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" is great to be on TV now, this medium is in its infancy and This is because you have to pause every ten or 15 minutes to sell toilet paper in an environment so can not develop any force, or do anything that makes mature art, HBO is almost like being in the film industry 30 years ago when they began to discover the power of the medium, I think it's great to have, can tell, is like a novel, you could not do in a movie, and we can do now what kind of narrative that we use is very different, much decorated, if you read a novel of 800 or 900 pages, and you're on page 50 and say "not yet been any persecution n " obviously you have never read a novel of 400 or 500 pages but once you get into the novel that brings a sense decorated, and once you understand, I really identify with the characters, you're in their world and know what is at stake, so far, at least in the movies, has been difficult to make this kind of story, I know that viewers are concerned, because the last thing they want is to reach page 450 of a novel 900 and see a clown with an expensive suit and teeth with pockets and take away the novel of the hands and throw it out the window of the car but thank god not deal with such people and HBO is committed to telling the story until the end "
Daniel Knauff, creator of Carnivale (Paley festival, English DVD edition).
Apart from the sad irony is that the series was canceled by HBO without finishing the story, revealing that even a selected channel as it remains, like all others, a company makes a Knauff interesting reflection on the narrative possibilities of the television series. And your comment
me serves as a party to rave a bit about television current.
I have a feeling that in recent years, but it seems to take itself seriously to begin to realize its enormous potential as it has several unquestionable advantages compared to the movies (even though they the same elements, image, text and sound, are not equivalent ):
-The possibility of developing a character for years, giving it a multi-dimensionality that sometimes it is impossible to expose film (despite there are exceptions), subject to the most diverse situations and exploring all the possibilities of it.
"The opportunity to explore a "universe" even in the most minute details, so as to "play" with himself and even his language. Being a medium that expands over time continually multiply options, the "experiments" become more feasible, especially in recent times, where TV makers have become more daring and original.
-The usual bet by the choir, which in film suffers from the inevitable period, (obviously more soon) that makes clear tracking of multiple characters.
-La interaction with the viewer as being a product that develops over months (and this is something that is multiplied by the internet) allows not only a set of references in both directions but the viewer feel part of the universe in the series (thanks to the work sites , forums, blogs and chat rooms that allow the viewer to a level of involvement with the work than any movie, which is always a product already finished).
And the emphasis of the figure of the writer (the figure of showrunner has already become quite popular and is the "author" visible in television fiction) on the director, while film tends to happen just reverse, television is the stronghold of the writers, who become the stars of the show, and therefore feel more comfortable and dare to dig deeper with more daring than the average production type blockbusters. Dialogs and support frames
the best series on television, where the predominant narrative language, and fortunately are most frequently accompanied by a progressive improvement in the visual and technical.
is obvious that television is entering a new phase where its artistic importance was recognized at last, has ceased to be pure entertainment to match the film or the novel as a vehicle for the work of art.
The film takes more time exploring its language, television seems to have some fear of it, almost to the first trailer, there are films that are authentic visual poetry, television is a visual language , subject to the narrative and is more functional, but that is something that begins to change, maybe David Lynch would be the pioneer of this in Twin Peaks, and among the most recent would be wonders like Carnivale Breaking Bad or and dazzling, saturated photography ...
phenomena in recent years as the Lost has made series of blogs proliferate, and that figure has emerged as sister seriéfilo lifelong film buff (when at other times he looked down the television product, as a rule).
Added to this is what blogs have brought themselves seriéfilos proliferating across the network (and in general are the most entertaining, but have revealed that the average English has a serious problem with spelling, and accents I do not mean that in many cases depend on keyboards, but forget Hs, Vs and Bs and change similar aberrations ... it is at least disturbing horrific find faults in texts otherwise pleasant and intelligent)
It is fascinating that we can now discuss and debate all products we enjoy in our classrooms, interaction with the work of art (understood as creation, without getting to debate quality) has become common (but it is hard to resist to comment and analyze what we like with other fans).
I guess it's a phenomenon experts in art, communication and probably have noticed there are serious academic articles on this that would be interesting to find in the network available to any interested party (the next step of the network should be put culture available to everyone as libraries work and the internet is an amazing step in the dissemination of culture), but the less experienced to look at it with curiosity, but we can discuss it with less knowledge of course, but perhaps a more direct way because we are part of the phenomenon (I think it's always interesting to observe things from multiple perspectives, to know the opinion of the fans in addition to the student)
In some ways the Internet has standardized the freak making it the most desirable and empowering consumers the interior fan's average public (obviously the commercial interest of this, of course), but for someone like me who has grown up feeling a bit "weirdo" for his fondness for film, television co , mics, and genres like science fiction, horror and fantasy, we are in an era in this amazing sense.
One was where to show your passion for the stories not only not regarded with suspicion, but it is shared and even valued, internet facilitates standardization of the few behaviors that were not yet especially socially integrated.
Most of my generation (born in 1978) grew up with television, the same television, and this common heritage reminds us of the same series and programs, which now is apparently more difficult, and yet, although supply has increased so obvious, we are seeing same series, and in general all current TV viewer recognizes characters like Dexter , identifies the format of CSI although not usually watch the show, or know Lost .
guess this is due to multiple factors, from the tendency to cluster around certain criteria that justify our own, to social or cultural values, through the importance of advertising in media products. [Thanks to the network several series have become a symbol of quality, and are praised in the blogosphere as such, as well as others are ignored for not being among the favorites of the gurus of the medium, we just have to read a little here and there it is obvious that the opinions of a few affect the many and perpetuate the same ratings everywhere. (It is practically impossible to find such criticism on The Sopranos not to consider the series a milestone and a crucial series, which is probably true but a bit absurd that so many people have practically the same opinion)]
Finally, at the height of the TV series are likely to affect many more elements that the progressive increase in the average quality of its productions, but it is undeniable that in recent years have seen exciting products to fans to good stories we are doing very happy.
as Series Breaking Bad, Carnivale , Battlestar Galactica, Doctor in Alaska, Big Love, Supernatural, Deadwood, ect ... exploit the full potential of means to present multi-dimensional characters, so full of edges, so complex and human as Walter White, Jesse Pinkman of Breaking Bad , Rita Sue, Jonesy, Iris or brother Justin in Carnivale or the president Roslan, Adama, Starbuck and Gaius Baltar Galactica , A series of options to deepen the characters' psychology can be amazing, and over several seasons the opportunity to grow with these characters and explore their psyche knows no bounds.
may be a simple matter of time, the possibilities to deepen a character over a minimum of 12 hours is inevitably greater than over 2, and although the TV does not always exploit this potential and are often presented flat characters, one piece, static, that fit their profile without any changes, thankfully for me it is something that is very important, this trend is changing ...
( the possibilities of playing with flat or stereotyped characters on the other side are many, but I think generally I work best in comedy, where characters' inability to move or change is often one of the elements ed monkeys or the motor directly to the development of comedy (in NX for example played a lot with his inability to Joel, although the series allowed her to grow post), so even any good sitcom resignation of all the evolution of his characters, and lots of good series play with stereotypes to show the underlying human possibilities or give them a twist making us reflect on our biases)
The film is therefore more immediate uses over synthesis, and needed to be transmitted much , fast and before long, television can afford to take time when developing a character (many of my favorites soon introduce an entire season in his universe and its characters, it's obviously not something the film can do) but do not consider ineffectiveness on the part of the series but simply exploring a different language, and is one of the most interesting aspects of the television, which although a similar method to the movies has a different potential that is only now really beginning to be explored.
A series can afford to be simmered, find the language and the keys to the universe step by step as Knauff said more clearly in the movie if you do that you risk having half the audience will have get abandoned long before, on TV can not only afford but also is a convenient option to get immersed in that universe to the public almost without realizing it, (although usually the episodes autoconclusivos are very useful for attract initial attention).
For example you can not give any information about the characters in the pilot and take time to show us a trauma or a specific feature, and in any case every season not only enriches the universe of the series but the psychology character in the film that is much harder to do and usually the characters are presented to us at the beginning of a more schematic way, the chances of evolution tend to be more limited.
I have nothing against the procedural but no less an attempt to emulate the film, television can have a different language and we are in moment seems to be discovering ....
One of the features that are making the series a little more interesting than much of the film is being produced, as I said at the beginning of the post, is the possibility of playing with themselves, or metalinguistic games intertextual, something few films explore, so to speak, suddenly comes to mind as Being John Malkovich , but rare is the TV series and not play at some point to these elements, enriching a language that is still discovering their full potential. Joss Whedon became
an episode of Buffy a metaphor about language and its deficiencies through lack of words in almost the majority of the episode. series like Larry David or hybridize The Office formats, live improvisation of the first and the second documentary, satire, both become something new. In Supernatural play with the meta and the writers become characters in her work in a game of mirrors carried to its logical conclusion in the final season (because I think the fifth is the final season). There
series with flat characters that are entertained force of charisma and fun frames, an example would Stargate Atlantis where they create characters with few strokes and cling to them. There is no objection, have their moment and entertain a lot, get Mackay screwing up yet again it's funny and has merit, but what really captivates the series (at least in my case !) is the ability to delve into the psychology of the characters in a mature way.
personal level, in general, unless specific exceptions are characters that I fall in love and they go down in history, though I see the history series, never Like hooked me, of course not only figures need also imagination, for it among my favorite shows are Doctor Who Buffy or, for that spirit of wonder which Hugo spoke Gernsback imprenscindible to me, as Walter would say ( Fringe ) , open your mind to the world and get surprised somehow Walter stare each series as each new body, ; as a world full of possibilities!
But at the end of television as well as que el cine, está constituida por historias sobre personas, y son las historias las que nos gustan, en el fondo porque nos interesa ante todo lo que somos, quienes y cómo somos.
Las historias que compartimos siempre han sido parte de lo que nos une, los mitos en común son una parte vital de lo que nos convierte en una comunidad, hoy en dia esas historias y mitos surgen en la ficción audiovisual, como descubría el chaman de Doctor En Alaska , en la sociedad occidental gran parte de este “alimento” psíquico reside en el cine y la televisión, es ahí that give rise to new modern myths, symbols shared by the community, that which has been called "pop culture" forms the modern mythology of television and as such has a role as essential or even more than film as it comes in a more immediate, intimate and direct.
In my case, my interest in mythology, symbols and myths that makes me passionate about the stories, regardless of its format (film, tv, novels, comics ...) something reflected in the series but I liked, deeply symbolic and series Carnivale or Battlestar Galactica.
Stories, Campbell said (an author I discovered Chris on Northern Exposure and that has made me fall in love with a work so deeply as campbelliana Supernatural): And although
appointments are not a source of my devotion to realize that sometimes are necessary, especially when you lack the skill to synthesize the best for others, like me, so without a precedent to quote Campbell because I can not most agree or know how to better express what he says,
" stories not limited to fill the leisure time but give it a symbolic content, and since the symbolism is a quality capable of giving pleasure to the human mind, the fascination of the story increases in proportion No direct access to the richness of its symbolic content "
So deep are only new ways, we gathered around a storyteller, we are discussing these stories with others and remains the way to learn about us ourselves and our community, I guess.
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