Essays about: "discourse film"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 52 essays containing the words discourse film.

  1. 1. Messages from the deep: A reception study of Denis Villeneuve's Dune

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

    Author : Sarah R. Kern; [2024-02-06]
    Keywords : Hegemony; Production Reception; Discourse; Dominant Negotiated Oppositional; Dune; Representation; Reception study; convergence culture; science fiction; participation culture; fandom;

    Abstract : 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

  3. 2. 'Cool' cinema sells : Examining the role of indie film company A24 in thecontemporary neoliberal US film industry

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Filmvetenskap

    Author : Loren Kampers; [2023]
    Keywords : A24; indie; independent; cinema; neoliberalism; paratextuality;

    Abstract : This research approaches independent film producer-distributor company A24 as a neoliberalentity in the context of the contemporary indie film industry. A24’s deliberate construction ofa public image as the ‘cool’ outsider positions them on the borders of independentcinema—in Indiewood. READ MORE

  4. 3. Pre-Existing Film Music Re:sourced : Technical Aspects and Narratological Implications of Audible Diegetic Transitions in Joker and Other Films

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för musikvetenskap

    Author : Martin Danstål Skiöld; [2023]
    Keywords : film music; technical aspects; narratological implications; audible diegetic transitions; transaural displacements; diegetic; non-diegetic; intra-diegetic; meta-diegetic; supra-diegetic; trans-diegetic; sound advance; bridge; lag; story; discourse; instant; gradual; emotive; grounding; narrow; wide; Joker; Baby Driver; Coda; Guardians of the Galaxy; Star Wars;

    Abstract : This thesis concerns itself with a phenomenon found in film music that can be described as audible diegetic transitions. In short, an audible diegetic transition occurs when film music shifts from one implied musical placement to another by changing its pre­sented sound quality. READ MORE

  5. 4. Ageism and gender through the mirror:  the case of Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (2022)

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Fatima Amghar Lopez; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : In the tradition of western film sector, the mirror has played different roles, from displayingrepresentations of the female body that subsumes into the satisfaction of the male eye toprojecting gendered standards that have taken part in the construction of Western socialimaginaries. Since the motion picture sector is a form of public discourse that influences andshapes beliefs, imagery and cultural practices of a given society, this thesis puts underscrutiny the relation to the mirror in both symbolic and material perspectives through the casestudy of the main mirror scenes of Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (2022). READ MORE

  6. 5. Colonialism, Cinema, and Critique: Examining the Rhetoric in Opinion Pieces on Farha

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Sara Abbas; [2023]
    Keywords : Rhetoric; Israel; Palestine; newspaper study; Farha film; post-colonialism.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This dissertation examines media articles' use of rhetoric to discuss the film Farha (2021) specifically the following research questions: 1. What rhetoric is used to express sympathy and praise of the film and 2. What rhetoric is used to express opposition and condemnation of the film. READ MORE