Writing for Film, Filming for Writing: The Initiative

Writing for Film, Filming for Writing: The Initiative

Solid Buffy reference, Paul. Buffy the Vampire Slayer is easily my favourite TV show, Joss Whedon easily my favourite writer/industry figure and I’m always up…

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Mad Men: The dispersal of Quality TV and Complex Narrative

Mad Men: The dispersal of Quality TV and Complex Narrative

It’s not (just) HBO: The dispersal of Quality TV and Complex Narrative Over the last couple of weeks, and subsequent blog posts, there’s been a…

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True Detective: The poetics of complex narrative

True Detective: The poetics of complex narrative

First of all, like last week, and ‘Girls’, ‘True Detective’ is another show that’s been on my radar for months (since before it ran on…

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Girls: Branding, genre and the idea of 'quality TV'

Girls: Branding, genre and the idea of ‘quality TV’

“It’s not TV, it’s HBO”: Branding, genre and the idea of ‘quality TV’ I thoroughly enjoyed this week’s lecture. I find the concept of ‘quality…

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Television Cultures: Geographies

Television Cultures: Geographies

This week, on TV Cultures… So, geography and transnationalism today – concepts I can’t say I’m an expert on, but I’ll give it a go!…

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Live Television: The Extraordinary & the Everyday

Live Television: The Extraordinary & the Everyday

This week, on TV Cultures … An interesting lecture this week, analyzing the concept of ‘live’ television, and dividing it into ‘ordinary’ and ‘extraordinary’ programming….

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(TV Cultures) From Broadcast to Post-Broadcast: Part 2

(TV Cultures) From Broadcast to Post-Broadcast: Part 2

Television is constantly changing, that’s a given. In a world where technology is pored over, relentlessly tweaked and updated, with new and exciting discoveries occasionally…

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