Essays about: "documentary films"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 23 essays containing the words documentary films.

1. 11. Like Sámis do : A postcolonial and intersectional analysis of the contemporary film representations and self-representations of the Sámi people

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Filmvetenskap

   Author : Mónica Hernández Rejón; [2016]
   Keywords : Sámi; Swedish; documentary; road movies; postcolonial; intersectional; identity; representation; ethnicity; gender; class; nationality;

   Abstract : The film representation of the Sámi people has evolved during the last century from the ethnographic portrayals that reproduce a romantic stereotype of the good savages, to feature and documentary films that discuss the Sámi identity and its colonial history. In recent years a new generation of Sámi and Swedish documentary directors have focused their work on analysing the impact that multiple structures of power actually have in the production of the Sámi identity and culture. READ MORE

3. 12. “A Documentary of the Imagination” The Use of Reenactments in The Act of Killing

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Filmvetenskap

   Author : Ana Paula Perez Cordova; [2015]
   Keywords : sound and mise-en-scène; editing; Reenactment; documentary; film; The Act of Killing; Joshua Oppenheimer; cinematography; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This thesis will provide a formal analysis of Joshua Oppenheimer’s documentary The Act of Killing (2012), by analyzing the different stylistic techniques used in the reenactments such as the cinematography, editing, sound and mise-en-scène, and by analyzing the ways in which these documentary techniques affected the film and the people who committed the crimes. This research also reflects the way in which reviewers all over the world have related to and received this film. READ MORE

4. 13. For me, home wasn't a freezer : Works of postmemory in Israeli Shoah documentaries

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap

   Author : Martina Sögaard; [2015]
   Keywords : Collective memory; Shoah; Second generation; Third generation; documentary; postmemory; Israel; identity; Philosophy and Religion;

   Abstract : The purpose of this essay is to examine how the Shoah affects Israeli society today and deals with the construction of identity and collective memory of the Post-Shoah generations in Israel. The study analyzes three Israeli documentary films through the theory of Marianne Hirsch’s “postmemory”. READ MORE

5. 14. To what extent can interactive documentaries affect the engagement of secondary school children? : Interactive media documentaries and engagement

   University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för informationsteknologi

   Author : Jiar Chalabi; [2015]
   Keywords : interactive media;

   Abstract : Interactive documentaries are achieving fame and many people are engaging in the technology. However minimal research means the benefits of interactive documentaries remain unexplored. This project investigates the actual benefit of interactive documentaries. READ MORE

6. 15. Saving cetaceans : documentary films, animal activism and power

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

   Author : Caroline Blomqvist; [2015]
   Keywords : Keywords: Animal activism; Cetaceans in captivity; Animal rights; Animal welfare; Civic culture; Civic engagement; Political participation; Documentary film; Internet; Moral emotions; Empathy; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In modern times, the world has experienced the rise of a range of different large, well-coordinated social movements with the goal to make the world a better place for oppressed societal groups. One of these movements is the animal activist movement, with the objective to change the societal norms regarding facilitating and exploiting cetaceans through captivity at zoos- and marine mammal parks etc. READ MORE