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Showing 1 to 20 of 65 for “"Other Film and Media Studies"”.
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Capshaw Ravens
… paper will examine the production of the thesis film, <em>Capshaw Ravens</em>. I will analyze the production process from development to post-production, and determine if I achieved my goal of creating a short film with concept, character, and conflict.</p>
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The reel truth: the importance of historical accuracy in film
… is to build a case that historical accuracy in film is an especially important criteria when teaching using film, and that educators and their students should be able to discuss any historical inaccuracies in a way that does not diminish enjoyment of the film. Aside from students, there should …
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Life Experience: <em>Freddy Got Fingered</em> As Neo-Surrealist Masterpiece
… harsh reviews. The review he wrote of the 2001 film<em> Freddy Got Fingered</em> is one notable example. "The day may come when '<em>Freddy Got Fingered</em>' is seen as a milestone of neo-surrealism. The day may never come when it is seen as funny," wrote Ebert in his April 20, 2001 review of …
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Developments in Television Viewership
… ways in which we watch television has changed, and so has the television we watch. “Binge watching,” almost the Oxford English Dictionary’s Word of the Year in 2013, has taken a firm hold on the American television audience who now watches television not according to the broadcast schedule but …
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Ironman: The Gordon Haller Story
<p>The documentary film Ironman: The Gordon Haller Story takes a look at an ordinary man who accomplished the extraordinary feat of winning the first Ironman triathlon in 1978. Gordon Haller was born and raised in Oregon before a career in the United States Navy took him to Hawaii where he would …
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Beyond This Point Are Monsters
… establishes a fluid, unstable space between the mediated image and the written word. It addresses issues of repetition and difference in the TV melodrama and the inscribed surface of the house in the Gothic novel, performing the romantic and sensational tropes of the Gothic formula in order to …
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Hidden Museum: A Behind-the-Scenes Tour for Contemporary Audiences
… a museum’s closed doors has intrigued visitors and perpetuated museum mythology for decades. Whether it’s peeking into collections storage, or being guided through rooms off the exhibition floor, visitors want unique access to museum collections. This Master’s Capstone project investigates the …
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Relevant Versus Extraneous Music in Multimedia Instruction: A Study of the Coherence Principle
… of nonessential music in an instructional multimedia presentation affected learners’ ability to recall information in retention, cued-retention, and transfer cognitive measures. This study tested the coherence principle of multimedia learning which holds that the addition of nonessential content …
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The Disintegration of Marriage in Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s <em>Happy Hour</em> (2015)
… society, reflecting shifts in gender roles and the growing trend of singlehood amongst Japanese youth. This perspective contrasts with the values portrayed in Ozu's films, which emphasize the vitality of marriage and the necessity of forming a family for happiness. The thesis analyzes the …
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IMMIGRANT STORIES: EXPLORING THE CONFLICTS THAT A FILMMAKER MUST FACE IN A DOCUMENTARY
… to address the personal conflicts that a filmmaker must face in the making of a documentary. It contrasts definitions and theories with the experience of producing the documentary entitled Immigrant Stories and the ethical implications of making it. To conclude, it summarizes the results …
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Big Screen Heroes with Paper Voices: A Superhero Adaptation Research Essay
… may have taken over your phone, tablet, and television screens through the endless adaptations that pelt us from upon high mouse-shaped ears, but their rich history goes back much further than that; they have gripped the public imagination since their creation in comic strips published in …
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Wrongful Conviction Documentaries: Influences of Crime Media Exposure on Mock Juror Decision-Making
<p>Psychology and law researchers have urged colleagues to collaborate with the makers of popular media, such as documentary filmmakers, in efforts to educate the general public about wrongful convictions (Kassin, 2017; Wells et al., 2000). Recently, programs depicting wrongful convictions, such as …
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Part of This World: A Personal Exploration of Media and Queer Identity
<p>This paper is a mix of research and personal narrative exploring the impact of television, film, and online media on identity formation. I look specifically at my own identity as a queer person and how it has been shaped by what I have seen and experienced as a young queer and as an educator. …
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Aesthetic Redemption: Psychedelia, Film, and Walter Benjamin’s Sensory Revolution
… the ways in which the psychedelic nature of film, as posited by Walter Benjamin, has the potential to precipitate class consciousness and lead to humanity’s emancipation from anaesthetizing capitalist forces. We first explore Benjamin’s relationship to, and understanding of, Marxist thought …
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Deslanting the Lens
… the Lens</em> examines the historical and sociological implications of how Asian men have been represented in popular American film. From the early days of “yellowface” to caricatures like Long Duck Dong, Asian men have been relegated to perpetual foreigner status in American cinema. …
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‘<em>Samoye Vazhnoye</em>’: Behind the Scenes of Russian Cinema, 1908–1924
… the 1920s, cinema in Russia exposed how politics and the modern medium were inseparably intertwined. As works that were produced during a period of great turmoil and uncertainty, films revealed more than a unilateral relationship. Cinema was used in Russia in the late-Imperial and early Soviet …
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(Re)Animating the Horror Genre: Explorations in Children's Animated Horror Films
… the subgenre of children's animated horror film by examining its classification within the children's film genre and its use of generic conventions of horror. While this project does not aim to conflate children's film as a genre and animation as a medium, the scope of this project will be …
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