Los inicios de la televisión en Orson Welles y la relación intertextual con su actividad radiofónica y periodística. Orson Welles´ Sketch Book (1955)

Álvaro Giménez Sarmiento

doi:10.31637/epsir-2025-1167

Authors

Álvaro Giménez Sarmiento Complutense University of Madrid https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2804-0242

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31637/epsir-2025-1167

Keywords:

Welles, Television, Radio, Press, Intertextuality, Narrative, New York Post, BBC

Abstract

Introduction: In 1955, Orson Welles wrote and directed his first television series, Orson Welles' Sketch Book. The seven-episode series, six filmed and one live, shows influences from his work in radio and his journalistic activity. Methodology: The research employs a mixed methodology to trace the intertextual connections between Orson Welles' Sketch Book, his articles in the New York Post, the Free World organization, and his radio program The Orson Welles Commentaries (1945-1946). Results: Various rhetorical and performative strategies are identified that Welles had previously used in other projects, where he himself assumes much of the epistemological weight. Discussion: The series serves as a compendium of resources Welles had been practicing throughout his career, especially those in which his personal presence and discourse are central to constructing the message. Conclusions: Orson Welles' Sketch Book synthesizes the narrative and performative techniques Welles developed throughout his career, consolidating his unique style in television.

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Author Biography

Álvaro Giménez Sarmiento, Complutense University of Madrid

Álvaro Giménez Sarmiento (Alicante, 1977) holds a PhD in Communication from the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, is an associate professor in the Department of Applied Communication Sciences at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and a member of the research group Nuevas Tecnologías Aplicadas a la Creación y Análisis de Audiovisuales (New Technologies Applied to the Creation and Analysis of Audiovisuals). He has published articles in magazines such as Icono14 and Visual Review. Within the audiovisual creation he has works such as Pernocta (2004), Luminaria (2005), Pulse (2013), Elena Asins - Génesis (2014), Antonio Muñoz Molina. El oficio del escritor (2015), José Ricardo Morales. Escrito sobre el agua (2016), Federico (2017), Anatomía de un dandy (2020) or the series Suicidio. El dolor invisible (2024).

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