STORYTELLING AND FICTION TV
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No prerequisites are required.
The final learning assessment includes a compulsory written test for all (without the aid of notes or books), assessed in thirtieths, with 6 open questions on the texts in the bibliography. Each of the open questions is aimed at verifying the knowledge of the publishing, production and economic system of contemporary serial fiction, and is evaluated for a maximum of 5 points.
The first 5 questions are related to the mandatory texts indicated in the "Reference Texts" section and the last question is related to the text of your choice.
The evaluation of responses (for a maximum of 5 points) will take into account the ability to analyze and editorial placement of a serial fiction product (60%) and the ability to adequately substantiate statements and judgments (40%).
There is also the possibility (OPTIONAL) to develop an ongoing test, which consists of a paper analyzing a serial fiction product (to be delivered, in digital format, by e-mail, by the end of the lessons: 10 pages approx., 3000 characters each);
the modalities of the paper will be illustrated during the lessons
The paper replaces the preparation of the chosen text in the list and therefore one of the open questions of the written test.
In this case, the open questions of the written test are each assessed for a maximum of 6 points, and the paper (assessed on a scale of thirties) will consider the analytical capaci-ty and editorial placement of a serial fiction product (60%) and capacity to ade-quately motivate statements and judgments (40%).
The student to pass the learning test must have achieved the total score of 18/30.
The course aims to deepen the main theoretical and practical issues related to the realization, production and circulation of contemporary serial television fiction.
The expected learning outcomes are:
- knowledge of the diversity and relationships between the different types of audiovisual offer (broadcaster, pay tv, OTT, streaming player)
-ability to critically place a storytelling product within the corresponding editorial typology
- ability to analyze textual and narratological analysis of a serial fiction product
- ability to recognize and critically analyze the potentialities offered by a serial
The course will specifically analyze the following topics:
- basic elements of the historical evolution of the television system (from broadcasting to streaming player)
- editorial characteristics, target and organization of the content of the different forms of delivery of audiovisual products
- basic elements of the historical evolution of television serial fiction
- segmentation of the serial fiction product by content, language, adherence to the genre rules
- trends in contemporary television fiction
- exemplary case histories of period drama
The areas of investigation will be three
- characteristics of the contemporary media ecosystem (approximately 20 hours): logic of editorial organization (television networks, OTT, on-demand services), relations between production and distribution, definition of the target audience, market peculiarities
- socio-semiotic and narratological analysis of serial fiction (approximately 16 hours): genres and sub-genres, hybridizations and macro-trends of content and language, types of storytelling and narrative structure, imagery, encyclopedic links with the media system, consistency with the editorial field of placement
- representation of historical events in contemporary fiction (approx. 20 hours): evolution of the period drama genre, narrative and socio-cultural functions, clues and social discursiveness
The educational objectives of the course will be achieved through the lectures (for a total of 56 + 12 hours).
The teacher receives the students by appointment via e-mail (an-drea.bellavita@uninsubria.it), at the Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences (Padiglione Rossi)