Sun, Feb 28, 2016
Estelle Caswell examines the origin of seapunk an underground aesthetic that flourished in a relatively small subculture before exploding into public awareness when it was during a performance by Rihanna on Saturday Night Live. In the years since, seapunk has mutated into the vaporwave musical sub-genre.
Thu, Mar 17, 2016
Vox Pop looks at twenty-eight examples of television shows taking inspiration from film.
Wed, Mar 30, 2016
Estelle Caswell talks to improvisational comedian Lauren Lapkus about how she develops her strange and oddball characters.
Tue, Apr 19, 2016
Estelle Caswell examines how the television show Broad City (2014) uses jokes that reward die-hard fans of the show. She examines how the show uses callbacks, running gags, and Easter eggs that will be missed by a casual viewer, but are understood by a serious fan.
Wed, Apr 13, 2016
Estelle Caswell looks at how a television show is made. She begins with pre-production where producers and writers prepare the show scripts and plot lines while directors and cinematographers plan the shoots. She discusses production where episodes are filmed and post-production which adds sound and effects.
Wed, May 18, 2016
Vox Pop looks at Rap music and explores the best rhymers of all time. Estelle Caswell first examines the simple rhymes of early rap before looking at the more complex rhymes of contemporary rappers. She also examines the structure of rap rhyme and how it relates to rap.
Tue, Jul 12, 2016
Estelle Caswell examines the 'bury your gays trope' where LGBTQ characters tend to quickly die in television and media. She examines the tropes root's in lesbian pulp novels in the 1950's and 60's and later how television began to use the trope in contemporary times.