Essays about: "filmvetenskap"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 83 essays containing the word filmvetenskap.

1. 1. Authorship in AI Cinema : The Frost through the lens of Walter Benjamin

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Filmvetenskap

   Author : Taras Låvenberg; [2024]
   Keywords : Authorship; AI; AI Cinema; Critical film theory; Generative Media; Film Studies; The Frost; Walter Benjamin.;

   Abstract : The rapid development of generative AI technology challenges traditional ideas of authorship. This thesis investigates the concept of authorship in AI cinema, an emerging approach to filmmaking where advanced AI technology is used in the film production process. The study is focused on the AI film The Frost (Josh Rubin, 2023). READ MORE

3. 2. Synaesthesia and Visual Music in Swedish Silent Film

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Filmvetenskap

   Author : Gustav Ribbing Lygon; [2023]
   Keywords : Silent Film; Synaesthesia; Visual Music; Gesamtkunstwerk; Photogénie; Gesture; Symbolism; Correspondences;

   Abstract : This thesis examines how visual music in Swedish silent film served as an allusion to sound, either as a cinematic effect or as an intertwined part of the film narrative. Drawing on the concepts of synaesthesia and visual music, a discussion on how both concepts relate to each other serves as the key method for analyzing a selection of films. READ MORE

4. 3. 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

5. 4. The Aesthetics of Assault

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Filmvetenskap

   Author : Norah Jonsson; [2023]
   Keywords : Intersectional Film Studies; Sexual Assault in Film; Swedish film; Teen Film; Rape; Harassment; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Comparing contemporary legislation and social debates to films and TV-shows from the 2000s and 2010s, this study shows a change in approach to the subject of sexual assault from an intersectional angle. The analysis describes a more individual, neo-liberal angle in the early 2000s, and a more holistic and societal angle in the 2010s. READ MORE

6. 5. Anita: The Story of a Bad Film : The cultural life of Torgny Wickman’s 1973 sex film

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Filmvetenskap

   Author : Jason Carter; [2023]
   Keywords : Anita; Torgny Wickman; Swedish Sin; Cult Film; Sex Film; Pornography; Swedish film heritage;

   Abstract : Anita  (Torgny Wickman 1973) is a typical example of a film produced as part of a wave of Swedish softcore sex films created with an eye on the substantial overseas profits to be made in market curious to witness onscreen Swedish Sin.  Following an extremely brief and limited release in Sweden the film disappeared from popular cultural perception until resurfacing in the late 1990s as an object of nostalgic cult curiosity. READ MORE