Essays about: "character voice"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 essays containing the words character voice.

  1. 1. African Women and Storytelling : Unveiling the Power of Narrative to Shape Collective Imaginary

    University essay from

    Author : Clelia Vegezzi; [2023]
    Keywords : African Women; Women; Black Women; Storytelling; stories; Collective Imaginaries; Characters; Novels; INGOs; Noviolet Bulawayo; Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie;

    Abstract : During my eight years of work in the communication department of an NGO based in Kampala I have undetaken several workshops organized by istitutional donors, such as USAID, on how to write what the aid sector calls stories of change.  Puzzled by the information and skills obtained in such context and the stories I have encounter and wrote during my job from one side, and on the other side acknowledging how novels helped me to navigate my feeling of disorientation while living and experiencing the Ugandan context; I have decided to embark in this research to better understand where the stories produced by INGOs and the contemporary literature differentiate. READ MORE

  3. 2. Designing nonverbal utterances by nonhuman characters : How clearly can emotions and characteristics be conveyed?

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik, konst och samhälle

    Author : Tove Bondeson Siwe; [2023]
    Keywords : voice design; nonverbal communication; non-human characters; nonverbal utterances; emotional utterances; synthezied voice; sound design; character design; design;

    Abstract : This research seeks to explore the concept of voice design, specifically voice design for non-human characters that do not communicate using words. The idea was to mimic the vocal contours of human non-verbal vocal expression with a synthesizer to achieve emotional clarity, as well as make it sound less like a machine and more like a fleshed-out character. READ MORE

  4. 3. Programming by voice : Efficiency in the Reactive and Imperative Paradigm

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för data- och systemvetenskap

    Author : Miriam Lagergren; Max Soneryd; [2021]
    Keywords : Vocal programming; reactive; imperative; RSI; Talon;

    Abstract : Due to the recent increase of computer programmers, and asa result, sufferers from Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI),programming by voice is becoming an important alternativeto keyboard-based input. Using speech recognition softwareis more difficult for programming tasks than naturallanguage. READ MORE

  5. 4. Character voice in subtitles: a case study of the Japanese subtitles of The Witcher

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

    Author : Sirius Rusanen; [2021]
    Keywords : Japanese; translation; subtitles; character voice; characterisation; characterization; role language; yakuwarigo; The Witcher;

    Abstract : In storytelling, one of the most important functions of dialogue is to create characterisation. Character voice is each character's unique style of speaking, which can impart explicit or implicit information about characters, such as their personality, age, or gender. READ MORE

  6. 5. President of Crimea. Constitution : Author(s) Autonomous Republic of Xena-Maria

    University essay from Konstfack/Institutionen för Konst (K)

    Author : Mariia Kulykivska; [2020]
    Keywords : Maria Kulikovska; art in exile; exile; displacement; body; borders; art and borders; migration; sculpture; performative sculpture; performance; action; live performance; objects; art of Eastern Europe; architecture; feminism; crimean artist; ukrainian artist; swedish immigrant artist; political art; installation; manifestation; Louise Bourgeois; Joseph Beuys; degenerative artists; forbidden artists; female artist; Mariia Kulikovskaya; queer art; alien art; productive alienation; Masha Kulikovska; Masha Kulikovskaya; Мария Куликовская; Маша Куликовская; Марія Куликівська; Марія Куліковська; художник в изгнании; искусство в изгнании; искусство в иммиграции; восточно европейское искусство; запрещенное искусство; запрещенные художники; дегенеративное искусство; крымская художница; украинская художница; художница-переселенка; шведские художники-иммигранты; тело; границы; феминизм в искусстве; квир художник;

    Abstract : In this essay, two voices are heared, from two women: a certain artist Xena, who talks about her life and its dramas, interwoven with her own experiences from her diaries; and the voice of Maria, who analyzes Xena's life story and her art, diffracted through the prim of the history of 21stC art.  Art the outset, "President of Crimea. READ MORE