RHETOR 138 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Single-Camera Setup, Fourth Wall
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Mise en scene (outfits) and sound reflects each of the sisters" personalities. One of the sister passes away, the middle sister becomes the oldest, also is the only sister with active powers. Characters are constructed by the interactions with one another logicality of relation of character. Power are 3 is a theme that keeps running through the show. Authenticity: paradox of identification, paradox of situation, paradox of production. Jim and pam: when jim asks pam on a date- intimate moment with pam. Camera work: faces are the windows to the soul. Conveys sense of truthfulness in the office. Focus and framed by articles, don"t lose sight of the big picture. Overarching approach - don"t get lost in the details. Episodic was ancestor of the serial, house of cards as a seriality is ancestor of the novel (chapters) how to connect seriality with the paradoxical reality of the show.
