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| + | #'''Group 1:''' What narrative impact does the economic decision to shoot on studio sets have sitcoms (with studio audiences) and soap operas? (What differences are there between the studio set-up of these two genres?) That is, how does set design shape the way stories are told? | ||
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| − | ##What are the characteristics of three-point lighting? | + | ##'''Group 2:''' What are the characteristics of three-point lighting? What function does each "point" serve? |
| − | ##What is the difference between high-key and low-key lighting? | + | ##'''Group 3:''' What is the difference between high-key and low-key lighting? And what is chiaroscuro? Describe a scene that might use each of these techniques. |
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#Describe the mise-en-scene of the ''Northern Exposure'' [http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T311/MiseEnSceneNorthernExposure.htm scene with Joel and Jules]. How are aspects of the characters (Joel, Jules, Maggie, Ed) communicated through mise-en-scene? That is, what would we know about the characters even if there were no dialogue in this scene? | #Describe the mise-en-scene of the ''Northern Exposure'' [http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T311/MiseEnSceneNorthernExposure.htm scene with Joel and Jules]. How are aspects of the characters (Joel, Jules, Maggie, Ed) communicated through mise-en-scene? That is, what would we know about the characters even if there were no dialogue in this scene? | ||
Revision as of 18:30, 16 September 2008
- Group 4: What are icons? What is iconography? Discuss examples from Two-a-Days.
- Group 1: What narrative impact does the economic decision to shoot on studio sets have sitcoms (with studio audiences) and soap operas? (What differences are there between the studio set-up of these two genres?) That is, how does set design shape the way stories are told?
- Lighting questions:
- Group 2: What are the characteristics of three-point lighting? What function does each "point" serve?
- Group 3: What is the difference between high-key and low-key lighting? And what is chiaroscuro? Describe a scene that might use each of these techniques.
- Describe the mise-en-scene of the Northern Exposure scene with Joel and Jules. How are aspects of the characters (Joel, Jules, Maggie, Ed) communicated through mise-en-scene? That is, what would we know about the characters even if there were no dialogue in this scene?
Bibliography
- Butler, Jeremy G. Television: Critical Methods and Applications. Mahweh, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2007.
External links
- Two-a-Days images on the Television gallery.
- Northern Exposure images on the Television gallery.
- Northern Exposure scene.
