Television Tropes & Sample TV Episodes

Please turn in any homework (see tv homework from last class).

After our documentary on media influence and how the government works (Ethos, film), we will view media prezi's. With any time left over, it's the lab for us.

Please check out this link:
TV Tropes

For writers, knowing some tropes can be helpful in analyzing and writing a script for television, the media, or film. A trope is a storytelling convention that a viewing audience can easily recognize. You're likely to be familiar with some of these tropes.

TV programs:
I Love Lucy clip
Howdy Doody clip
The Flintstones clip
Dick Van Dyke Show (with Mary Tyler Moore) clip
Brady Bunch clip
MASH clip
All in the Family clip
The Jeffersons clip
Bob Newhart Show clip
Scooby Doo clip
The Muppet Show clip
Different Strokes clip
Cheers clip
Friends clip
Seinfeld show clip
Cops clip
American Idol clip
The Simpsons clip



HOMEWORK: Check out and read genre tropes and media tropes at these links. Choose a genre trope and a media trope and in a short explanation identify the trope and how it works. Can you apply it to a tv episode that you have watched? Explain. Turn in your work next class for participation credit.