The Casting of American and Chinese Sitcoms From the 1950s to the 2010s

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.200709.009How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Actors, sitcoms, popularity, Chinese sitcoms, history

Abstract

Sitcoms production teams often choose actors with unique styles. Longevity of actors’ performance and versatility are two major qualities that the sitcom actor should maintain [2]. Old actors are experienced, while the new actors can bring up the spirit of contemporary society. Therefore, both kinds of actors are required for sitcoms. Different departments in the production team all support actors to deliver the purpose of the sitcom to the audience. Directors help to form the character and select suitable actors under auditions and feelings. Cinematographer Cameraman uses the Three Lens Model and the dolly shot to exaggerate the detail performance of the actors with the demonstration of I love Lucy and the Big Bang theory. Costume and makeup help to deliver the historical background and better the looking of characters in the screen with examples from happy days. The use of Laff Box brings tremendous benefits for the sitcoms. The relationships between actors and audience are gradually closer as the century and technology developed, this can be seen from the Chinese sitcom apartment. Other sitcoms such as growing pains, friends and the Hank McCune show are useful to clarify the findings and ideas in this paper as well. The findings can be used for the director to make a successful sitcom with suitable actors.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Jinyuan Zheng
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/07/09
TI  - The Casting of American and Chinese Sitcoms From the 1950s to the 2010s
BT  - Proceedings of the 2020 International Conference on Language, Art and Cultural Exchange (ICLACE 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 37
EP  - 42
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200709.009
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200709.009
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