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==Format (aka, the televisual "schema")== | ==Format (aka, the televisual "schema")== | ||
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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? | ||
===''Seinfeld'' scene reenactment ''as a single-camera production''=== | ===''Seinfeld'' scene reenactment ''as a single-camera production''=== | ||
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. | 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. | ||
| + | *[https://vimeo.com/766951657 The resulting video!] | ||
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| + | '''Camera operators (see below): please be sure to shoot images in "landscape" format.''' | ||
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*The scene starts with Jerry and George seated at a table in Tuomey. Elaine is in Gorgas Library. | *The scene starts with Jerry and George seated at a table in Tuomey. Elaine is in Gorgas Library. | ||
| − | **Kate and Ava will shoot "in-studio" (on the "set" that is the Tuomey interior). | + | **Kate and Ava will shoot "in-studio" (on the "set" that is the Tuomey interior), upstairs in the faculty office. |
| − | **Daisy and Logan will shoot Archi in Gorgas | + | **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.) |
| − | **Alex and Marguerite will shoot B-roll footage--photographs of the exterior of Tuomey and Gorgas and random shots around the Quad. | + | **Alex and Marguerite will shoot B-roll footage--six photographs of the exterior of Tuomey and Gorgas and random shots around the Quad. |
*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. | *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. | ||
*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. | *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. | ||
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====Cast and crew==== | ====Cast and crew==== | ||
*Cast | *Cast | ||
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**Josh as George | **Josh as George | ||
**Archi as Elaine | **Archi as Elaine | ||
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**Marguerite: camera (b-roll) - grip, gaffer, make-up | **Marguerite: camera (b-roll) - grip, gaffer, make-up | ||
**Kate: camera (in-studio) | **Kate: camera (in-studio) | ||
| − | ** | + | **Zach: camera (in-studio) - grip, gaffer, make-up |
**Daisy: camera (remote) | **Daisy: camera (remote) | ||
**Logan: camera (remote) - grip, gaffer, make-up | **Logan: camera (remote) - grip, gaffer, make-up | ||
| − | **Gardner: script continuity | + | **Gardner: script continuity, security, craft services |
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== Texts & resources == | == Texts & resources == | ||
*Jeremy G. Butler, ''Television Style'' (New York: Routledge, 2010). | *Jeremy G. Butler, ''Television Style'' (New York: Routledge, 2010). | ||
| − | + | *[http://www.tvstylebook.com/video/ ''Television Style'' video examples] | |
| − | + | *[https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/BUI301/F22/resdogsjb/index.html ''Reservation Dogs'' screenshots] | |
| − | + | *[https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/T311/ChevCommFromTVCrit/ Chevrolet commercial screenshots] | |
| − | + | *[https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/BUI301/Scrubs_20050215/ ''Scrubs'' screenshots] | |
| − | + | *[https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/BUI301/SOPRANOS_S1_D3/ ''The Sopranos'' screenshots] | |
| + | *[https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/T112/classicism/index.php#editing Classical Editing Examples] | ||
[[Category:BUI301F2022]] | [[Category:BUI301F2022]] | ||
[[Category:BUI301F2022 Discussion]] | [[Category:BUI301F2022 Discussion]] | ||
Latest revision as of 18:33, 3 November 2022
Single-Camera productions: Behind the scenes
The Addams Family, circa 1965
The Andy Griffith Show, 10/6/1961 episode
Scrubs decoupage exercise
Diagram the opening scene from Scrubs (video on Blackboard and screenshots over here). Does your diagram look like this?
Format (aka, the televisual "schema")
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 (see screenshots, directed by Sydney Freeland?
Seinfeld scene reenactment as a single-camera production
We will reshoot this scene from "The Contest" as a televisual scene--in a series of still photographs.
Camera operators (see below): please be sure to shoot images in "landscape" format.
- The scene starts with Jerry and George seated at a table in Tuomey. Elaine is in Gorgas Library.
- Kate and Ava will shoot "in-studio" (on the "set" that is the Tuomey interior), upstairs in the faculty office.
- 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.)
- Alex and Marguerite will shoot B-roll footage--six photographs of the exterior of Tuomey and Gorgas and random shots around the Quad.
- 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.
- 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.
Cast and crew
- Cast
- Ava as Jerry
- Josh as George
- Archi as Elaine
- Crew
- Alex: camera (b-roll)
- Marguerite: camera (b-roll) - grip, gaffer, make-up
- Kate: camera (in-studio)
- Zach: camera (in-studio) - grip, gaffer, make-up
- Daisy: camera (remote)
- Logan: camera (remote) - grip, gaffer, make-up
- Gardner: script continuity, security, craft services
Texts & resources
- Jeremy G. Butler, Television Style (New York: Routledge, 2010).
- Television Style video examples
- Reservation Dogs screenshots
- Chevrolet commercial screenshots
- Scrubs screenshots
- The Sopranos screenshots
- Classical Editing Examples
