Essays about: "modern cinema"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words modern cinema.
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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 litteraturerAbstract : 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
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2. Epicness through level design : A God of War case study
University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för informationsteknologiAbstract : Epic poems originate from Ancient Greece with the most well-known one being the Odyssey by Homer. Today other forms of media than just poems are considered epic. Video games have the possibility of both being incredibly detailed as the epic modern novel and being a spectacle as seen on epic cinema. READ MORE
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3. The Young & The Dying : The Continued Romanticization of Terminally Ill Adolescents in Contemporary American Cinema
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för mediestudierAbstract : This essay examines how the past decade’s wave of young adult films portraying termi-nal illnesses compare and contrast with similar works from both film as well as literary works commonly referred to as “sick-lit”. By viewing three prominent films released be-tween 2014 and 2019 and applying both literature dealing with sick-lit as well as texts fo-cused on how cinema tends to portray serious illnesses such as cancer, I attempt to dis-cern whether significant change in the way which contemporary film handles severe ill-nesses has occurred. READ MORE
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4. History Unchained, the visual representation of Slavery in mainstream Hollywood Cinema
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studierAbstract : Through Hollywood film history there have been several, mostly inconvenient topics, that have been kept away from public conscience through the film industry and governmental censorship. Amongst the genocide on Native Americans and homosexuality, the topic of american slavery has been underrepresented in mainstream Hollywood. READ MORE
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5. An Auteur Study of Kira Muratova Focusing on the Films Two in One and Melody for a Street Organ
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studierAbstract : This thesis is dedicated to the cinema art of Kira Muratova with the focus on the theme of grotesque. Kira Muratova shot films of different genres; mixing styles, creating a new reality of cinema, mixing audio-visualization of people with animals, classical literature with slang, including photography and pornography, installation, performance, opera and ballet. READ MORE
