Essays about: "filmmakers"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 essays containing the word filmmakers.

  1. 1. Fighting Stereotypes and Empowering Roma Youth through Participatory Film : A Case Study Based on a Participatory Film Project Conducted in the Roma Community in Glasgow, Scotland

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

    Author : Katarzyna Dlugosz; [2024]
    Keywords : communication for development; participatory video; video for social change; Roma; young people; self-representation; stereotype; community; transformation; empowerment;

    Abstract : The Roma community has long been subjected to negative stereotypes and misrepresentations in the public sphere, leading to discrimination and prejudice. Roma youth in Glasgow, Scotland, supported by the Roma-led organisation Romano Lav, have taken an active role in challenging these negative portrayals through a participatory film project. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Body as a Grenade : Illness Metaphors, The Suffering of Others and Conservativism in Contemporary Sick-Flicks

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för mediestudier

    Author : Christian Gregory; [2023]
    Keywords : Cancer; Sick-Lit; Sick-Flicks; Cystic Fibrosis; CF; SCID; YA Literature; YA Films; The Fault in Our Stars; Five Feet Apart; Midnight Sun; Love Story; John Green;

    Abstract : Film has since its inception been a potent storytelling tool, and the concept of illnesses and death havebeen a critical element in the stories mankind has told through cinema since the beginning. While theearly years of film saw few titles which directly named or featured diseases such as cancer, the 1980’sand 1990’s saw a vast increase in illness narratives being produced. READ MORE

  4. 3. Sentiment Analysis Of IMDB Movie Reviews : A comparative study of Lexicon based approach and BERT Neural Network model

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Prashuna Sai Surya Vishwitha Domadula; Sai Sumanwita Sayyaparaju; [2023]
    Keywords : Bag of Words BoW ; Deep Learning; IMDb Movie Reviews; Machine Learning; Natural Language Processing NLP ; Sentiment Analysis; Term Frequency- Inverse Document Frequency TF-IDF .;

    Abstract : Background: Movies have become an important marketing and advertising tool that can influence consumer behaviour and trends. Reading film reviews is an im- important part of watching a movie, as it can help viewers gain a general under- standing of the film. And also, provide filmmakers with feedback on how their work is being received. READ MORE

  5. 4. EXPLORING ECO-TRAUMA REPRESENTATIONS IN WESTERN SOCIETY’S AYAHUASCA DOCUMENTARY FILM

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Filmvetenskap

    Author : Gwendoline Nalvarte Nunez; [2023]
    Keywords : Ayahuasca documentary films; Eco-Trauma; Physical eco-traumas; Psychological eco-traumas; Human-induced eco-traumas; Western filmmakers; World-System Theory; Globalisation; Eco-Criticism; Indigenous Communities; Case Studies: Shamans of the Amazon; Other Worlds; and Ayahuasca UN-Well docuseries Netflix; Arts and Architecture; Cultural Sciences; History and Archaeology; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Through this research, I intend to investigate the fascinating domain of Ayahuasca documentary films. This emerging subgenre showcases explorers and scientists reconnecting with nature and spirituality, which I introduced to the reader through my explorative one-year master's thesis, A Study of Ayahuasca Documentary Film (2020). READ MORE

  6. 5. Impact of Shot Length and Motion on Cinematic Tempo

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Andreas Panagiotidis; Felix Broberg; [2022]
    Keywords : ASL; Motion magnitude; Film; Tempo;

    Abstract : Tempo is an important part of film, it is used by filmmakers to communicate various feelings and settings through visual media. Through research, we found shot length and motion are what primarily makes the tempo of a film. READ MORE