English Department Doctoral Program in English and American Literary Studies Television As an Art Form: A Private Journey Doctoral Workshop with Filmmaker Hagai Levi (Tel Aviv), 24 – 25 May 2013 Friday, 24 May (room PLH-102) 1. History and Geography of the Drama Series: A Personal View 3-5 pm Milestones in the art of the drama series: from Scenes of a Marriage to Mad Man (examples from Scenes, The Singing Detective, Cracker, Dekalog, Twin Peaks, Homicide: Life in the Street, Oz, Sopranos, The Wire, Mad Man and more) 5.15-7 pm Israeli Television and cinema: a brief historical background; current trends; the boom of the last decade Saturday, 25 May (room PLH-102) 2. In Treatment: A Case Study of Globalization 10-12 am The Creation of Be’Tipul: The origins of the series (psychology, religion, soap & economy); writing issues ("Where is the dramatic conflict?"); Selling I; Scripts and production structure and process. The American Adaptation: In Treatment (how it happened; the adaptation process; comparative viewing)
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English Department Doctoral Program in English and American Literary Studies
Television As an Art Form: A Private Journey Doctoral Workshop with Filmmaker Hagai Levi (Tel Aviv), 24 – 25 May 2013 Friday, 24 May (room PLH-102) 1. History and Geography of the Drama Series: A Personal View 3-5 pm Milestones in the art of the drama series: from Scenes of a
Marriage to Mad Man (examples from Scenes, The Singing Detective, Cracker, Dekalog, Twin Peaks, Homicide: Life in the Street, Oz, Sopranos, The Wire, Mad Man and more)
5.15-7 pm Israeli Television and cinema: a brief historical background; current trends; the boom of the last decade
Saturday, 25 May (room PLH-102) 2. In Treatment: A Case Study of Globalization 10-12 am The Creation of Be’Tipul: The origins of the series
(psychology, religion, soap & economy); writing issues ("Where is the dramatic conflict?"); Selling I; Scripts and production structure and process.
The American Adaptation: In Treatment (how it happened; the adaptation process; comparative viewing)
2-3 pm The Rest of the World: Other remakes (examples and
adaptations from: Russia, Argentina, Romania, Italy, Poland and more) & extracts from a documentary film about In Treatment in the making.
3-4 pm The Day After: A personal note on psychotherapy & TV
3. American Television Today: Report From the Front.
4.15-5.15 pm The Affair: A new series in the making (from Idea to pilot: writing, selling, casting, producing)
5.15-6 pm Greed vs. Art: The rise of the conglomerates. A rather pessimistic view on the state of art of television ("television is the only place where competition leads to degeneration").
Preparatory Reading Delorme, Stéphane (ed.). “Les séries américaines.” Cahiers du Cinéma 658 (2010): 6-33. Thompson, Robert J. “Preface” and “The Golden Ages of Television.” Television’s Second Golden Age: From Hill Street Blues to ER. New York: Continuum, 1996. 11-35. The texts are available on OLAT (search for “Workshop Hagai Levi”) Screening of Be’Tipul A screening the first week of Be’Tipul will take place on Tuesday, 21 May from 6 - 8.30 pm (room PLH-102). All interested students, members of staff and other guests are cordially invited to the workshop.
