Reminder: we meet in the 5.1 room on Friday at 9:30 to hear your 10 minute presentations. The final project will also be unveiled at the end of the day
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WEEK SIX
Already?
1. Remember: the Crew Call for the final studio production of Visual Music is 9:15 on Thursday. See crew lists on the site.
2. Research Reports due next Tuesday! If you have any questions, ask Sally.
3. This week’s topic: What’s So Funny? | Identity, Genre and Styles of Comedy
Joan Does Dynasty, 1986
Harry Potter and the Secret Chamberpot of Azerbaijan, 2003
Suggested reading: “A Cultural Approach to Television Theory.” I know you have a lot on your plate this week, but this essay by Jason Mittell might be especially helpful if you are studying/writing about a specific genre. You can download it from the syllabus page.
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WEEK FIVE
Reminders:
1. Crew calls for Visual Music are on the site. Make sure you verify which studio productions you are attached to (other than your own).
2. As you prepare your Visual Music productions, you may want to view two additional examples of visual music by Ernie Kovacs that are available under Visual Materials on this site.
3. Additional viewing for your delectation: Andy Warhol TV and commercials (these are on our Visual Materials page), Ingmar Bergman’s soap commercial and Frederico Fellini’s “Fantastic TV Commercials” (link to these from on line syllabus).
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WEEK FOUR
Reminders:
1. Research Report proposals due Tuesday, April 24. Remember you will also be “pitching” these projects to the class. Prepare a very short oral summary.
2. Solo Crew calls for Thursday are on line.
Photo by Shauna Bittle
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WEEK THREE
Reminders:
1. Don’t neglect to read the essay, “Introduction: The Parodic Impulse in the (Not-So) Fabulous Fifties,” in Parody and Taste in Postwar American Television Culture, Ethan Thompson. E-book available from TESC library.
2. See Crew Calls for the two days (The Solo). If you are not due to produce, you have a design and tech workshop from 9:30 until approximately 2:00PM. Use the extra time for research or pre-production planning.
3. Two clips with Mike Nicols and Elaine May are accessible on the Visual Materials page.
4. Before Tuesday’s class, please watch the tutorial on doing a script in the A/V format with Celtyx which is on the Technical Support page.
5. If our discussion of Camp piqued your interest and if you haven’t read Susan Sontag’s essay, Notes on Camp (1964), you can access it on line (http://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/irvinem/theory/Sontag-NotesOnCamp-1964.html)
INTERVIEW ASSIGNMENT CRITIQUE
DUE THURSDAY, APRIL 19
Please watch at least three of the Interviews (your directorial debut, your performances as host and guest) and write a short critique of your work in this studio assignment.For Directors: how well did you visualize the interview? How was your timing? What kinds of directorial decisions might be changed if you had it to do again?
As Talent: what were the best aspects of each performance? How did you differentiate between each character? What might you do in the future to improve your on screen performance?
Use these questions as guidelines but feel free to consider different aspects for your critical review.
Length: 2 paragraphs max. Typed.
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WEEK TWO
Reminder: we now will be meeting in L1540 on Tuesdays, 1:00-4:00.
Make sure to download and read the pdf of the John Fiske essay before class. I also will often post clips or whole programs for your review under the visual materials category by week.
Additionally, here’s a very interesting essay by Richard Dyer, “The Role of Stereotypes” that nicely complements our topic of the week.
Finally, I have redone the reading assignments in Television Production by chapters to roughly accommodate the two different editions. See online syllabus (always) for most current information. (Thanks for the suggestion, Joel!)
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