Essays about: "comic thesis"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words comic thesis.

  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

  2. 2. Prototyping Tool for Large Scale Interactive Experiences

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för designvetenskaper

    Author : Venkata Satya Anurag Gargeya Unnava; Yiyang Liu; [2023]
    Keywords : Virtual Reality; Augmented Reality; Interactive Content; Large Scale Interactive Content; Visualizer; Simulations; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : In the age where entertainment is the driving force behind the functioning of large industries, companies like SONY have figured out a way to market their entertainment content including movies, music, and games using large-scale interactive marketing and promotional content. Building and testing such content before it is released on large and complex devices is a continuously challenging task and there have been efforts both in academia and industry made to ameliorate this content production workflow. READ MORE

  3. 3. Heroes for Change or Systems for Change? Is it time to reject heroism discourse? : A critical eye into a comic edutainment on SDGs

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

    Author : Aisha Al-Daour; [2021]
    Keywords : Citizenship Education; Universalism; Post-colonialism; Comics; Superheroes; Semiotics;

    Abstract : This study seeks to extend observations on critical citizenship education by examining what the edutainment Comics Uniting Nations, which presents the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), may tell us about the UN view of imagined agency and citizenship, and subsequently, its broader view of development. Given that the SDGs’ message within the comics targets a global audience, the research work in this thesis puts the comic Heroes for Change to the test by surveying how the minority community in Gaza, occupied Palestine feel and situate themselves in the SDGs’ universal message. READ MORE

  4. 4. ANIMATION VS. COMIC STRIPFOR DIGITAL COMMUNICATION : A Mixed Method Approach through an Online Survey

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för informatik

    Author : Hanna Nordin; [2021]
    Keywords : Digital Narratives; Visual Narratives; HCI; Education; Online Survey Experiment;

    Abstract : Knowledge and its distribution are important for people to understand the world. In principle, science and academic research is the ultimate reliable source when knowledge is at stake, and an efficient way of communicating knowledge is through stories and narratives. READ MORE

  5. 5. Understanding Locke & Key: A Semiotic and Intertextual study of the Collective Unconscious and some of its Archetypes in Locke & Key

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier

    Author : Henrik Rogowski; [2020]
    Keywords : Comic books; Horror; Intertextuality; Julia Kristeva; Psychoanalysis; Carl Jung; Collective unconsciousness; Archetypes; Roland Barthes; Semiotics; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis’ focus will be on the comic book series Locke & Key in a semiotic and an intertextual reading through a psychoanalytical framework. The comic series is described as a “psychological horror” and a main theme running across the six volumes is good versus evil, and a lot of the narrative is helped by magical keys. READ MORE