The Wonder Years: nostalgia, memory and pastness in television credits

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dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Kathleen
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-03T12:30:43Z
dc.date.available2018-05-03T12:30:43Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractOpening sequences on television have developed a complex and multifaceted relationship to pastness and memory—particularly in relation to nostalgia. Series such as Transparent (2014–) use the space of the credits to blur our understanding of memory and fiction. Others such as Californication (2007–2014) include fake home videos or Polaroids to lend authenticity to the constructed family memories they depict. In this article, I explore the nostalgic qualities of contemporary television credits and opening sequences. Title sequences occupy a unique temporal position: while they are repeated before each episode and therefore are familiar to repeat viewers, they also typically depict events outside of the temporal realm of the television episode they open. The relationship between retro filters and aesthetics and the playful nostalgic framing of pastness through title sequences provides a framework to play with notions of temporality in television. This article contributes to the limited literature on credits by conceptualising title sequences in relation to the evocation and representation of memory and materialityen
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationWilliams, K. (2016) 'The Wonder Years: nostalgia, memory and pastness in television credits', Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, 12, pp. 59-77. https://doi.org/10.33178/alpha.12.04en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.33178/alpha.12.04
dc.identifier.endpage77
dc.identifier.issn2009-4078
dc.identifier.issued12
dc.identifier.journalabbrevAlphaville
dc.identifier.journaltitleAlphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Mediaen
dc.identifier.startpage59
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/6014
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherFilm and Screen Media, University College Corken
dc.relation.urihttp://www.alphavillejournal.com/Issue12/12_4Article_Williams.pdf
dc.rights© 2016, The Author(s)en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectTelevision creditsen
dc.subjectTemporalityen
dc.subjectMemoryen
dc.subjectOpening sequenceen
dc.subjectNostalgiaen
dc.subjectTransparenten
dc.subjectCalifornicationen
dc.titleThe Wonder Years: nostalgia, memory and pastness in television creditsen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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