FireFly Assignment

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1. Genre; SF and Western

     Firefly is an American space western television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon, under his Mutant Enemy Productions label. Whedon served as executive producer, along with Tim Minear.

The series is set in the year 2517, after the arrival of humans in a new star system, and follows the adventures of the renegade crew of Serenity, a "Firefly-class" spaceship. The ensemble cast portrays the nine characters who live on Serenity. Whedon pitched the show as "nine people looking into the blackness of space and seeing nine different things".[1] The show explores the lives of some people who fought on the losing side of a civil war and others who now make a living on the outskirts of society, as part of the pioneer culture that exists on the fringes of their star system. In addition, it is a future where the only two surviving superpowers, the United States and China, fused to form the central federal government, called the Alliance, resulting in the fusion of the two cultures as well. According to Whedon's vision, "nothing will change in the future: technology will advance, but we will still have the same political, moral, and ethical problems as today."

 Nathan Fillion as Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds—the owner of Serenity and former Independent sergeant in the pivotal Battle of Serenity Valley. Very little is known about the enigmatic Captain;

 Gina Torres as Zoe Alleyne Washburne—second-in-command onboard Serenity, a loyal wartime friend of Captain Reynolds, and the wife of Wash. Described by her husband as a "warrior woman",

 Alan Tudyk as Hoban "Wash" Washburne—Serenity's pilot and Zoe's husband. Wash expresses jealousy over his wife's "war buddy" relationship and unconditional support of their captain.

 Morena Baccarin as Inara Serra—a Companion, which is the 26th century equivalent of a courtesan or oiran, who rents one of the Serenity's two small shuttles.

 Adam Baldwin as Jayne Cobb—hired muscle. He and Mal met on opposite sides of a rivalry; Mal, while held at gunpoint, offered Jayne his own bunk and a higher cut than his current employer, so he turned coat and shot his then-partners

 Jewel Staite as Kaywinnit Lee "Kaylee" Frye—the ship's mechanic

 Sean Maher as Dr. Simon Tam—a medical researcher and trauma surgeon of the first caliber

 Summer Glau as River Tam—smuggled onto the ship by her brother

 Ron Glass as Derrial Book—a Shepherd (equivalent to a pastor). Although presented as a devout Christian man

Firefly won the following awards:
Emmy Award: Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series, 2003
Visual Effects Society: Best visual effects in a television series, 2003 (episode "Serenity")
Saturn Award: Cinescape Genre Face of the Future Award, Male, 2003 (Nathan Fillion)
Saturn Award: Saturn Award for Best DVD Release (television), 2004
SyFy Genre Awards: Best Series/Television, 2006
SyFy Genre Awards: Best Actor/Television Nathan Fillion, 2006
SyFy Genre Awards: Best Supporting Actor/Television Adam Baldwin, 2006
SyFy Genre Awards: Best Special Guest/Television Christina Hendricks for "Trash", 2006
SyFy Genre Awards: Best Episode/Television "Trash", 2006

The series was also nominated for the following awards:

Visual Effects Society: Best compositing in a televised program, music video, or commercial, 2003

Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA, "Golden Reel Award": Best sound editing in television long form: sound effects/foley, 2003

Hugo Award: Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form, 2003 (episode "Serenity")

Hugo Award: Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form, 2004 (episodes "Heart of Gold" and "The Message", which at that time had not been shown on television in the USA)

Golden Satellite Award: Best DVD Extras, 2004

Raings; At the time the series was cancelled by Fox, it averaged 4.48 million viewers and ranked 125th.

(Wikipedia)

2. Narrative ;

     In the Fireflysaga, TV meets the internet meets the big screen, with the narrative universe appearing to spread seemlessly across mediums and seep into and out of "real life".

Its naturalistic future setting, modeled after traditional Western movie motifs, presents an atypical science fiction backdrop for the narrative.

It narratives many science forms, western time, character's individuality and roles.

Arrested Development

1.Genre ;

The famous derector Ron Howard made and produced this drama.
This drama is story about BLUTH FAMILY.
The actor named Jason Bateman is the main character. He is the normal person in this drama.
He controlled his family(They are so funny and delightful family).

The actress named Portia De Rossi  is the twins with Jason Bateman in this drama.

She is qute and funny woman.

The acter named Will Arnett is the eldist brother in his family. He is a masician and very funny guy.
Thony Hale is the youngest brother in the family. Jeffrey Tambor is a father, Jessica Wilter is a mother.
And lastly, Michael Cera is the role of Jason Bateman's son.
The Arrested Development's Genre is a Comedy and Drama. It gives us fun and inspiration.

Arrested Development is an American television sitcom created by Mitchell Hurwitz for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The show's storyline centers on the Bluth family, a formerly wealthy, habitually dysfunctional family and is presented in a continuous format, incorporating hand-held camera work, narration, archival photos, and historical footage. Ron Howard is an executive producer and the uncredited narrator. Although set in Newport Beach and Balboa Island, California, Arrested Development was primarily filmed around Culver City and Marina del Rey. Three seasons of the show were produced and aired between 2003 and 2006.

According to the Nielsen ratings system, U.S. ratings in the second season averaged about six million viewers, while the third season averaged about four million viewers.

Review; "Is it beating a dead horse to once again state that this underappreciated gem is the best sitcom on TV? Too bad. Arrested Development is the best sitcom on TV!"
           
"Is it beating a dead horse to once again state that this underappreciated gem is the best sitcom on TV? Too bad. Arrested Development is the best sitcom on TV!"

Awards; In 2004, the first season received seven Emmy Award nominations with five wins.
In 2005, the second season received eleven Emmy nominations in seven categories with one win.
In 2006, the third season received four Emmy nominations, for Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.
( In Wikipedia )


2. Narrative ; Arrested Development narrates some ways. One narration comes in the scene and he narrates some stories. And Bluth family show us how they lived and how they solved some situations, so that they narrate their story.
These programs featured crossing narratives that spanned single episodes, multi-episode arcs, seasons, and in some cases, the entire run of the show, demonstrating the "self-reflexivity and pastiche of postmodernism.  What set Twin Peaks apart, and made it even more postmodern, was its omnivorous appetite and its multivalent digestive system… The multiple generic worlds invoked in Twin Peaks exist as fragmented realities that may indeed collide, but never finally come together into a univalent totality"
These programs used the postmodern storytelling techniques like self-reflexive narration and pastiche to draw “quality demographics”
(http://mediaartsliu.wordpress.com/2010/10/28/searching-for-serial-success-arrested-development%E2%80%99s-narrator-as-postmodern-guiding-light-part-1/)

3. Representation ; This drama representatives funny situations, family member's pure, dramastic stories and
so on. It represeatatives about funny and happy family's story, so that audience can feel happy and fun.
We can remind about our family when we watch this drama.