Essays about: "Christopher Nolan"

Found 4 essays containing the words Christopher Nolan.

  1. 1. THE ADAPTATION CYCLE OF COMIC BOOKS AND CINEMA: Authorship, Intermediality and Fidelity in Batman Adaptations

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Nicola Camoglio; [2023-09-20]
    Keywords : English; Batman; The dark knight; Tim Burton; Joel Schumacher; Bruce Timm; Christopher Nolan; Adam West; authorship; adaptation; intermediality; adaptive revision; dialogism; geneticism; fidelity;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the adaptation process from comic books to cinema, by leveraging theoretical frameworks found in the modern field of adaptation studies. The focus lies primarily on film adaptations of Batman, one of the most famous and well-regarded characters from the comic book medium. READ MORE

  3. 2. Film music as a guide in complex temporal narratives : An analysis of the narrative function of Hans Zimmer’s film music in Inception (2010) and Interstellar (2014)

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för musikvetenskap

    Author : Renske Akkerman; [2023]
    Keywords : film music; Hans Zimmer; minimalistic maximalism; leitmotifs; inception; interstellar;

    Abstract : This thesis analyses Hans Zimmer’s film music in Inception (2010) and Interstellar (2014) that resulted from his collaboration with director Christopher Nolan. The focus lies on the narrative and temporal functions that film music can attain when used in temporal complex narratives. READ MORE

  4. 3. 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

  5. 4. Two Jokers in the Pack? A Comparative Analysis of Iago in William Shakespeare’s Othello and the Joker in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight in Relation to W.H. Auden’s ‘The Joker in the Pack’

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Katarina Isaksson; [2014-02-07]
    Keywords : engelska; Iago; the Joker; William Shakespeare; Christopher Nolan; Othello; The Dark Knight; W.H. Auden; The Joker in the Pack; psychopathy; narratology;

    Abstract : What would happen if we viewed the Joker of Christopher Nolan’s 2008 motion picture The Dark Knight as a modern incarnation of Iago, the villain of William Shakespeare’s Othello? Additionally, how well does Auden’s argument about Iago as a practical joker (‘The Joker in the Pack’) explain them both? The analysis of this essay is performed by comparing similarities and differences found with the two villains and relating them to W. H. READ MORE