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==Single-Camera Production==
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==Single-Camera productions: Behind the scenes==
 
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File:Addams Family Still.jpg|alt=The Addams Family, circa 1960.|''The Addams Family'', circa 1965
 
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'''Key terms'''
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==Review topics from ''Television''==
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Explain these editing concepts, using a scene from ''The Sopranos''. The scene's video is on Blackboard and [http://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/BUI301/SOPRANOS_S1_D3/ screenshots from every shot are online]. You may also wish to use illustrations from [https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/TVCrit2018_images_ByChapters/10_2020revision/index.html chapter 10].
  
#Establishing shot
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*'''Group 1:'''
#*Re-establishing shot
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**Establishing shot
#The shot-counter shot editing pattern (also known as "shot-reverse shot")
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***Re-establishing shot
#Match cut
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*'''Group 2:'''
#*Match-on-action
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**The shot-counter shot editing pattern (also known as "shot-reverse shot")
#*Eyeline match
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*'''Group 3:'''
#Jump cut
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**Match cut
#180° rule (see [http://tvcrit.com/find/180degreerule Peter John Ross example])
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***Match-on-action
#*Screen direction
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***Eyeline match. There are none in this scene. What would one look like?
#*How/when might this rule be broken in a TV program?
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**Jump cut. There are none in this scene. What would one look like?
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*'''Group 4:'''
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**180° rule (see [https://vimeo.com/2690589 Peter John Ross example])
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***Screen direction
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***How/when might this rule be broken in a TV program?
  
'''Decoupage exercise'''
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==Decoupage exercise: #1==
  
*Do a sample ''decoupage''--as explained with a ''Grey's Anatomy'' scene--of shots 33-44 from [https://tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T311/ChevCommFromTVCrit/ this Chevrolet commercial]. <!-- https://tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T311/ChevCommFromTVCrit/images/diagram.jpg -->
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**''Each student'' should start by drawing an overhead view similar to [https://tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/TVCrit2018_images_ByChapters/10/#/view/ID7647  Figure 10.24].
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*'''Do a sample ''decoupage''--as explained with a ''Grey's Anatomy'' scene--of a Chevrolet commercial''' (video on Blackboard and [https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/T311/ChevCommFromTVCrit/ screenshots over here]). '''Focus ''only'' on shots 33-44 toward the end of the commercial.''' <!-- https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/T311/ChevCommFromTVCrit/images/diagram.jpg -->
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**''Each student'' should start by drawing an overhead view of shots 33-44, similar to [https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/TVCrit2018_images_ByChapters/10_2020revision/target23.html Figure 10.24], but without the frames. That is, just draw the humans and the camera positions.
 
**Each student should be prepared to answer the following decoupage questions from the textbook (p. 272), although you may talk about them in your group:
 
**Each student should be prepared to answer the following decoupage questions from the textbook (p. 272), although you may talk about them in your group:
 
*#How is the scene’s space, the area in which the action takes place (i.e., the car), introduced to the viewer? Does an '''establishing shot''' occur at the start of the scene (or later in it)?
 
*#How is the scene’s space, the area in which the action takes place (i.e., the car), introduced to the viewer? Does an '''establishing shot''' occur at the start of the scene (or later in it)?
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*#How does the last shot of the scene bring it to a conclusion?
 
*#How does the last shot of the scene bring it to a conclusion?
 
*#Skip.
 
*#Skip.
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==Decoupage exercise: #2==
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If you finish early, do a similar analysis of a tricky scene from ''Scrubs'' (video on Blackboard and [http://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/BUI301/Scrubs_20050215/index.html screenshots over here]). Draw another diagram and work through the questions above. <!-- https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/BUI301/Scrubs_20050215/Scrubs_20050215_diagram.jpg -->
  
 
== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
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==External links==
 
==External links==
#[https://tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/TVCrit2018_images_ByChapters/10/ ''Television'', chapter 10 illustrations]
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#[https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/TVCrit2018_images_ByChapters/10_2020revision/ ''Television'', chapter 10 illustrations]
 
#[http://www.tvstylebook.com/video/ ''Television Style'' video examples]
 
#[http://www.tvstylebook.com/video/ ''Television Style'' video examples]
#[https://tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T311/ChevCommFromTVCrit/ Chevrolet commercial screen shots and video]
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#[https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/T311/ChevCommFromTVCrit/ Chevrolet commercial screenshots]
#[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T112/classicism/index.php#editing Classical Editing Examples]
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#[https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/BUI301/Scrubs_20050215/ ''Scrubs'' screenshots]
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#[https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/BUI301/SOPRANOS_S1_D3/ ''The Sopranos'' screenshots]
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#[https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/T112/classicism/index.php#editing Classical Editing Examples]
  
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[[Category:BUI301]]
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[[Category:BUI301 Discussion]]
 
[[Category:JCM311]]
 
[[Category:JCM311]]
 
[[Category:JCM311 Discussion]]
 
[[Category:JCM311 Discussion]]

Latest revision as of 18:29, 1 October 2020

Single-Camera productions: Behind the scenes

Review topics from Television

Explain these editing concepts, using a scene from The Sopranos. The scene's video is on Blackboard and screenshots from every shot are online. You may also wish to use illustrations from chapter 10.

  • Group 1:
    • Establishing shot
      • Re-establishing shot
  • Group 2:
    • The shot-counter shot editing pattern (also known as "shot-reverse shot")
  • Group 3:
    • Match cut
      • Match-on-action
      • Eyeline match. There are none in this scene. What would one look like?
    • Jump cut. There are none in this scene. What would one look like?
  • Group 4:

Decoupage exercise: #1

  • Do a sample decoupage--as explained with a Grey's Anatomy scene--of a Chevrolet commercial (video on Blackboard and screenshots over here). Focus only on shots 33-44 toward the end of the commercial.
    • Each student should start by drawing an overhead view of shots 33-44, similar to Figure 10.24, but without the frames. That is, just draw the humans and the camera positions.
    • Each student should be prepared to answer the following decoupage questions from the textbook (p. 272), although you may talk about them in your group:
    1. How is the scene’s space, the area in which the action takes place (i.e., the car), introduced to the viewer? Does an establishing shot occur at the start of the scene (or later in it)?
    2. Skip.
    3. Do these angles adhere to the 180° rule? Can you draw an axis of action? Is screen direction maintained? If not, why is the viewer not disoriented? Or if the space is ambiguous, what narrative purpose does that serve?
    4. Skip.
    5. Is an alternating editing pattern used? Is shot-reverse shot used?
    6. How does the camera relate to the character’s perspective? Are there point-of-view or subjective shots? If so, how are those shots cued or marked? That is, what tells us that they are subjective or point-of-view shots?
    7. Is match-on-action used? Are there jump cuts?
    8. How does the last shot of the scene bring it to a conclusion?
    9. Skip.

Decoupage exercise: #2

If you finish early, do a similar analysis of a tricky scene from Scrubs (video on Blackboard and screenshots over here). Draw another diagram and work through the questions above.

Bibliography

  1. Butler, Jeremy G. Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture. New York: Routledge, 2018.

External links

  1. Television, chapter 10 illustrations
  2. Television Style video examples
  3. Chevrolet commercial screenshots
  4. Scrubs screenshots
  5. The Sopranos screenshots
  6. Classical Editing Examples