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'''Group 4:''' Be prepared to define these basic terms: "style," "stylistics". Then, pretend you are an "evaluative" and "descriptive" stylisticians. How would you study ''New Girl''? Devise a research project that you might attempt with this TV text.
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==''Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture''==
  
'''Group 1:''' Be prepared to define these basic terms: "style," "stylistics". Then, pretend you are a "analytic" stylistician.  How would you study ''New Girl''? 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.
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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.
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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
  
'''Group 2:''' Be prepared to define these basic terms: "style," "stylistics". Then, pretend you are a "analytic" stylistician.  How would you study ''New Girl''? 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.
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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 3:''' Be prepared to define these basic terms: "style," "stylistics". Then, pretend you are a "historical" stylistician. How would you study ''New Girl''? 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]).
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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.
  
'''All groups:''' Table 5.3 in "Televisuality and the Resurrection of the Sitcom in the 2000s" lists elements of the "single-camera televisual schema". Many of these we will be discussed in the weeks to come, but try to identify at least three of them in the opening segment of ''New Girl''.
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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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