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The thesis ends with the analysis of my own film The Olive Tree as an example of how the essay film expanded my own filmmaking practice, and shows the multi-faceted impact made possible by the genre that concretizes the thinking process in a way that makes the direct and personal address a full embodied and haptic experience for the viewer."]},{"key":"dc:format","label":"Dc Format","values":["application/pdf"]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["The Essay Film Through a Sensory Approach"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor":["Elder, Sarah","Media Study"],"dc:creator":["Zhao, Yuxin"],"dc:date":["2019-07-30T15:11:56Z","2019","2019-05-17 12:09:48"],"dc:description":["M.F.A.","This thesis examines the impact of the essay film as a discrete genre within film and film studies. 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