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Action items

After reading and screening all required materials and reading all the topic pages, answer these questions in a single blog post:

Topic 2

  1. Please screen three episodes of Mike & Molly (available on HULU) and explain how they exemplify Eco’s notion of oneiric space? Why would this type of story structure be appealing?

Possible appeals:

  • There is pleasure in resolution
  • There is pleasure in plugging in the formula
  • There is pleasure in familiarity
  • There is little concern over missing an episode

Topic 3

  1. Please SCREEN the season 6 episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, “As you were” (available on NETFLIX) and address how serialization impacts the story, characterization, and possible interpretations of events. How would the story have worked if it were purely episodic.
  1. SCREEN the season 3 episode of The Vampire Diaries, “the Reckoning” (available on Netflix) and make note of
  • All the plot elements and characters
  • How these are interwoven (plot-wise, thematically, aesthetically)
  • How many cliffhangers and hints at future plot elements are introduced
  • What forms of knowledge the episode requires that you have or seek out in order to fully comprehend the story

Topic 4

  1. Please visit the website for the series Orphan Black (http://www.bbcamerica.com/orphan-black/) and watch some of the behind the scenes footage (also read the “about” page if you are unfamiliar with the series). Then visit the fan site Clone Club Book Club (http://discourse.cloneclub.co/) and leaf through the discussion of plot points.

How are these examples of the “operational aesthetic” and “forensic fandom” that Mittell links to complexity on television and the effort to cultivate “maximum rewatchability”?

  1. Why would a series like Orphan Black or The Vampire Diaries have a difficult time finding success if it had been produced for a previous generation?
 
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