TELEVISION AND MULTIMEDIA

L-ART/06 - 6 CFU - 2° Semester

Teaching Staff

ALESSANDRO DE FILIPPO


Learning Objectives

The course aims to introduce students to the new forms of serial narration.

Starting from the television peculiarities, we will present the analysis tools for TV series.



Detailed Course Content

– Communication Strategies of Television

– The expanded text

– Narrative Ecosystem

– The TV Series



Textbook Information

A The boundless audiovisual storytelling (1 CFU).

Text:

- K. Thompson, Storytelling. Forme del racconto tra cinema e televisione, Soveria Mannelli, Rubbettino, 2012, pp. 140.

Projection of pilots of various TV series and analysis of audiovisual sequences

B Thinking of a TV Series, writing a Tv Series (3 CFU).

Texts:

- V. Innocenti, G. Pescatore, Le nuove forme della serialità televisiva. Storia, linguaggio e temi, Bologna, Archetipo Libri, 2008, pp. 248.

- L. Bandirali, E. Terrone, Filosofia delle Serie Tv. Dalla Scena del Crimine al Trono di Spade, Milano, Mimesis, 2012, pp. 9-31 e pp. 51-63.

- N. Landau, Showrunner. Grandi storie, grandi serie, Roma, Dino Audino, 2015, pp. 9-33; pp.41-48; pp. 57-109; pp. 118-155; pp. 162-203.

C Fear and Desire in the TV Series representation (2 CFU).

Texts:

- A. De Filippo, Walkers and Biters. L'invasione del nemico disumano in The Walking Dead. Formule narrative e schemi interpretativi, Leonforte (Enna), Euno, 2015, pp. 158.

- A. De Filippo, Apocalypse when? Il «minuto e fragile corpo dell'uomo». Tre casi di studio sulle logiche dello Spettacolo, Catania, Società di Storia Patria per la Sicilia Orientale (e-book), pp. 68-214.

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All the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library.




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