Sitcom Style

Author : Steven Peacock,Jason Jacobs
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781623569037

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Television Aesthetics and Style by Steven Peacock,Jason Jacobs Pdf

Although Film Studies has successfully (re)turned attention to matters of style and interpretation, its sibling discipline has left the territory uncharted - until now. The question of how television operates on a stylistic level has been critically underexplored, despite being fundamental to our viewing experience. This significant new work redresses a vital gap in Television Studies by engaging with the stylistic dynamics of TV; exploring the aesthetic properties and values of both the medium and particular types of output (specific programmes); and raising important questions about the way we judge television as both cultural artifact and art form. Television Aesthetics and Style provides a unique and vital intervention in the field, raising key questions about television's artistic properties and possibilities. Through a series of case-studies by internationally renowned scholars, the collection takes a radical step forward in understanding TV's stylistic achievements.

Author : Diana Friedman
Publisher : Clarkson Potter
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : House & Home
ISBN : PSU:000060841612

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Sitcom Style by Diana Friedman Pdf

From Archie Bunker's Barcalounger to the framed peephole on Friends,a sitcom's decor sets the tone of the nation's favourite shows - and defines the lives of its characters. Sitcom Style brings readers a behind-the-scenes peek inside more than two dozen of the most recognisable TV homes and offers readers design tips for their own homes.

Author : Jeremy G. Butler
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-09
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781317530992

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The Sitcom by Jeremy G. Butler Pdf

In this new Routledge Television Guidebook, Jeremy G. Butler studies our love-hate relationship with the durable sitcom, analyzing the genre’s position as a major media artefact within American culture and providing a historical overview of its evolution in the USA. Everyone loves the sitcom genre; and yet, paradoxically, everyone hates the sitcom, too. This book examines themes of gender, race, ethnicity, and the family that are always at the core of humor in our culture, tracking how those discourses are embedded in the sitcom’s relatively rigid storytelling structures. Butler pays particular attention to the sitcom’s position in today’s post-network media landscape and sample analyses of Sex and the City, Black-ish, The Simpsons, and The Andy Griffith Show illuminate how the sitcom is infused with foundational American values. At once contemporary and reflective, The Sitcom is a must-read for students and scholars of television, comedy, and broader media studies, and a great classroom text.

Author : Crispin Tennant
Publisher : Richards Education
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Lights, Laughter, Action: A Comprehensive Guide to Writing a TV Sitcom by Crispin Tennant Pdf

"Lights, Laughter, Action: A Comprehensive Guide to Writing a TV Sitcom" is your ultimate companion on the journey to crafting comedic gold for the small screen. Whether you're a seasoned writer or a budding humorist, this book offers invaluable insights, practical advice, and insider tips from industry professionals. From developing unforgettable characters to pitching your sitcom to networks, each chapter is packed with actionable strategies and creative exercises to help you bring your sitcom vision to life. Get ready to tickle funny bones and leave audiences roaring with laughter as you embark on your sitcom-writing adventure.

Author : Doyle Greene
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780786466429

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Teens, TV and Tunes by Doyle Greene Pdf

This political analysis of teen culture examines the historical and ideological development of American youth society, the economic and ideological relationship between television and popular music, and the ideological rivalry between Nickelodeon and Disney. More than mere entertainment, teen sitcoms and pop music portray a complex and often contradictory set of cultural discourses. They engage in a process of ideology marketing and "hip versus square" politics. Case studies include Saved by the Bell, Britney Spears, the movie School of Rock, early "pop music sitcoms" like The Monkees and The Partridge Family, and recent staples of teen culture such as iCarly and Hannah Montana. What is occurring in teen culture has a crucial bearing as today's teens age into adulthood and become the dominant generation in the impending decades.

Author : Simone Knox,Kai Hanno Schwind
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783030254292

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Friends by Simone Knox,Kai Hanno Schwind Pdf

This book offers a long overdue, extensive study of one of the most beloved television shows: Friends. Why has this sitcom become the seminal success that it is? And how does it continue to engage viewers around the world a quarter century after its first broadcast? Featuring original interviews with key creative personnel (including co-creator Marta Kauffman and executive producer Kevin S. Bright), the book provides answers by identifying a strategy of intimacy that informs Friends’ use of humour, performance, style and set design. The authors provide fascinating analyses of some of the most well-remembered scenes—the one where Ross can’t get his leather pants back on, and Ross and Rachel’s break-up, to name just a couple—and reflect on how and why A-list guest performances sometimes fell short of the standards set by the ensemble cast. Also considered are the iconic look of Monica’s apartment as well as the programme’s much discussed politics of representation and the critical backlash it has received in recent years. An exploration of Joey, the infamous spin-off, and several attempts to adapt Friends’ successful formula across the globe, round out the discussion, with insights into mistranslated jokes and much more. For students, scholars, creative industry practitioners and fans alike, this is a compelling read that lets us glimpse behind the scenes of what has become a cultural phenomenon and semi-permanent fixture in many of our homes.

Author : Antonio Savorelli
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-13
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786458431

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Beyond Sitcom by Antonio Savorelli Pdf

This book explores the mechanisms that have driven the evolution of televisual comedy from the classic sitcom, a genre deeply rooted in its theatrical origins, toward a more mature stage of television's history. It analyzes four comic series--Scrubs, The Office, The Comeback, and Ugly Betty--revealing how each separates itself from the traditional sitcom archetype and shows increased awareness of the comic genre. Throughout the author focuses on two cardinal themes: the relationship between comedy and euphoria; and the relationship between comic texts and reality.

Author : Mary M. Dalton,Laura R. Linder
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2005-10-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0791465705

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The Sitcom Reader by Mary M. Dalton,Laura R. Linder Pdf

Offers a variety of perspectives on the sitcom genre and its influence on American culture.

Author : Joan See
Publisher : Back Stage Books
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780307799517

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Acting in Commercials by Joan See Pdf

Every actor knows that working in commercials is lucrative. But many actors, trained primarily for working on the stage, have mistaken ideas about this field and lack essential on-camera experience. Now in an updated and expanded edition, Acting in Commercials is the only resource that fills all the gaps in the performer’s knowledge of this demanding medium. Invaluable for its insight into the craft as well as the business of acting, it tells you how to prepare for commercial auditions and, once you’ve landed a job, how to deliver the most expressive on-camera performance—leading to more work and success in a competitive field. Author Joan See illuminates all the secrets she has learned while appearing in hundreds of commercials over the past thirty years. She shows you how to approach five distinctly different commercial forms and explains the specific acting techniques to employ in each. In fact, Acting in Commercials will take you beyond commercial work, sharpening all your acting skills for a broader film and television career.

Author : Mary M. Dalton,Laura R. Linder
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-12
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781438461328

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The Sitcom Reader, Second Edition by Mary M. Dalton,Laura R. Linder Pdf

Updated version of an engaging overview of the television situation comedy. This updated and expanded anthology offers an engaging overview of one of the oldest and most ubiquitous forms of television programming: the sitcom. Through an analysis of formulaic conventions, the contributors address critical identities such as race, gender, and sexuality, and overarching structures such as class and family. Organized by decade, chapters explore postwar domestic ideology and working-class masculinity in the 1950s, the competing messages of power and subordination in 1960s magicoms, liberated women and gender in 1970s workplace comedies and 1980s domestic comedies, liberal feminism in the 1990s, heteronormative narrative strategies in the 2000s, and unmasking myths of gender in the 2010s. From I Love Lucy and The Honeymooners to Roseanne, Cybill, and Will & Grace to Transparent and many others in between, The Sitcom Reader provides a comprehensive examination of this popular genre that will help readers think about the shows and themselves in new contexts. For access to an online resource created by Mary Dalton, which includes interviews with contributors and course lectures, visit: The Sitcom Reader: A Companion Website @ https://build.zsr.wfu.edu/sitcomreader Mary M. Dalton is Professor of Communication and Film Studies at Wake Forest University and author of The Hollywood Curriculum: Teachers in the Movies, Second Revised Edition. Laura R. Linder, a retired Associate Professor of Media Studies, is the author of Public Access Television: America’s Electronic Soapbox. Together they coauthored Teacher TV: Sixty Years of Teachers on Television.

Author : Inger-Lise Kalviknes Bore
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317672807

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Screen Comedy and Online Audiences by Inger-Lise Kalviknes Bore Pdf

The question of why we laugh (or don't laugh) has intrigued scholars since antiquity. This book contributes to that debate by exploring how we evaluate screen comedy. What kinds of criteria do we use to judge films and TV shows that are meant to be funny? And what might that have to do with our social and cultural backgrounds, or with wider cultural ideas about film, TV, comedy, quality and entertainment? The book examines these questions through a study of audience responses posted to online facilities such as Twitter, Facebook, review sites, blogs and message boards. Bore’s analysis of these responses considers a broad range of issues, including how audiences perceive the idea of "national" comedy; what they think of female comedians; how they evaluate romcoms, sitcoms and web comedy; what they think is acceptable to joke about; what comedy fans get excited about; how fans interact with star comedians; and what comedy viewers really despise. The book demonstrates some of the ways in which we can adapt theories of humour and comedy to examine the practices of contemporary screen audiences, while offering new insights into how they negotiate the opportunities and constrictions of different online facilities to share their views and experiences.

Author : John Byrne
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781408151761

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Writing Comedy by John Byrne Pdf

Comedy has always been one of the most high-profile, glamorous and potentially lucrative markets for scriptwriters, but it is also perceived as one of the hardest. In the fourth edition of this highly regarded handbook, John Byrne breaks down the basics of writing comedy into simple steps and shows you how to make the most of your own comedy writing talent and - just as importantly - your ability to market that talent. Here is a wealth of practical advice both on how to get your career off the ground and how to keep developing it. Whether you are writing comedy routines, sketches or sitcoms, and aiming your work at the page, the stage or the ever-expanding world of broadcasting, you will find something in this book to encourage, inform and inspire you. As with any art form, the basics of good comedy never go out of fashion. While the easy steps in this book are illustrated with examples of work by classic comedians old and new, you will also find useful advice on developing and adapting your work for the twenty-first century market, whether your aim is to promote your work online or simply to keep your gags fresh and topical in a world where the news changes by the minute and gets flashed around the world in seconds.

Author : Christopher Stevens
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781843177739

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The Masters of Sitcom by Christopher Stevens Pdf

Ray Galton and Alan Simpson are two of the most influential and celebrated television scriptwriters of our time. Praised for inventing the sitcom, their own seminal creations are still standing the test of time with modern audiences - Hancock's Half Hour and Steptoe and Son are two of the most successful sitcoms ever made. This book is a charming tribute to their career in comedy, written in collaboration with Galton and Simpson themselves and with exclusive access to their personal archive of scripts. Readers will discover the fascinating story of their progress from variety shows to television, and how they came to create characters and programmes that have captured the nation's heart for generations. Their insightful comments on their own writing, along with their first-class understanding of the television writers' craft, make this anthology unique, informative and incredibly entertaining.

Author : Holly Willson Holladay
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2023-03-28
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780814347898

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Parks and Recreation by Holly Willson Holladay Pdf

"Treat yo’ self" to this captivating analysis of critically acclaimed, fan-favorite television series Parks and Recreation.

Author : Roswitha Fischer
Publisher : Gunter Narr Verlag
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Reference
ISBN : 3823349406

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Lexical Change in Present-day English by Roswitha Fischer Pdf