RTV 3405 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Crime Film, On Liberty, Areopagitica
8 Mar 2017
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As the world turns (1956 to 2010, guiding light (1952 to 2009, serial format, open-ended, multiple-tread: 4-5 threads per episode, focus on character conflicts and relationships rather than plot. Intentionally have redundant narratives to help viewers catch up, but also to activate backstory knowledge: focus on relationship between networks of people rather than plot (everyone is connected and related) Foundation for creative freedom: genre conventions are like rules, you need to learn the rules to break the rules. Implicit contract between producer and audience: genre expectations, singing and dancing in a musical; blood in slasher films; and explosions in. Summer blockbusters: programs that follow genre expectations create generic realism. Tv and politics: why do we protect freedom of the press, the relationship between tv news and the government, and tv news during war, how tv shifted election focus. Areopagitica (1644: the founders believed if the press was free, men would speak, and we would.
