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Author: Diana Friedman
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom 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
Published: 2019-10-09
Total Pages: 159
ISBN-13: 1317530993
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 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: Steven Peacock
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2013-07-04
Total Pages: 348
ISBN-13: 1623569036
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlthough 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: Scott McClanahan
Publisher:
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781937512033
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA colorful and elegiac coming-of-age story that announces Scott McClanahan as a resounding, lasting talent.
Author: Antonio Savorelli
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2010-04-27
Total Pages: 219
ISBN-13: 0786458437
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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: Evan S. Smith
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780399525339
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes the writing method called premise-driven comedy, examines how comedy affects character development and story structure, discusses guidelines on script layouts, and offers advice on establishing a career
Author: Mary M. Dalton
Publisher: SUNY Press
Published: 2005-10-06
Total Pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9780791465707
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOffers a variety of perspectives on the sitcom genre and its influence on American culture.
Author: Crispin Tennant
Publisher: Richards Education
Published:
Total Pages: 149
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK"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: Jeremy G. Butler
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010-04-05
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 1135890706
DOWNLOAD EBOOKStyle matters. Television relies on style—setting, lighting, videography, editing, and so on—to set moods, hail viewers, construct meanings, build narratives, sell products, and shape information. Yet, to date, style has been the most understudied aspect of the medium. In this book, Jeremy G. Butler examines the meanings behind television’s stylstic conventions. Television Style dissects how style signifies and what significance it has had in specific television contexts. Using hundreds of frame captures from television programs, Television Style dares to look closely at television. Miami Vice, ER, soap operas, sitcoms, and commercials, among other prototypical television texts, are deconstructed in an attempt to understand how style functions in television. Television Style also assays the state of style during an era of media convergence and the ostensible demise of network television. This book is a much needed introduction to television style, and essential reading at a moment when the medium is undergoing radical transformation, perhaps even a stylistic renaissance. Discover additional examples and resources on the companion website: www.tvstylebook.com.
Author: Evan S. Smith
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2009-12-01
Total Pages: 362
ISBN-13: 1101151625
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis new edition of Writing Television Sitcoms features the essential information every would-be teleplay writer needs to know to break into the business, including: - Updated examples from contemporary shows such as 30 Rock, The Office and South Park - Shifts in how modern stories are structured - How to recognize changes in taste and censorship - The reality of reality television - How the Internet has created series development opportunities - A refined strategy for approaching agents and managers - How pitches and e-queries work - or don't - The importance of screenwriting competitions
