "series", or something in between?<br />
###What is your program's "mode of production" and how does that have an impact on how the show tells stories and generates humor?<br />
###Does your show have a laugh track? How does the laugh track (or the lack of one) affect you as you watch the program?<br />
###How does your show relate to the zeitgeist of its time? Does it address social issues head-on (as with ''All in the Family'') or is it more a case of those issues informing the show (as in ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'')?<br />
###Is your show "televisual"?<br />
##Discuss ''specific'' examples of theories of humor: superiority, relief/release, and incongruity.<br />
##*Explain the theories of humor first and then provide at least two examples for each theory.<br />
##*Use the analysis of ''Modern Family'' in ''The Sitcom'' as a model for analysis. (PDF on Blackboard under the title, "Butler, Jeremy. "Introduction: Comedy Genre, Humor Theory," ''The Sitcom''".)<br />
#*'''Present your findings to the class during the week before Thanksgiving (11/15 and 11/17).''' Five minutes minimum; ten minutes maximum.<br />
#**'''Groups A & B on November 15th, Groups C & D on November 17th.'''<br />
#*'''Collect your findings into a 1,500-word essay and submit it via Blackboard/TurnItIn. Due Friday, 11/18, 11:59 p.m.'''<br />
#*Worth 45 points.</div>Jeremy Butlerhttps://screenpedia.org/index.php/A_(mostly)_visual_analysisA (mostly) visual analysis2022-09-09T15:56:34Z<p>Jeremy Butler: changed due time</p>
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<div>Each student will analyze the visual humor in a short film by [[w:Buster Keaton|Buster Keaton]]. The entire assignment is worth 35% of your final grade.<br />
#You will be assigned a short [[w:Buster_Keaton|Buster Keaton]] film.<br />
#*[[Keaton shorts|View list of Keaton shorts here.]]<br />
#Read these two resources<br />
##[[w:Buster_Keaton|Keaton's Wikipedia article.]]<br />
##The section of James Curtis, ''Buster Keaton'', that deals with your short film. You may want to read the entire segment on Keaton' work during this time period.<br />
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==Part one==<br />
Create screenshots with [https://www.videolan.org/ VLC Media Player] or other software from your Keaton short. You must capture at least one from ''every'' shot in the short. (There will probably be about 200 screenshots.)<br />
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*[[How to configure VLC for screenshots]], which it calls "Video snapshots."<br />
*'''Submit ''all'' of your screenshots on via UA Box. Share them with jbutler@ua.edu by 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, 9/27. Worth 5 points. '''<br />
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== Numéro deux==<br />
Create a Wikipedia-style article for your short on Screenpedia. (The best articles will be uploaded to Wikipedia.) <br />
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u577WkW2TVY Here's a handy 7-minute video tutorial to help you out.]<br />
*Your article must be written on Screenpedia using your assigned account.<br />
*Your article must contain the following elements, with appropriate subheadings (as can be seen in this Screenpedia article: ''[[The Frozen North]]'':<br />
*#Introduction (two or three sentences, in Wikipedia style)<br />
*#Plot (minimum two paragraphs)<br />
*#Cast<br />
*#Production (a few notes about the making of the film; does not have to be detailed, but should include information from a Keaton book)<br />
*#Two screenshots from your film that you captured.<br />
*''One bonus point each for:''<br />
**Creating at least two links to Wikipedia articles.<br />
**Properly inserting a ''wiki-style'' citation for any reference material you used.<br />
*'''Submit your article by emailing its URL to jbutler@ua.edu by 11:59 p.m., Tuesday, 9/27. Worth 10 points.'''<br />
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==Section C==<br />
Select a short segment (minimum 5 minutes) and write an analysis of comic moments in it.<br />
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*600 words minimum.<br />
*Use Carroll's theories of humor and my lecture on the types of humor in Keaton films to explain ''why'' they are comic.<br />
*Illuminate the comic moments with at least five screenshots. <br />
**You may wish to use [https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/BUI301/F22/Screenshot%20Template.docx this screenshot template] to organize your images in Microsoft Word.<br />
**'''Submit ''in print'' in class Tuesday, 10/4. Worth 20 points.'''</div>Jeremy Butler