Essays about: "Hollywood"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 43 essays containing the word Hollywood.

  1. 1. The Problem of Escape in American Film Noir : Cinema, Philosophy, Theology

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Systematisk teologi

    Author : Aron Ericson; [2024]
    Keywords : film noir; film-theology; film-philosophy; original sin;

    Abstract : Following developments in the last decades in the philosophical and theological studies of film, this study investigates film noir from the classic Hollywood era (1940-1959) from this perspective. It presents the key ideas behind the fields of film-philosophy and film-theology. READ MORE

  3. 2. Changing Perspectives : Representation and the gaze in Bilge Olgac's films from 1960s to 1980s

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för mediestudier

    Author : Melisa Yapici; [2023]
    Keywords : Feminist Film Theory; Laura Mulvey; Male Gaze; Female director; Turkish Cinema; Bilge Olgac; Femininity; Masculinity;

    Abstract : Bilge Olgac, one of the first female directors of Turkey, who shot her first film in 1965, shaped her films according to the developments in Turkey. This thesis investigates how Olgac was affected by the events that took place in Turkey from the 1960s to the 1980s and how she reflected this impact on the representations of men and women in her films. READ MORE

  4. 3. Gambling mythologized : A multimethod qualitative study of U.S. sports betting advertising narratives

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Stig Janson; [2023]
    Keywords : Advertising; online sports betting; gambling advertising; qualitative content analysis; semiotic analysis; the American dream; semiotics; myth; representation;

    Abstract : Online sports betting is an industry that has seen a huge surge in popularity in the US since 2018, and the companies behind this surge have enjoyed exponential increases in profits. Accompanying the increased interest in and profits of online sports gambling is a large spike in advertisements created by companies that offer online sports betting services. READ MORE

  5. 4. Remaking Hollywood

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : André Fhager; [2023]
    Keywords : Hollywood; Representation; Remake; Political Activism; Equality; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In this study I will examine whether or not there are any differences in the representation of ethnic minorities and women between Hollywood movies released in the 1990’s and remakes of the movies released in the late 2010’s. The study is based on the assumption that the numerous political movements for equality in the 2010’s, such as Black Lives Matter, #MeToo and #OscarsSoWhite, might have led to a shift in the political climate that would impact the level of representation in the movie industry. READ MORE

  6. 5. How Ramy Challenges Arab Stereotypes in American Media : A study of an Arab-American comedy drama

    University essay from Högskolan Väst/Institutionen för individ och samhälle

    Author : Peregrin Frost; [2023]
    Keywords : Hollywood; TV; Arabs; Stereotypes; Discourse Analysis;

    Abstract : The portrayal of Arabs and Muslims in American film and television has been a lopsided affair since the beginnings of Hollywood movie production. Over the course of film and TV production during the twentieth century, and later, Hollywood and TV production companies has used the Arab as a negative trope to negatively stereotype them, or to elevate the perception of American characters in contrast to the presentation of the baser character of the Arab. READ MORE