Television Style » Chapter 5: Television and Televisuality

Chapter 5: Television and Televisuality

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5.01 In black-and-white, The Simpsons parodies The Honeymooners, with Homer and Marge as Ralph and Alice Kramden, and Bart as Ed Norton.

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5.02 A Scrubs’ episode’s transition from single-camera to multiple-camera production is signaled by a shift in lighting from low-key, almost film-noir style lighting to…

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…bright high-key lighting.

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5.04 A wide shot of the Scrubs studio set up for multiple-camera production, which it normally did not use.

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5.05 The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show: George Burns teases a camera operator after having spoken directly to the studio audience from in front of a proscenium curtain.

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5.06 A vaudeville performance. Vaudeville shaped the style of early live television performances.

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5.07 Desi Arnaz speaks to the studio audience of I Love Lucy.

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5.08 In multiple-camera sitcoms with live studio audiences, three-walled sets are arrayed in front of the audience. Video cameras are positioned between the audience and the sets.

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