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Concept TV : an aesthetics of television series / Luca Bandirali and Enrico Terrone.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Bandirali, Luca, 1973- author.
Terrone, Enrico, 1970- author.
Contributor:
Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.
Standardized Title:
Filosofia delle serie TV. English
Language:
English
Italian
Subjects (All):
Television series--United States--History and criticism.
Television series.
Television series--Philosophy.
United States.
Genre:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (135 pages)
Distribution:
New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2021.
Place of Publication:
Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2021]
Summary:
Television series seem to be made of images and sounds just like films, but Luca Bandirali and Enrico Terrone suggest an alternate framework for understanding television series: as concepts whereby narratives made of images and sounds can be constructed.
Contents:
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Problem: Supersize Narratives
Television Series as Megamovies
The Vast Amount of Time
The Norms of Audiovisual Narrative
The Clash between Norms and Time
Filling Strategies
Two Alternative Conclusions
Chapter 2: The Solution: Conceptual Narratives
Video Art, Film, Television
Arguing for the Conceptual Hypothesis
Television Series as Conceptual Narratives
Ontology and Evaluation
The Components of Conceptual Narratives
Chapter 3: The Upshot: Engaging with Conceptual Narratives
The Normativity of Conceptual Narratives
The Evaluation of Conceptual Narratives
Approaches to Evaluation
Modes of Conceptual Narratives
Conceptual Metanarratives
Serialized Series
Serialized Characters
Conclusion: Rethinking Television Series
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
1-66698-769-7
1-4985-9757-2
OCLC:
1257316646

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