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#'''Groups 4 & 8:''' What are icons?  What is iconography? Discuss examples from in-class episodes of ''The Andy Griffith Show'', ''Friends'' or ''The Cosby Show''.
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#'''Groups 4 & 8:''' What are icons?  What is iconography? Discuss examples from in-class episodes of ''The Andy Griffith Show'', ''Friends'' or ''The Big Bang Theory''.
 
#'''Groups 5 & 1:''' What narrative impact does the economic decision to shoot on studio sets have on sitcoms (with studio audiences) and soap operas? That is, how does set design shape the way stories are told?
 
#'''Groups 5 & 1:''' What narrative impact does the economic decision to shoot on studio sets have on sitcoms (with studio audiences) and soap operas? That is, how does set design shape the way stories are told?
 
##Of the sitcoms we've seen in class (''The Andy Griffith Show'', ''[[Building Narrative (Discussion)|The Cosby Show]]'', ''Friends''), which were shot on studio sets with studio audiences? Name three current comedies that are shot with a studio audience and then name three that are not.
 
##Of the sitcoms we've seen in class (''The Andy Griffith Show'', ''[[Building Narrative (Discussion)|The Cosby Show]]'', ''Friends''), which were shot on studio sets with studio audiences? Name three current comedies that are shot with a studio audience and then name three that are not.
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#*'''Groups 6 & 2:''' lighting design
 
#*'''Groups 6 & 2:''' lighting design
 
#*'''Groups 7 & 3:''' blocking and figure movement
 
#*'''Groups 7 & 3:''' blocking and figure movement
#Answer the same questions regarding this scene from [http://tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/MindyProject20131112Opening.php ''The Mindy Project''], with Mindy, Morgan, Cliff, and Yana. Directed by Alex Hardcastle. Production still:
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|File:StrangerThingsS01E02qq00 00 28qq00005.png|alt1=Stranger Things screen shot.|Lucas, Mike, and Dustin (from left).
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|File:StrangerThingsS01E02qq00 00 40qq00013.jpg|alt2=Stranger Things screen shot.|Eleven
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*Answer the same questions regarding this scene from [http://tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/MindyProject20131112Opening.php ''The Mindy Project''], with Mindy, Morgan, Cliff, and Yana. Directed by Alex Hardcastle. Production still:
 
#*'''Groups 5 & 1:''' costume design, iconography
 
#*'''Groups 5 & 1:''' costume design, iconography
 
#*'''Groups 6 & 2:''' set design
 
#*'''Groups 6 & 2:''' set design
 
#*'''Groups 7 & 3:''' lighting design
 
#*'''Groups 7 & 3:''' lighting design
 
#*'''Groups 4 & 8:''' blocking and figure movement
 
#*'''Groups 4 & 8:''' blocking and figure movement
 
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|title=''The Mindy Project'', Season 1, Episode 2
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|File:MindyProject20131111 ProductionStill.jpg|alt3=The Mindy Project screen shot.|Morgan, Mindy, Cliff, and Yana (from left).
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== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
 
#Butler, Jeremy G. ''Television: Critical Methods and Applications''. New York: Routledge, 2012.
 
#Butler, Jeremy G. ''Television: Critical Methods and Applications''. New York: Routledge, 2012.

Revision as of 14:35, 15 September 2016

  1. Groups 4 & 8: What are icons? What is iconography? Discuss examples from in-class episodes of The Andy Griffith Show, Friends or The Big Bang Theory.
  2. Groups 5 & 1: What narrative impact does the economic decision to shoot on studio sets have on sitcoms (with studio audiences) and soap operas? That is, how does set design shape the way stories are told?
    1. Of the sitcoms we've seen in class (The Andy Griffith Show, The Cosby Show, Friends), which were shot on studio sets with studio audiences? Name three current comedies that are shot with a studio audience and then name three that are not.
  3. Lighting questions:
    1. Groups 6 & 2: What are the characteristics of three-point lighting? What function does each "point" serve? Pretend you are a director of photography (DP). Describe a scene that might not use three-point lighting and explain why.
    2. Group 7 & 3: What is the difference between high-key and low-key lighting? And what is chiaroscuro? Pretend you are a director of photography (DP). Describe a scene that might use each of these techniques.
  4. Describe the mise-en-scene of the Stranger Things scene. How are aspects of the characters (El, Mike, Lucas, Dustin) communicated through mise-en-scene? That is, what would we know about the characters even if there were no dialogue in this scene?
    • Groups 4 & 8: costume design, iconography
    • Groups 5 & 1: set design
    • Groups 6 & 2: lighting design
    • Groups 7 & 3: blocking and figure movement

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  • Answer the same questions regarding this scene from The Mindy Project, with Mindy, Morgan, Cliff, and Yana. Directed by Alex Hardcastle. Production still:
    • Groups 5 & 1: costume design, iconography
    • Groups 6 & 2: set design
    • Groups 7 & 3: lighting design
    • Groups 4 & 8: blocking and figure movement

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Bibliography

  1. Butler, Jeremy G. Television: Critical Methods and Applications. New York: Routledge, 2012.

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