Essays about: "Kaufman"

Showing result 6 - 8 of 8 essays containing the word Kaufman.

  1. 6. Transformative Screenwriting: Charlie Kaufman’s Postmodern Adaptation of Story

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Filmvetenskap

    Author : Johan Sundberg; [2015]
    Keywords : Charlie Kaufman; Storytelling; Writing; Screenwriting; Transformative Screenwriting; Transformative; Postmodern; Kaufman; Robert McKee; McKee; Thesis; Essay; Master s; Master; Donald Kaufman; Plot; Archplot; Miniplot; Antiplot; Change; Statis; Screenwriter; Hollywood; Art Film; Synecdoche; Eternal Sunshine; Being John Malkovich; Susan Orlean; The Orchid Thief; Orchid Thief; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : The essay's investigation of postmodern storytelling and transformative screenwriting, in relation to how Robert McKee's Story is reflected in Charlie Kaufman's Adaptation – in text and subtext, form and content – shows that the film's form is that of the classical archplot. It is only Adaptation's content, reflecting the dream of an art film/antiplot that is critical – while the form is a complicitous Hollywood form. READ MORE

  3. 7. How Meta-Films Can Serve Cinema

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för planering och mediedesign

    Author : Anas El Ghazouani; [2012]
    Keywords : Meta-films; meta-reflection; narrative; storytelling; intertextuality. ;

    Abstract : In my thesis, I analyze meta-films and different ways they are used in films. I try to show that meta-films can serve as a creative tool to communicate new and old ideas and stories. READ MORE

  4. 8. The 'Troubles' of Myths and Symbols: A study of the conflict in Northern Ireland

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Maria Garpmo; [2005]
    Keywords : Northern Ireland; Myth; Fear; Ethno-Symbolism; Symbolic Politics; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Northern Ireland is a conflict with a long and violent history, which often focuses on the armed struggle of extremist organizations. This thesis instead asks how is the conflict in Northern Ireland kept alive in the lives of ordinary people? The material used comes from books and articles containing interviews and descriptions of the environment and local perceptions. READ MORE