CMNS 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Cinematic Techniques, Audio Engineer, Continuity Editing
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Tv as text/storyteller: tv changed its forms the way it comes to us. Tv as an industrial production and practices: giant industrial mechanism behind, most of the (cid:862)popular(cid:863) tv sho(cid:449)s are o(cid:449)(cid:374)ed a(cid:374)d produ(cid:272)ed (cid:271)y ha(cid:374)dful of (cid:373)edia conglomerates. Fargo television show example: tells you story in visually interesting way, o(cid:374)e (cid:272)ut fight s(cid:272)e(cid:374)e (cid:894)do(cid:374)"t see the fight though(cid:895) Friends vs the big bang theory vs two and a half men: shows lives of working middle class (relatable, middle-age people, mimics reality, all have familiar settings (friends in coffee shop/apartment, bbt in apartment, two. Men in house: all are funny, dry, sarcastic humor. Realism is how act of producing the whole tv show; ho(cid:449) produ(cid:272)er de(cid:272)ides you thi(cid:374)k it"s real. Realism is a discursive practice of producing reality (nothing about it is real) All carefully constructed reality to make it look real.