Essays about: "Essay Film"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 112 essays containing the words Essay Film.
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1. Messages from the deep: A reception study of Denis Villeneuve's Dune
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaperAbstract : This essay uses Pierre Bourdieus habitus, symbolic capital, Social fields, Stuart Halls representation theory and Encoding/Decoding system, as well as Henry Jenkins concept of convergence culture and media convergence, to conduct a reception study of Denis Villeneuves 2021 adaption of the science fiction movie Dune. The material collected for the reception study is collected in the form of reviews and features from experts in cinema, juxtaposed against material collected from YouTube in the form of reviews, reaction videos and video essays from social groups sectioned around cinephiles and science fiction fandom. READ MORE
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2. CURSED HORROR FILMS - A film analysis of ‘dangerous’ films within moving media
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaperAbstract : Within the field of horror films there is a subcategory of films and videos revolving around fictional horror films claimed to be ‘dangerous’ to the public. These works often relate to discussions around moral panics and spectatorship as well as historical viewpoints on the horror genre. READ MORE
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3. Disrupting Dominant Discourses: : Hybridity in Jane Eyre and Get Out
University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälleAbstract : This study examines the theme of hybridity in Charlotte Brontë’s novel Jane Eyre and Jordan Peele’s film Get Out. Both the narrative text in the novel and the script with visual elements of the film use the concept of hybridity through Gothic motifs: a mad non-white woman in the attic in Jane Eyre and a psychological place in Get Out, where members of a white family hypnotise black people in order to exploit their physical capabilities. READ MORE
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4. Klimatutsläpp från Region Uppsalas solcellsanläggningar ur ett livscykelperspektiv
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Energy and TechnologyAbstract : Solceller är en del av en ny teknik för att kunna producera förnyelsebar energi som kan ersätta dagens fossila energikällor. Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur stora klimatutsläppen blir för de olika solcellsanläggningarna i Region Uppsala ur ett livscykelperspektiv, samt vilka faktorer som påverkar utsläppen. READ MORE
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5. The Body as a Grenade : Illness Metaphors, The Suffering of Others and Conservativism in Contemporary Sick-Flicks
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för mediestudierAbstract : Film has since its inception been a potent storytelling tool, and the concept of illnesses and death havebeen a critical element in the stories mankind has told through cinema since the beginning. While theearly years of film saw few titles which directly named or featured diseases such as cancer, the 1980’sand 1990’s saw a vast increase in illness narratives being produced. READ MORE