Teachingmedialiteracy.com: A Web-Linked Guide to Resources and Activities

Chapter 7: Teaching film/television genres, comics/graphics, novel and popular music

[7.1] Teaching Film/Television Genres, Comics/Graphic Novels, and Popular Music

[7.2] Different Approaches to Genre Study

[7.3] Audience-based Approach

[7.4] Critical/Ideological Analysis Approach

[7.5] Film Versus Television Genres

[7.6] Resources on Different Genre Types

[7.7] [7.7] Analyzing Different Genre Types

[7.7a] Action/Adventure

[7.7b] The Western

[7.7c] Gangster/Crime

[7.7d] Detective/Film Noir

[7.7e] Comedy

[7.7f] Science Fiction/Fantasy

[7.7g] Horror/Monster

[7.7h] Suspense Thriller/Spy/Heist

[7.7i] Soap Opera

[7.7j] The Talk Show

[7.7k] Sports

[7.7l] Game Shows/
Reality TV

[7.7m] Animation

[7.7n] Comics

[7.7o] Graphic Novels

[7.7p] Music

[7.8] Music

[7.9] References

[7.10] Final Task

Chapter 7

[7.7e] Comedy

Comedy films

[7.7e.1] filmsite.org: Comedy Films
[7.7e.2] IMDb.com: Comedy
[7.7e.3]

Television comedies:

[7.7e.4]
[7.7e.5] Yahoo Directory: Television Shows: Comedies
[7.7e.6] Transparency: Situation Comedies
[7.7e.7] Comedy-zone.net: Film and TV Comedy
[7.7e.8] dmoz.org: Sitcoms
[7.7e.9] www.museum.tv [domestic settings]

[7.7e.10]

[7.7e.11]

[7.7e.12] Parody films

Woody Allen sites:

[7.7e.13] woody allen
[7.7e.14] tripod.com: Woody Allen
[7.7e.15]
[7.7e.16] Wikipedia.org
[7.7e.17] Senses of Cinema: Woody Allen
[7.7e.18] IMBd.com: Woody Allen

[7.7e.19] Webquest: Mock Marlowe

Comedy television and film resources:

[7.7e.20] About Comedy: Movies
[7.7e.21] links to history of comedy films
[7.7e.22] Satire Screening Room
[7.7e.23] About Comedy: TV sitcoms
[7.7e.24] Comedy Central cable TV show
[7.7e.25] Screwball Comedy
[7.7e.26] 1,302 links to situation comedy shows
[7.7e.27] BBC sitcoms
[7.7e.28] Dan Ryder, We Ain’t No Situation Comedy
[7.7e.29] Roy Stafford: Getting the Joke: Teaching the Comedy Film
[7.7e.30] University of California, Berkeley, Bibliography on Television situation comedy
[7.7e.31] Wikipedia: Comedy film
[7.7e.32] About.com: Comedy movies
[7.7e.33] MichaelMoore.com

[7.7e.34] Dead-Frog: a comedy blog

 

For further reading:

Cavell, S. (1981). Pursuits of happiness: The Hollywood comedy of remarriage. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Denket, D.  (2005). A fine romance.  Watson-Guptill Publications.

Gehring, W. (1999). Parody as film genre: Never give a saga an even break. New York: Greenwood Press.

Gehring, W. (2002). Romantic vs. screwball Comedy: Charting the difference. New York: Rowman & Littlefield.

Harries, D. (2000). Film parody. London: British Film Institute

Harris, J.  (2006).  Watching with the Simpsons.  Philadelphia: Taylor & Francis.

King, G. (2002). Film comedy. New York: Wallflower Press.

McCabe, B.  (2005).  The rough guide to comedy movies. London: Rough Guides, Limited.

Mills, B.  (2005).  Television sitcom.  London: British Film Institute.

Neale, S., & Krutnik, F. (1990). Popular film and television comedy. New York: Routledge.

Rickman, G. (Ed.). (2002). The film comedy reader. New York: Limelight.

Tueth, M.  (2005).  Laughter in the Living Room: Television Comedy and the American Home Audience.  New York: Peter Lang.

Vineberg, S.  (2005).  High comedy In American cinema: Class humor from the 1920's to the present. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

Voytilla, S., & Petri, S. (2003). Writing the comedy film: Make 'em laugh. New York: Michael Wiese Productions.

 


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