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==Signs of character<ref name="Dyer">Richard Dyer, ''Stars''</ref>==
 
==Signs of character<ref name="Dyer">Richard Dyer, ''Stars''</ref>==
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Image:Stars cover.jpg|alt=Cover of Stars, first edition.|''Stars'', first edition.
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#Viewer foreknowledge
 
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Image:BigBangTheory20081117qq00_00_15qq00003.jpg|'''Groups 3 & 7:''' Leonard Hofstadter (Johnny Galecki)
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Image:BigBangTheory20081117qq00_00_15qq00003.jpg|'''Group 2:''' Leonard Hofstadter (Johnny Galecki)
Image:BigBangTheory20081117qq00 00 03qq00001.jpg|'''Groups 4 & 8:''' Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons)
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Image:BigBangTheory20081117qq00 00 03qq00001.jpg|'''Group 3:''' Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons)
Image:BigBangTheory20081117qq00 04 38qq00068.jpg|'''Group 5:''' Penny (Kaley Cuoco)
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Image:BigBangTheory20081117qq00 04 38qq00068.jpg|'''Group 4:''' Penny (Kaley Cuoco)
Image:BigBangTheory20081117qq00_10_10qq00163.jpg|'''Group 6:''' Dr. Stephanie Barnett (Sara Rue), hospital scene
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Image:BigBangTheory20081117qq00_10_10qq00163.jpg|'''Group 1:''' Dr. Stephanie Barnett (Sara Rue), hospital scene
Image:BigBangTheory20081117qq00 08 36qq00134.jpg|'''Group 1:''' Howard Wolowitz (Simon Helberg)
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Image:BigBangTheory20081117qq00 08 36qq00134.jpg|'''Group X:''' Howard Wolowitz (Simon Helberg)
Image:BigBangTheory20081117qq00 08 53qq00138.jpg|'''Group 2:''' Raj Koothrappali (Kunal Nayyar)
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Image:BigBangTheory20081117qq00 09 32qq00151.jpg|'''Group X:''' Raj Koothrappali (Kunal Nayyar)
 
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===Two more screen shots of Sheldon===
 
===Two more screen shots of Sheldon===
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==Signs of performance<ref name="Dyer" />==
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#Vocal
 
#Facial
 
#Gestural
 
#Corporeal
 
  
 
==Star texts==
 
==Star texts==
 
#Explain how these terms apply to the study of television stars:
 
#Explain how these terms apply to the study of television stars:
#*'''Group 4:''' Stars as texts
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#*Stars as texts
#*'''Group 1:''' Intertextual
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#*Media text
#*'''Group 2:''' Media text
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#*Intertextual
#*'''Group 3:''' Polysemy
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#*Polysemy
 
#How does the textbook distinguish a "star" from an everyday "actor"?
 
#How does the textbook distinguish a "star" from an everyday "actor"?
#Choose one star principally known for his or her work on television. What are some attributes of his or her polysemy. Explain how, according to Richard Dyer's approach, his or her polysemy is constructed from:
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#Choose one star principally known for his or her work on television. What are some attributes of his or her polysemy? Explain how, according to Richard Dyer's approach, his or her polysemy is constructed from:
 
#*Promotion
 
#*Promotion
 
#*Publicity
 
#*Publicity
 
#*Characters on TV programs
 
#*Characters on TV programs
  
<gallery widths=400px heights=300px perrow=2 > <--files hotlinked out of Wikipedia Commons; see talk page-->
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===Selected stars===
File:Amy_Poehler_at_Parks_and_Recreation_premiere.jpg|'''Group 4:''' Amy Poehler
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==Signs of performance<ref name="Dyer" />==
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How are signs of performance highlighted by contrasting the performances of two actors in the same role?
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*Aka, a "commutation test"
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*For example, Meg Ryan and Lindsay Frost as Betsy in ''As the World Turns''
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**Watch videos on Blackboard, or
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***[https://tvcrit.org/EO/DV/SoapOpera01.php Watch videos via Vimeo] ('''password: tcf123abc!''' )
  
 
== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
#Jeremy G. Butler, ''Television: Critical Methods and Applications'' (New York: Routledge, 2012).
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#Jeremy G. Butler, ''Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture'', 5th edition (New York: Routledge, 2018).
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*[https://tvcrit.org/EO/DV/SoapOpera01.php Soap Opera Illustrations: ''ATWT'' Commutation Test]
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*[https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/TVCrit2018_images_ByChapters/04/ ''Television'': chapter 4 illustrations]
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File:Jeremy Butler and Richard Dyer.jpg|alt=Jeremy Butler and Richard Dyer. London, March 2019.|Jeremy Butler and Richard Dyer. London, March 2019.
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Latest revision as of 18:14, 3 September 2020

Signs of character[1]

  1. Viewer foreknowledge
  2. Character name
  3. Appearance
  4. Objective correlative
  5. Dialogue
  6. Lighting and videography or cinematography
  7. Action

How are these signs of character used to construct the characters in the "The Vartabedian Conundrum" episode of The Big Bang Theory? These screen shots mostly show their first appearance in this particular episode.

Two more screen shots of Sheldon

Star texts

  1. Explain how these terms apply to the study of television stars:
    • Stars as texts
    • Media text
    • Intertextual
    • Polysemy
  2. How does the textbook distinguish a "star" from an everyday "actor"?
  3. Choose one star principally known for his or her work on television. What are some attributes of his or her polysemy? Explain how, according to Richard Dyer's approach, his or her polysemy is constructed from:
    • Promotion
    • Publicity
    • Characters on TV programs

Selected stars

Signs of performance[1]

  1. Vocal
  2. Facial
  3. Gestural
  4. Corporeal

How are signs of performance highlighted by contrasting the performances of two actors in the same role?

  • Aka, a "commutation test"
  • For example, Meg Ryan and Lindsay Frost as Betsy in As the World Turns

Bibliography

  1. Jeremy G. Butler, Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture, 5th edition (New York: Routledge, 2018).
  2. Richard Dyer, Stars, Second Edition, Supplementary Chapter by Paul McDonald (London: British Film Institute, 1998).

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Richard Dyer, Stars

External links

Richard Dyer gallery