Essays about: "Documentary cinema"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words Documentary cinema.

1. 1. Aesthetics of Ambiguity : A critical assessment of in-person reenactment and multifaceted temporality in the films of Pedro Costa

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Filmvetenskap

   Author : Maria Charlotte Hustad; [2023]
   Keywords : Cinema studies; documentary theory; reenactment; Pedro Costa; Gilles Deleuze; the crystal-image;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates temporal dimensions of reenactment in experimental filmmaking, with a particular focus on the prominent use of this practice in the cinema of Portuguese director Pedro Costa. The research analyzes the non-professional actors’ performances in Costa’s films and broadly explores the implications of cinematic in-person reenactment, a term coined by Ivone Margulies. READ MORE

3. 2. Cars in Sweden's Cinema & Television : AI-Guided Research of Automobiles in Sweden’s Images from 1950-1980

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Filmvetenskap

   Author : Maximilian Steck; [2021]
   Keywords : archive; AI; cars; cultural memory; digital humanities; film; New Cinema History; object detection; speech recognition; Swedish film; oil crisis; H-Day; Archiv; Künstliche Intelligenz; KI; Filmwissenschaft; Medienwissenschaft; Film; Schweden; Schwedischer Film; Auto; Repräsentation; Wilde Erdbeeren; arkiv; artificiell intelligens; svensk film; bil; minne; representation; oljekris; dagen H; Smultronstället; 映画学; スウェデン; スウェデンの映画; AI; 車; 歴史; オイルショック; 野いちご; ダゲン・H;

   Abstract : This research project centers around cinematic and societal representation of the automobile in post-war Swedish cinema and television. Due to political neutrality during World War II, Sweden’s economy benefited from an extensive surplus immediately after Germany’s capitulation in 1945. READ MORE

4. 3. The Importance of Being Funded : A Case Study of the Public Funding, Production, and Style of Pica Pica (1987)

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Filmvetenskap

   Author : Tove Appelqvist; [2020]
   Keywords : Pica Pica; SFI; SVT; The Swedish Film Agreement; Cultural Policy; Ecocinema; National Cinema; Production; Media History.; Pica Pica; SFI; SVT; Filmavtalet; Kulturpolitik; Ecocinema; Svensk film; Filmproduktion; Mediehistoria.;

   Abstract : Given the 2017 discontinuation of the Swedish Film Agreement and the surrounding debate on the rationales of film policy, this thesis will conduct a historical study of a particular instance of Swedish film policy history, thus seeking to contribute to the understanding of the consequences of film policy for the outcome of film. Looking at the relationship between Swedish public broadcasting (SVT) and the Swedish Film Institute (SFI) during the mid-1980’s, this thesis aims to investigate the historical background of the funding and production process that enabled the creation of Pica Pica, a feature documentary film on magpies made by director Mikael Kristersson. READ MORE

5. 4. An artist book as an essay and an object

   University essay from Konstfack/Institutionen för Konst (K)

   Author : Peter Norrman; [2019]
   Keywords : Artistic practice; Artist book; Archive; Art; Photography; Post-Documentary; Expanded Document; Time; Folded Time;

   Abstract : I am using the essay as a vehicle to make an artist book. The essay functions on several levels: As my master essay text. As an artist book and stand alone object. As a way to distill my artistic production during my time at Konstfack into a new work. READ MORE

6. 5. Sync Event : The Ethnographic Allegory of Unsere Afrikareise

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Filmvetenskap

   Author : Erik Rosshagen; [2016]
   Keywords : Experimental Ethnography; Film Sound; Audio-Vision; Experimental Cinema; Documentary; Ethnographic Film;

   Abstract : The thesis aims at a critical reflexion on experimental ethnography with a special focus on the role of sound. A reassessment of its predominant discourse, as conceptualized by Cathrine Russell, is paired with a conceptual approach to film sound and audiovision. READ MORE