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André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri | Carte de visite (demi-mondaine), c. 1855 albumen print. 7¾ x 7 5/8in. (20.2 x 19.8cm.)
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PDF | Cartes de visite – the small, full-length portrait photographs that swept France and England in the 1860s – have mainly been analysed
Fanworks and Seriality
The flexible transmedia seriality of fan works becomes obvious in those which have “escaped” fan culture to become mainstream successes. Mainstream audiences often attempt to retroactively build a baseline to make sense of fan works’ narrative and aesthetic experimentation; yet, without access to the history of other fan works, they start from a much more information-light interpretative position than those within the fan community. Their interpretations are not “wrong”, as fan work itself is premised upon audience autonomy and interpretative freedom, but they lack access to the sequence of previous texts against which the fan work gains increased audience. They thereby read the climax of a serial narrative as if it were a stand-alone statement. Kustritz, A. M. 2014. “Seriality and Transmediality in the Fan Multiverse: Flexible and Multiple Narrative Structures in Fan Fiction, Art, and Vids.” TV/Series, No. 6, 225-261. https://doi.org/10.4000/tvseries.331
It is interesting to look the concept of seriality, which we frequently discussed in class, through the figure of uroboros: the cycle of death and rebirth, so to say an infinite interruption.
The seriaity, as we defined it, also bears this relation of eternity and finitude: namely, that seriality presupposes the possibility of the final, and yet it could go on and on.
Many TV shows correspond to such serial structure (which is quite expected, they are literally serials), but the one popped in my head was a cult British sci-fi series Doctor Who. This show is a perfect embodimet of the serial infinite interruption, recalling uroboros image.
What makes this show distinctive is regeneration. The main character (alien called the Doctor, to put it it simply) is able to completely transform their body, while (partially) preserving their essence.
This plot device basically allows eternal broadcasting of the show, which goes beyond mortality of the human beings, since change of actors is narratively justified. Every renewal interrupts the flow, and these interruption anticipate re-birth, rather than definitive end.
Peculiar, that in recently aired 60th DW anniversary special episodes beloved characters from previous seasons returned: the Tenth (now Fourteenth) Doctor (played by David Tennant) and his companion Donna Noble.
Such return is not new for the show, it happened both with Doctors and other characters. The novelty is that Tennant's Doctor now can co-exist with all the following doctors, creating the possibility for him to return at any moment.
This co-existence creates a constant anticipation of rupture and repetition.
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
Intro takes a special position within the concept of seriality. SpongeBob 1999 intro song has never been regarded as a boring or an outdated one.
What makes people rewatch the same intro each episode, be it the 5th or the 25th one? Intro - is an integral part of any series, a part that makes a series a series.
Intro tells us about a circulation of the plot in a series. SpongeBob may die in the end of each episode, but be reborn in the beginning of a new one. The plot becomes circular. The intro exaggerates the role of destruction and circulation in a series, it makes us forget about what could happen in a previous episode and perceive a new episode as an independent one.
Seriality does not have an end. In fact, it can be stopped at any point and episode. Intro is thus a vital element that contributes to the structure of seriality, which makes each episode seem important and interesting to watch.
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From Dickens to Bridgerton
by Maria Isabel Nieves Bosch
'While it is fruitful to understand television as a socio-cultural object and its materiality, it is also important to examine national broadcasting programs to understand the industry in a specific cultural context. When Queen Elizabeth II started her reign in the UK, one of the strategies she used to gain people’s trust and attention was through TV.'
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Tate glossary definition for serial art: Art that adheres to a strict set of rules to determine its composition or to determine a series of compositions
