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| − | #'''Group 1:''' Explain the work of "evaluative" and "descriptive" stylisticians. | + | #'''Group 1:''' Explain the work of "evaluative" and "descriptive" stylisticians. How might they approach ''The Mindy Project''? |
| − | #'''Group 2:''' Explain the work of "analytic" stylisticians. | + | #'''Group 2:''' Explain the work of "analytic" stylisticians. How might they approach ''The Mindy Project''? Be ready to define the following purposes or "functions" of style discussed in the textbook. |
#*symbolize | #*symbolize | ||
#*decorate | #*decorate | ||
| − | #'''Group 3:''' | + | #'''Group 3:''' Explain the work of "analytic" stylisticians. How might they approach ''The Mindy Project''? Be ready to define the following purposes or "functions" of style discussed in the textbook. |
#*persuade | #*persuade | ||
#*hail or interpellate | #*hail or interpellate | ||
#*differentiate | #*differentiate | ||
| − | #''' | + | #'''Group 4:''' Explain the work of "evaluative" and "descriptive" stylisticians. How might they approach ''The Mindy Project''? Be ready to define "craft practices" and "schemas." |
=="Televisuality and the Resurrection of the Sitcom in the 2000s"== | =="Televisuality and the Resurrection of the Sitcom in the 2000s"== | ||
Revision as of 19:54, 21 October 2020
Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture
- Group 1: Explain the work of "evaluative" and "descriptive" stylisticians. How might they approach The Mindy Project?
- Group 2: Explain the work of "analytic" stylisticians. How might they approach The Mindy Project? Be ready to define the following purposes or "functions" of style discussed in the textbook.
- symbolize
- decorate
- Group 3: Explain the work of "analytic" stylisticians. How might they approach The Mindy Project? Be ready to define the following purposes or "functions" of style discussed in the textbook.
- persuade
- hail or interpellate
- differentiate
- Group 4: Explain the work of "evaluative" and "descriptive" stylisticians. How might they approach The Mindy Project? Be ready to define "craft practices" and "schemas."
"Televisuality and the Resurrection of the Sitcom in the 2000s"
Television Style, table 5.3 "Multiple-camera and Single-camera Schemas," full table.
Table 5.3: Cinematography.
Table 5.3: Mise-en-Scene and Editing.
Table 5.3: Sound and Miscellaneous.
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.
Morgan, Mindy, Cliff, and Yana (from left).
Bibliography
- 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.
