Essays about: "fiction film"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 39 essays containing the words fiction 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. Playing with the Third Reich: Conceptual Relocation from Nazi Film to WWII Game : An Experiment to measure Filmic concepts in Digital Games

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Filmvetenskap

    Author : Laqi Li; [2023]
    Keywords : Nazi Germany; Propaganda Films; Science Fiction Trilogy; Industrial Films; WWII FPS Games; WWII Simulation Games; Fascist Aesthetic; Futuristic Utopianism; Steel-like Romanticism; History.;

    Abstract : Film produced by Nazi Germany has been a classic that has drawn scholars from a wide range of academic disciplines as well as innumerable cineastes from various cultural backgrounds. The simultaneous rise in the number of players acting as observers and operators in digital games with a WWII theme has drawn recent scholarly attention since it is thought that this pattern is contributing to players' hazy understanding of historical events. READ MORE

  4. 3. Compounding the Problem? : Gated Communities in Climate and Environmental Disaster Fiction

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

    Author : Ryan Nicholas Walsh; [2023]
    Keywords : Octavia E. Butler; The Parable of the Sower; The Parable of the Talents; Naughty Dog; The Last of Us; The Last of Us: Part II; Neil Blomkamp; Elysium; ecocriticism; post-apocalypse; critical dystopia; climate change criticism; gated community; urban studies; agency; the Other; video game studies; ergodic literature.; Octavia E. Butler; The Parable of the Sower; The Parable of the Talents; Naughty Dog; The Last of Us; The Last of Us: Part II; Neil Blomkamp; Elysium; ekokritik; postapokalyps; kritisk dystopi; klimatfiktion; grindsamhällen; urbana studier; agens; det Andra; spelforskning; ergodisk litteratur.;

    Abstract : The gated community motif occurs frequently within climate and environmental disaster fiction. This thesis investigates its occurrence across three media to establish how the gated community mode of living, as rendered in post-apocalyptic speculative fiction, responds to the threat and consequences of climate and environmental crisis. READ MORE

  5. 4. She's not like other girls; she is a cool girl : A qualitative study on the portrayal of female characters as the cool girl in films

    University essay from Karlstads universitet

    Author : Olivia Josefina Larsson Säberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Media; film studies; gender roles; stereotypes; representation; sexism;

    Abstract : Society's view on women is a long-debated topic, and there are several studies made to analyze where and how these attitudes toward gender roles arise. This thesis focuses on how women are portrayed and represented in media, especially as female characters in film fiction, to gain insight into what effect this can have on society's view of women. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Framing of Evil in Oppressive Systems : Barbara, Phoenix, and Transit by Christian Petzold

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för mediestudier

    Author : Anna Aschenbrenner; [2022]
    Keywords : Evil; oppressive system; Christian Petzold; Barbara; Phoenix; Transit; Hannah Arendt; Banality of Evil;

    Abstract : The present study aims to create a deeper understanding of the cinematic representation of “evil”. Therefore, a special focus lies on contemporary historical fiction films whose stories are set in totalitarian systems with direct or indirect references to German history. READ MORE