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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"diegetic music"”.
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Dramatic Impulse: Diegetic Music in the Operas of Giacomo Puccini
<p>This dissertation examines diegetic music as a rationale for the juxtaposition of traditional and modern idioms in operas by Giacomo Puccini. Through this perspective, I consider the resulting unevenness of style in Puccini’s works as an expression of the music’s dramatic function, rather than a …
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The Representation of Disability in the Music of Alfred Hitchcock Films
… through the editing process, sound effects, and music. This dissertation will analyze the ways music represents various disabilities in three Hitchcock films. Vertigo (1958) addresses obsession and phobia as its main themes, whereas Psycho (1960) investigates obsession and madness. Finally, The …
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South African film music: representation of racial, cultural and national identities, 1931-1969
The thesis examines the role of music in South African film pertaining to representation of identity of South African peoples and cultures, from the country's earliest sound films until the industry expansion of the 1970s. Chapter 1 contextualizes the study in relation to South African film and …
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What Is That Song? : Aleksej Balabanov's Brother and Rock as Film Music in Russian Cinema
… examines the role of rock songs as film music in Russian cinema and how one important film, Aleksej Balabanov’s Brother (Brat, 1997), reshaped film music conventions in the 1990s. The study is divided into two sections: the first is a historical examination of more than twenty films made …
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An examination of the emotional impact of the insertion of documentary footage into trauma cinema
… as close-ups, cut zoom ins, and poignant non-diegetic music, to augment the narrative engagement of the spectator and to enhance the experience. In summary, this thesis contributes to knowledge in that it identifies possible usage of documentary inserts in the narratives of feature films not …