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==Format== | ==Format== | ||
| − | # | + | # Catchphrase. |
| + | # Laughtrack. | ||
| + | # Commercial breaks. | ||
| + | # Recurring narrative problematic | ||
| + | # 30-minutes long | ||
==Mode of production== | ==Mode of production== | ||
| − | # | + | # Shot on film, not live |
| + | # Syndication quality | ||
| + | # Appears to be live, with a laughtrack | ||
==Dominant ideology (''Zeitgeist'')== | ==Dominant ideology (''Zeitgeist'')== | ||
| − | # | + | # Characters expressing opposing views |
| + | # Polysemy = many meanings | ||
==''Seinfeld'''s innovations== | ==''Seinfeld'''s innovations== | ||
Revision as of 19:45, 13 October 2022
New Adventures of Old Christine diagram.
Format
- Catchphrase.
- Laughtrack.
- Commercial breaks.
- Recurring narrative problematic
- 30-minutes long
Mode of production
- Shot on film, not live
- Syndication quality
- Appears to be live, with a laughtrack
Dominant ideology (Zeitgeist)
- Characters expressing opposing views
- Polysemy = many meanings
Seinfeld's innovations
- Point #1
- Let's recreate this scene as a series of still photographs.
- Below are stills from the recreated set, used in an episode of Larry David's Curb Your Enthusiasm and a set miniature by Charles Brogdon.
The set as recreated for Curb Your Enthusiasm.
A Curb Your Enthusiasm scene.
Set miniature.
Texts & resources
- Jeremy G. Butler, The Sitcom (New York: Routledge, 2020).
- Seinfeld scene breakdown materials
