by Jeremy G. Butler
about Jeremy G. Butler
Jeremy G. Butler is Professor of Creative Media at the University of Alabama. He wrote the textbook Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Cultures. His other book projects include Television Style and The Sitcom. He has published articles on Mad Men, ER, Roseanne, Miami Vice, Imitation of Life, soap opera, the sitcom, and other topics in journals such as Cinema Journal, Journal of Film and Video, and Screen.
Mad Men
Abstract: Through a detailed examination of how the visual look of Mad Men conveys the show’s meanings and emotional affect, Jeremy G. Butler provides a model for how to perform a close analysis of television style for a landmark contemporary series.