Essays about: "Propaganda Films"

Found 5 essays containing the words Propaganda Films.

  1. 1. Playing with the Third Reich: Conceptual Relocation from Nazi Film to WWII Game : An Experiment to measure Filmic concepts in Digital Games

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Filmvetenskap

    Author : Laqi Li; [2023]
    Keywords : Nazi Germany; Propaganda Films; Science Fiction Trilogy; Industrial Films; WWII FPS Games; WWII Simulation Games; Fascist Aesthetic; Futuristic Utopianism; Steel-like Romanticism; History.;

    Abstract : Film produced by Nazi Germany has been a classic that has drawn scholars from a wide range of academic disciplines as well as innumerable cineastes from various cultural backgrounds. The simultaneous rise in the number of players acting as observers and operators in digital games with a WWII theme has drawn recent scholarly attention since it is thought that this pattern is contributing to players' hazy understanding of historical events. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Feminized People and the Patriarchal State: Studying the Portrayal of Gender in North Korean Films

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Josefine Edström; [2018]
    Keywords : North Korea; gender; women; film; feminist film theory; frame analysis; development; Asia; portrayal; Confucianism; Socialism; propaganda; Nordkorea; kön; genus; kvinnor; film; feministisk filmteori; frame-analys; utveckling; Asien; porträttering; Konfucianism; Socialism; propaganda;

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  4. 3. America in the scope : A post-colonial study of American Sniper, mourning and nationalism

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Filmvetenskap

    Author : Mikael Halén Román; [2015]
    Keywords : American Sniper; post-colonial; Orientalism; patriotism; Other; Othering; West; East; Occident; flagging; nationalism; mourning; death; violence; war; heroism; dehumanization; Islam; Christianity; Michael Billig; Judith Butler; Edward Said; Benedict Anderson; imagined communities.;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to discuss how themes of nationalism, mourning and death can be implemented in a film such as American Sniper to reproduce the idea of nation states as well as enforce nationalism. Through a close analysis of chosen sequences in the film the thesis presents a mode of looking at film, rooted in the given themes, which will help analyzing similar films with these reoccurring themes. READ MORE

  5. 4. analysing ISIL`s propaganda

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för medier och journalistik (MJ)

    Author : jamil walli; [2015]
    Keywords : ISIL; Globalization; propaganda; religious; perceptible; psychic; aura; awe; shock; projection; alienation; adversary; caliphate; radical; glocal; semiotics; CDA;

    Abstract : The emergence of “the Islamic state of Iraq and the Levant” was surprising not only because of its rapid expansion geographically across Syria and Iraq, but also because of its global influence. That`s represented in its magnetic power through gravitating large numbers of Muslim youth, from almost all around the world. READ MORE

  6. 5. Representing War : Swedish Neutrality, Media Specificity and the Censorship of World War I Films

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för mediestudier

    Author : Johannes Hagman; [2014]
    Keywords : World War I; War Films; Censorship; Actualities; Media Specificity; Newsreels; Första Världskriget; krigsfilm; filmcensur; aktualitetsfilm; mediaspecificitet; journalfilm;

    Abstract : During World War I, war films became an important part of Swedish cinema programs. Newsreels as well as war related fiction films from the different battling nations were distributed to film theaters around the country. With these new films, the recently established censorship bureau also got new duties to consider. READ MORE