Essays about: "denotation."

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1. 11. Non-diegetic film music as a narrative agency in Christopher Nolan's Interstellar (2014)

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Filmvetenskap

   Author : Rasmus Carlsson; [2019]
   Keywords : Interstellar; non-diegetic music; Christopher Nolan; Hans Zimmer; implicit narrative functions; semiotic concepts; leitmotif; denotation; connotation; film and media history; film music; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This study sets out to investigate the non-diegetic music in Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar (2014) in order to highlight its implicit narrative functions and meanings. The theoretical approach consists of semiotic concepts such as ‘Cognitive denotative’ and ‘Cognitive connotative’ functions by Emilio Audissino, ‘Myth’ and ‘Anchorage’ by Barthes as well as Claudia Gorbman’s ‘Connotative Cueing’. READ MORE

3. 12. Cultural Adaptation of Cancer Campaign Films : A comparison made between beauty commercials; United States ofAmerica and India.

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Bildproduktion

   Author : Rahel Anticoli; [2018]
   Keywords : cultural adaptation; nationalism; appropriation; campaign films; semiotics; film analysis; connotation; denotation.;

   Abstract : Uppsatsens syfte är att göra en filmanalys av kampanjfilmer om bröstcancer som var skapade av kosmetiska företag i Indien och U.S.A. I uppsatsen undersöks hur semiotiska resurser var påverkade av kulturen och hur kampanjerna har använt kulturell adaption i marknadsföringssyfte. READ MORE

4. 13. The narrative functions of props. Portable communication devices in Die Hard (1988) & Die Hard2: Die Harder (1990)

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Filmvetenskap

   Author : Rasmus Carlsson; [2018]
   Keywords : Die Hard; Die Hard 2; Die Harder; Bruce Willis; Portable Communication Devices; Props; Narrative Functions; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : The current study sets out to investigate the narrative functions of props that take the particular form of portable communication devices (more specifically walkie-talkies and airplane phones) in Die Hard (1988) and Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990). The methodology used is the semiotic concepts of denotation and connotation with a supporting theoretical framework based on two principal forms of props called Instrumental and Contextualized together with Antoni Smuszkiewiez’ definition of the concept. READ MORE

5. 14. All is well : An analysis of positivity through adjectives in two contemporary New Age self-help books

   University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

   Author : Sonja Diar Fares; [2018]
   Keywords : adjectives; connotation; denotation; semantic prosody; associative meaning; self-help; New Age language; positivity; positive psychology; Abraham Hicks; Eckart Tolle; Adjektiv; semantik; konnotation; denotation; New Age språk; själv-hjälp; personlig utveckling; positiv psykologi;

   Abstract : Self-help counselling is an important industry that not only influences its immediate users’ behavior but also society and social behaviors more generally. Since New Ageis a main branch of self-help, and since positivity is a dominant concept in (New Age) self-help discourse, it is worth analyzing how positivity might be achieved in terms of language use. READ MORE

6. 15. Smartphones in Media - The New York Times: Representation of the smartphone and the paper’s potential for normative influence of smartphone behavior

   University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Hanna Meyer zu Hörste; [2017]
   Keywords : smartphone; New York Times; social norms; representation; media effect factors;

   Abstract : This thesis sets out to investigate the representation of smartphones by one of the biggest English daily newspapers of the world – the New York Times – and further sheds light on the potential influence the newspaper has on the norms of smartphone behavior. The research is conducted in two parts. READ MORE