Essays about: "Critical film theory"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words Critical film theory.

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. Compounding the Problem? : Gated Communities in Climate and Environmental Disaster Fiction

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

   Author : Ryan Nicholas Walsh; [2023]
   Keywords : Octavia E. Butler; The Parable of the Sower; The Parable of the Talents; Naughty Dog; The Last of Us; The Last of Us: Part II; Neil Blomkamp; Elysium; ecocriticism; post-apocalypse; critical dystopia; climate change criticism; gated community; urban studies; agency; the Other; video game studies; ergodic literature.; Octavia E. Butler; The Parable of the Sower; The Parable of the Talents; Naughty Dog; The Last of Us; The Last of Us: Part II; Neil Blomkamp; Elysium; ekokritik; postapokalyps; kritisk dystopi; klimatfiktion; grindsamhällen; urbana studier; agens; det Andra; spelforskning; ergodisk litteratur.;

   Abstract : The gated community motif occurs frequently within climate and environmental disaster fiction. This thesis investigates its occurrence across three media to establish how the gated community mode of living, as rendered in post-apocalyptic speculative fiction, responds to the threat and consequences of climate and environmental crisis. READ MORE

4. 3. EXPLORING ECO-TRAUMA REPRESENTATIONS IN WESTERN SOCIETY’S AYAHUASCA DOCUMENTARY FILM

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Filmvetenskap

   Author : Gwendoline Nalvarte Nunez; [2023]
   Keywords : Ayahuasca documentary films; Eco-Trauma; Physical eco-traumas; Psychological eco-traumas; Human-induced eco-traumas; Western filmmakers; World-System Theory; Globalisation; Eco-Criticism; Indigenous Communities; Case Studies: Shamans of the Amazon; Other Worlds; and Ayahuasca UN-Well docuseries Netflix; Arts and Architecture; Cultural Sciences; History and Archaeology; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Through this research, I intend to investigate the fascinating domain of Ayahuasca documentary films. This emerging subgenre showcases explorers and scientists reconnecting with nature and spirituality, which I introduced to the reader through my explorative one-year master's thesis, A Study of Ayahuasca Documentary Film (2020). READ MORE

5. 4. Girls on Film : A Critical Discourse Analysis on the Screenplay of Booksmart (2019)

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Hanna Rapo; [2021]
   Keywords : CDA; FCDA; Feminist Media Theory; Female representation in Media; Female representation in Film; Film reviews; Screenplay analysis; gendered language;

   Abstract : This study takes a closer look at the screenplay of the 2019 coming-of-age film, Booksmart. Using critical discourse analysis, and Fairclough’s three-dimensional method, it examines the way girls are portrayed based on the screenplay and its audience reviews. READ MORE

6. 5. The Shades of Styles : A human search for words communicating all aspects of styles.

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Erlend Hellerslien; [2021]
   Keywords : Style; Styles; Shades of Styles; Digital Style; Design Theory; Semiotic Theory; Semiotics; Semantics; Seethics; Design Inclusion; User Experience Design; Cultural Analytics; Visual Worlds; Art Historical Writing; Digital Art History; Visual Studies; Visual Literacy; Human Communication; Digital Style Dictionary; Digital Visual Compass; Spectrum; Reality; Multi Realities; Core Reality; Abstract Reality; Surreal Reality; Artifical Reality; Phenomenolgy; Moral; Ethics; Labels; Critical Terms; Aspects of Seeing; Representation; Transpace Style; Swisch; Style; Medium; RAW; Image; Artifical Intelligence; AI; Visual Exploration; Humankind; Fundamentals; Bias; Gizmos; Hyperreality; Mythologies; Sterotyping; Discrimination; Stories of Art; Synesthesia; Post-truth; Fake Photo; Creativity; Art Direction; Editing; Advertising; Manipulation; Marketing; Animation; Photography; Film; Ilustration; Graphic Design; Arcitecture; Color; Icon; Beauty; Human Commonality; Respect; Diversity;

   Abstract : This research is an investigative attempt on the concept of style´s development to potentially noticing our diverse human history on viewing the aspect of styles, starting (in the part one) by looking into the problem of the development of styles and its characteristic of representation in terms of its messages, realties, semiotics, and human collaboration. Leading towards the human search in seeing style more commonly neutral for a more meaningful dialog. READ MORE