Au-delà et à côté de la Quality TV : une alternative esthétique brésilienne
Thesis or Dissertation
2014-12 (degree granted: 2015-09-23)
Author(s)
Advisor(s)
Level
Master'sDiscipline
Études cinématographiquesKeywords
- qualité télévisuelle
- Capitu
- telenovela
- esthétique télévisuelle
- Quality TV
- quality television
- Capitu
- telenovela
- television aesthetics
- Quality TV
- televisão de qualidade
- Capitu
- telenovela
- estética televisiva
- Quality TV
- Communications and the Arts - Cinema / Communications et les arts - Cinéma (UMI : 0900)
Abstract(s)
Tout en voulant inclure la fiction télévisuelle brésilienne parmi les fictions de qualité, cette recherche analyse l’émergence et l’évolution du concept de qualité dans le panorama télévisuel brésilien. Examinant l’histoire de la télédramaturgie au Brésil, depuis les téléthéâtres jusqu’aux microséries réalisées par Luiz Fernando Carvalho, en particulier la microsérie Capitu (2008), nous suggérons que la production fictionnelle brésilienne a atteint un niveau de qualité sophistiquée et avant-gardiste qui illustre une alternative au style préconisé par la formule des séries télévisées américaines qui se regroupent sous l’étiquette de la Quality TV. De plus, le raffinement de la microsérie contribue à la légitimation de la valeur artistique de la télévision à partir de caractéristiques télévisuelles, contrairement à la production fictionnelle américaine dont l’esthétique plutôt cinématographique finit par discréditer davantage le petit écran. Finalement, nous souhaitons démontrer l’importance des innovations esthétiques que cette microsérie a apportées au sein d’une sphère médiatique qui semble se diriger progressivement et rapidement vers l’uniformisation du langage télévisuel et de son contenu. This research seeks to analyse the rise and the evolution of the concept of quality within the Brazilian context, to include Brazilian television fiction amongst quality television products. Covering the history of Brazilian television dramas from tele-theatres to the microseries directed by Luiz Fernando Carvalho, and in particular the serie Capitu (2008), we suggest that the fictional production in Brazil has reached a very sophisticated and forward-thinking quality level, illustrating an alternative to the aesthetics of American TV series, also known as Quality TV. Furthermore, the sophistication of this microseries contributes to legitimize the artistic value of television by taking into consideration its own formal characteristics, which are different from American fictional production whose cinematographic style ends up discrediting the qualities of the small screen. At last, we would like to demonstrate the importance of Capitu’s aesthetic innovations within a media-sphere which seems to evolve gradually and quickly towards a standardisation of the televisual language and its content. Desejando incluir a ficção televisiva brasileira no rol das ficções de qualidade, esta dissertação analisa o aparecimento e a evolução do conceito de qualidade no panorama televisivo brasileiro. Percorrendo a história da teledramaturgia no Brasil, desde os teleteatros até as microsséries dirigidas por Luiz Fernando Carvalho, em particular a obra Capitu, sugerimos que a produção ficcional brasileira tenha alcançado um nível de qualidade muito sofisticado e de vanguarda que ilustra uma alternativa à estética das séries americanas contemporâneas que se reagrupam sob o rótulo da Quality TV. Ademais, o refinamento de Capitu contribui com a legitimação do valor artístico da televisão que é, por sua vez, confirmado pelas características próprias ao meio televisivo, opondo-se à ficção serial americana, cuja estética cinematográfica acaba por acentuar o descrédito da televisão. Por fim, gostaríamos de salientar a importância das inovações propostas por esta ficção em uma esfera midiática que parece caminhar progressiva e rapidamente em direção à uniformização da linguagem televisiva e de seu conteúdo.
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