Essays about: "Silent Film"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words Silent Film.
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1. Synaesthesia and Visual Music in Swedish Silent Film
University essay from Stockholms universitet/FilmvetenskapAbstract : 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
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2. “The Silent Celluloid Salesman” : How and why Ford Motor Company became the largest motion picture producer and distributor in the world
University essay from Stockholms universitet/FilmvetenskapAbstract : This study explores the under-researched subject of “industrial films” through the analysis of how Ford Motor Company made use of motion pictures to reinforce its political and economic interests during the 1910s and 1920s. In 1914, the automobile company constituted a motion picture department, establishing itself as the largest film producer and distributor in the world in the subsequent years. READ MORE
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3. Fy og Bi A Danish Duo: Rurality, Modernity, and Class Struggle in Three Fy og Bi Films from the Silent Era
University essay from Lunds universitet/FilmvetenskapAbstract : This thesis analyses three Fy og Bi films from the silent era: Tyvepak (1921), Vester-Vov-Vov (1927) and Filmens Helte (1928). The theoretical framework that is utilized in this thesis comes from ideological criticism as well as the concept of representation in film. The method used is textual analysis. READ MORE
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4. It must be a bad child
University essay from Konstfack/Keramik & GlasAbstract : It must be a bad child I build rooms, installations, where I combine objects into scenes. This scene is an attempt to portray feelings and mental states surrounding sexual abuse. I'm building a girls' room, but it's more of a psychological place than a real room. READ MORE
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5. Narrative Perspective in a Wordless Graphic Novel: Shaun Tan's The Arrival
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenAbstract : In a narrative the narrator tells the story, and the focalizer is a character through whose eyes the story is seen. The narrator is thus the one who speaks, whilst the focalizer is silent. The identification of these two narratological features is made with the help of verbal cues such as personal pronouns for instance. READ MORE
