Discuss things like camera work, lighting, editing, and the way these formal elements create a sense of the real

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Short Paper on realist television form (not content)

  • To practice close, careful analysis of a television show with attention to its form and the specific ways that form creates a “realseemingness.”
  • Discuss things like camera work, lighting, editing, and the way these formal elements create a sense of the real
  • To demonstrate insight into the how social relations are represented and how that process of representation is naturalized.
  • To provide brief insight into the values and messages of a realist television program and begin to explore the ideological implications of realist representation.