This powerpoint travels back in time to explore where the genre comedy originates from, it includes legends such as Charlie Chaplin and Macaulay Culkin.
Sitcoms have been part of American culture for decades and reflected, influenced and comforted US society through social change.
Hopefully the video clips are embedded.
An introduction to mise en scene, cinematography, editing and sound
for teachers attending the summer 2009
Teacher's Institute at Jacob Burns Film
Center, Pleasantville, NY.
This powerpoint travels back in time to explore where the genre comedy originates from, it includes legends such as Charlie Chaplin and Macaulay Culkin.
Sitcoms have been part of American culture for decades and reflected, influenced and comforted US society through social change.
Hopefully the video clips are embedded.
An introduction to mise en scene, cinematography, editing and sound
for teachers attending the summer 2009
Teacher's Institute at Jacob Burns Film
Center, Pleasantville, NY.
1. A situation comedy, often shortened to
sitcom, is a genre of comedy that features
characters sharing the same common
environment, such as a home or workplace,
with often humorous dialogue.
Such programs originated in radio, but today,
sitcoms are found mostly on television as one
of its dominant narrative forms
2. For part B of the exam, you will be asked 2
questions.
The first one will ask how and why your chosen
comedy(s) is scheduled on different channels?
The second will ask how your chosen comedy(s)
offers the audience pleasure?
As sitcoms are one of television’s most dominant
narrative forms which attract a huge amount of
viewers, it should be easy to spot how they offer
audience pleasures.
3. In order to be able to answer this question, you
need to be able to identify what exactly is a
sitcom and what makes a REALLY successful
one.
Also you will need to give specific examples
from the comedy.
