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'''Group 1:''' Be prepared to define these basic terms: "style," "stylistics". Then, pretend you are an "evaluative" stylistician. How would you study ''Outsourced''? Devise a research project that you might attempt with this TV text. How is evaluative stylistics often connected with auteurism? Who is ''Outsourced"'s auteur?
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==''Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture''==
  
'''Group 2:''' Be prepared to define these basic terms: "style," "stylistics". Then, pretend you are a "descriptive" stylistician. How would you study ''Outsourced''? Devise a research project that you might attempt with this TV text.
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'''Group 1:''' Pretend you are "evaluative" and "descriptive" stylisticians. How would you study ''The Mindy Project''? Devise a research project that you might attempt with this TV text.
  
'''Group 3:''' Be prepared to define these basic terms: "style," "stylistics". Then, pretend you are a "analytic" stylistician.  How would you study ''Outsourced''? Devise a research project that you might attempt with this TV text. Be sure to account for the five "functions" of style discussed in the textbook.
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'''Group 2:''' Pretend you are an "analytic" stylistician.  How would you study ''The Mindy Project''? Devise a research project that you might attempt with this TV text. Be sure to account for the following "functions" of style discussed in the textbook.
 
*symbolize
 
*symbolize
 
*decorate
 
*decorate
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'''Group 3:''' Pretend you are an "analytic" stylistician.  How would you study ''The Mindy Project''? Devise a research project that you might attempt with this TV text. Be sure to account for the following "functions" of style discussed in the textbook.
 
*persuade
 
*persuade
 
*hail or interpellate
 
*hail or interpellate
 
*differentiate
 
*differentiate
  
'''Group 4:''' Be prepared to define these basic terms: "style," "stylistics". Then, pretend you are a "historical" stylistician. How would you study ''Outsourced''? Devise a research project that you might attempt with this TV text. Be sure to account for "craft practices" and "schemas."
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'''Groups 4:''' Pretend you are a "historical" stylistician. How would you study ''The Mindy Project''? Devise a research project that you might attempt with this TV text. Be sure to account for "craft practices" and "schemas."
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=="Televisuality and the Resurrection of the Sitcom in the 2000s"==
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View a scene from ''The Mindy Project'' (see Blackboard and [http://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/BUI301/MindyProject_20131112/index.html screenshots online]).
  
'''All groups:''' What elements of your stylistic approach do you see in "Televisuality and the Resurrection of the Sitcom in the 2000s"?
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*'''All Groups:''' List at least three aspects of the ''The Mindy Project'' scene that mark it as single-camera production.
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*'''All groups:''' Table 5.3 in "Televisuality and the Resurrection of the Sitcom in the 2000s" lists elements of the "single-camera televisual schema". Is ''The Mindy Project'' "televisual", in addition to being a single-camera production? Identify any elements from this table in the scene.
  
==Auteur theory -- if time allows ==
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#What problems does the auteur theory, which is based in film studies, have when applied to television? For example, how are "pitch sessions" a problem, according to Caldwell? Who are "showrunners"? What do auteurist critics look for in TV shows? If there are no true auteurs, can TV still be "art"?
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File:Mindyproject 20131112qq00 00 55qq00040.jpg|alt=The Mindy Project screenshot.|Morgan, Mindy, Cliff, and Yana (from left).
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== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
#Butler, Jeremy G. ''Television: Critical Methods and Applications''. NY: Routledge, 2011.
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#Butler, Jeremy G. ''Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture''. NY: Routledge, 2018.
 
#Butler, Jeremy G. "Televisuality and the Resurrection of the Sitcom in the 2000s," in ''Television Style'' (NY: Routledge, 2010), 173-222.
 
#Butler, Jeremy G. "Televisuality and the Resurrection of the Sitcom in the 2000s," in ''Television Style'' (NY: Routledge, 2010), 173-222.
  
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*[http://www.tvstylebook.com/pix/images-by-chapter/?album=1&gallery=15 ''Television Style'' illustrations]
 
*[http://www.tvstylebook.com/pix/images-by-chapter/?album=1&gallery=15 ''Television Style'' illustrations]
 
*[http://www.tvstylebook.com/ ''Television Style'' official homepage]
 
*[http://www.tvstylebook.com/ ''Television Style'' official homepage]
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*[http://tvcrit.org/Classes/Jbutler/BUI301/MindyProject_20131112/index.html ''The Mindy Project'' screenshots]
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*[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/EO/DV/NewGirl.php ''New Girl'' clip]
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*[http://tvcrit.com/find/howimet Hybrid mode of production] in ''How I Met Your Mother''
  
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Revision as of 21:44, 20 October 2020

Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture

Group 1: Pretend you are "evaluative" and "descriptive" stylisticians. How would you study The Mindy Project? Devise a research project that you might attempt with this TV text.

Group 2: Pretend you are an "analytic" stylistician. How would you study The Mindy Project? Devise a research project that you might attempt with this TV text. Be sure to account for the following "functions" of style discussed in the textbook.

  • symbolize
  • decorate

Group 3: Pretend you are an "analytic" stylistician. How would you study The Mindy Project? Devise a research project that you might attempt with this TV text. Be sure to account for the following "functions" of style discussed in the textbook.

  • persuade
  • hail or interpellate
  • differentiate

Groups 4: Pretend you are a "historical" stylistician. How would you study The Mindy Project? Devise a research project that you might attempt with this TV text. Be sure to account for "craft practices" and "schemas."

"Televisuality and the Resurrection of the Sitcom in the 2000s"

View a scene from The Mindy Project (see Blackboard and screenshots online).

  • All Groups: List at least three aspects of the The Mindy Project scene that mark it as single-camera production.
  • All groups: Table 5.3 in "Televisuality and the Resurrection of the Sitcom in the 2000s" lists elements of the "single-camera televisual schema". Is The Mindy Project "televisual", in addition to being a single-camera production? Identify any elements from this table in the scene.

Bibliography

  1. Butler, Jeremy G. Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture. NY: Routledge, 2018.
  2. Butler, Jeremy G. "Televisuality and the Resurrection of the Sitcom in the 2000s," in Television Style (NY: Routledge, 2010), 173-222.

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