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News coverage of an incident in [http://www.tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/NewsClips.htm Goražde], [http://www.tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/DailyShowInIraq.php ''The Daily Show'' in Iraq], [http://www.tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/COPS1993.php ''Cops''], [http://www.tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/AlvsMiss.php Ole Miss vs. Alabama football (2004)], ''Who Wants to be a Millionaire''. | News coverage of an incident in [http://www.tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/NewsClips.htm Goražde], [http://www.tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/DailyShowInIraq.php ''The Daily Show'' in Iraq], [http://www.tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/COPS1993.php ''Cops''], [http://www.tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/AlvsMiss.php Ole Miss vs. Alabama football (2004)], ''Who Wants to be a Millionaire''. | ||
| − | ===''Cement Heads''=== | + | ===''Cement Heads'': "Chubby's Meatballs" (8/19/2014)=== |
#'''Group 4:''' Expository (or rhetorical) | #'''Group 4:''' Expository (or rhetorical) | ||
#*How does it argue for a certain interpretation of these events? | #*How does it argue for a certain interpretation of these events? | ||
Revision as of 20:22, 3 September 2014
Bill Nichols' terms
Explain film scholar Bill Nichols' sense of the following terms:[1]
- Groups 4 and 1: historical world or historical reality
- Why does he prefer this term to "reality"?
- Groups 2 and 3: social actor
- Why does he prefer this term to "individuals" or, simply, "people" in non-narrative works?
Modes of representation
Television depicts historical reality and addresses itself to the viewer about that reality through four principal "modes". Individual genres and programs are not limited to one single mode, but instead draw upon each as needed.
Explain the principles behind each mode:
- Group 4: Expository (or rhetorical)
- Group 1: Interactive
- Group 2: Observational
- Group 3: Reflexive
Applying "modes of representation"
News coverage of an incident in Goražde, The Daily Show in Iraq, Cops, Ole Miss vs. Alabama football (2004), Who Wants to be a Millionaire.
Cement Heads: "Chubby's Meatballs" (8/19/2014)
- Group 4: Expository (or rhetorical)
- How does it argue for a certain interpretation of these events?
- How does it shape our understanding of them?
- Group 1: Interactive
- Does the TV world interact with the historical world?
- Group 2: Observational
- Do the producers just observe these events or do they appear to stage or manipulate them?
- How is this show different from/similar to Cops?
- Group 3: Reflexive
- Is it TV about TV? Does it make you aware of TV as TV?
Cast
- Billy Lougheed, co-founder of WJL Equities and Danielle's husband
- Danielle Buenaventura, co-founder of WJL Equities and Billy's wife
- Bill "Sarge" Lougheed, Sr., Billy's father
- Joan Lougheed, Billy's mother
- Joe "Chubby" Luciano
College Football: Mississippi at Alabama on ESPN2
9/11/2004. Announcers: Eric Collins (play-by-play), Andre Ware (color), Jimmy Dykes (sideline)
- Group 1: How is the expository mode apparent in this game?
- What function do statistics, graphics and replays serve? Be as specific as possible.
- Group 2: How is the game turned into a narrative, a story?
- Do Andre Ware's comments in this game fit the generalization? Be as specific as possible.
- Are the "social actors" turned into characters?
- Group 3: Do the book's generalizations about the play-by-play announcer apply to Eric Collins this broadcast? Be as specific as possible.
- Group 4: How do football's time and space fit the time and space of television?
- Provide examples from this broadcast.
Bibliography
- Jeremy G. Butler, Television: Critical Methods and Applications (New York: Routledge, 2012).
References
- ↑ Bill Nichols, Representing Reality.
