Television style / Jeremy G. Butler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Butler, Jeremy G., 1954- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Television--Aesthetics.

Television.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Style matters. Television relies on style-setting, lighting, videography, editing, and so on-to set moods, hail viewers, construct meanings, build narratives, sell products, and shape information. Yet, to date, style has been the most understudied aspect of the medium. In this book, Jeremy G. Butler examines the meanings behind television's stylstic conventions. Television Style dissects how style signifies and what significance it has had in specific television contexts. Using hundreds of frame captures from television programs, Television Style dares to loo

Contents:

Introduction: dare we look closely at television?

Television and zero-degree style

Stylistic crossover in the network era: from film to television

The persuasive power of style

Style in an age of media convergence

Televisuality and the resurrection of the sitcom in the 2000s.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-135-89069-2

1-135-89070-6

1-282-59558-X

9786612595585

0-203-87957-0

9780203879573

OCLC:

609858966