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#What are icons? What is iconography? Discuss examples from in-class episodes of ''The Andy Griffith Show'' or ''The Big Bang Theory''.
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#Review "objective correlative." Icon is another word for it. What is iconography? Discuss examples from in-class episodes of ''The Andy Griffith Show'', ''The Big Bang Theory'', or ''Schitt's Creek''.
 
#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?
 
#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 Big Bang Theory]]''), which were shot on studio sets with studio audiences? Name three recent comedies that are shot with a studio audience and then name three that are not.
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##Of the sitcoms we've seen in class (''The Andy Griffith Show'', ''The Big Bang Theory'', or ''Schitt's Creek''), which were shot on studio sets with studio audiences? '''Yes/no question for each.'''
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##*'''Chat window:''' Name a recent comedy that was shot with a studio audience and one that was not.
 
#Lighting questions:
 
#Lighting questions:
 
##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.
 
##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.
##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.
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##'''Yes/no questions.''' Is this high key lighting?
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##*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.
  
 
==''Stranger Things'', Season 1, Episode 2==
 
==''Stranger Things'', Season 1, Episode 2==
 
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File:StrangerThingsS01E02qq00 00 28qq00005.png|alt=Stranger Things screen shot.|Lucas, Mike, and Dustin (from left).
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File:StrangerThingsS01E02qq00 00 28qq00005.png|alt=Stranger Things screenshot.|Lucas, Mike, and Dustin (from left).
File:StrangerThingsS01E02qq00 00 40qq00013.jpg|alt=Stranger Things screen shot.|Eleven
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File:StrangerThingsS01E02qq00 00 40qq00013.jpg|alt=Stranger Things screenshot.|Eleven
 
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#Describe the mise-en-scene of the ''Stranger Things'' [https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/T311/StrangerThingsS01E02/index.html scene]. How are aspects of the characters (Eleven, 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?
 
#Describe the mise-en-scene of the ''Stranger Things'' [https://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/T311/StrangerThingsS01E02/index.html scene]. How are aspects of the characters (Eleven, 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 6 & 1:''' costume design, iconography
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#*'''Group 1:''' costume design, iconography
#*'''Groups 2 & 4:''' set design
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#*'''Group 2:''' set design
#*'''Groups 3:''' lighting design (be sure to account for the lighting in the screenshots above)
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#*'''Group 3:''' lighting design (be sure to account for the lighting in the screenshots above)
#*'''Groups 5:''' blocking and figure movement
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#*'''Group 4:''' blocking and figure movement
  
 
== ''Northern Exposure'': "Jules et Joel," 10/28/1991 ==
 
== ''Northern Exposure'': "Jules et Joel," 10/28/1991 ==
  
 
*Answer the same questions regarding this scene from [https://vimeo.com/345083101 ''Northern Exposure''] ("Jules et Joel," 10/28/1991), with "Joel," "Jules," and Maggie. Directed by James Hayman.
 
*Answer the same questions regarding this scene from [https://vimeo.com/345083101 ''Northern Exposure''] ("Jules et Joel," 10/28/1991), with "Joel," "Jules," and Maggie. Directed by James Hayman.
**'''Groups 2 & 4:''' costume design, iconography
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**'''Group 1:''' costume design, iconography
**'''Groups 3:''' set design
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**'''Group 2:''' set design
**'''Groups 5:''' lighting design
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**'''Group 3:''' lighting design
**'''Groups 6 & 1:''' blocking and figure movement
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**'''Group 4:''' blocking and figure movement
  
 
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Revision as of 18:22, 17 September 2020

  1. Review "objective correlative." Icon is another word for it. What is iconography? Discuss examples from in-class episodes of The Andy Griffith Show, The Big Bang Theory, or Schitt's Creek.
  2. 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 Big Bang Theory, or Schitt's Creek), which were shot on studio sets with studio audiences? Yes/no question for each.
      • Chat window: Name a recent comedy that was shot with a studio audience and one that was not.
  3. Lighting questions:
    1. 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. Yes/no questions. Is this high key lighting?
      • 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.

Stranger Things, Season 1, Episode 2

  1. Describe the mise-en-scene of the Stranger Things scene. How are aspects of the characters (Eleven, 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?
    • Group 1: costume design, iconography
    • Group 2: set design
    • Group 3: lighting design (be sure to account for the lighting in the screenshots above)
    • Group 4: blocking and figure movement

Northern Exposure: "Jules et Joel," 10/28/1991

  • Answer the same questions regarding this scene from Northern Exposure ("Jules et Joel," 10/28/1991), with "Joel," "Jules," and Maggie. Directed by James Hayman.
    • Group 1: costume design, iconography
    • Group 2: set design
    • Group 3: lighting design
    • Group 4: blocking and figure movement

Bibliography

  1. Butler, Jeremy G. Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture, 5th edition. New York: Routledge, 2018.

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