Essays about: "suspense"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 21 essays containing the word suspense.

  1. 6. The Sound of Suspense : Designing an audio-physical, interactive storytelling system

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

    Author : Tania Christensen; [2019]
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    Abstract : In this paper, the design process and evaluation of an interactive audio-physical storytelling system that uses motion capture to deliver a narrative is described. Following a research through design approach, the aim is to establish which factors are important when designing audiophysical systems for storytelling. READ MORE

  3. 7. Preferences and attitudes of audiobook users in Sweden : Surveying Swedish audiobook groups on Facebook

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för bibliotek, information, pedagogik och IT

    Author : Martina Dakic; [2019]
    Keywords : Digital audiobook; audio reading; Facebook group; subscription service; remediation; uses and gratifications theory; McLuhan s laws of media;

    Abstract : The main objective with this Master's thesis is to better understand the preferences and attitudes of audiobook users in Sweden who are also members of Swedish Facebook audiobook groups. In recent years audiobooks have risen to prominence, although their previously inferior status is still evident in the lack of available research. READ MORE

  4. 8. The narrative functions of props. Portable communication devices in Die Hard (1988) & Die Hard2: Die Harder (1990)

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Filmvetenskap

    Author : Rasmus Carlsson; [2018]
    Keywords : Die Hard; Die Hard 2; Die Harder; Bruce Willis; Portable Communication Devices; Props; Narrative Functions; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The current study sets out to investigate the narrative functions of props that take the particular form of portable communication devices (more specifically walkie-talkies and airplane phones) in Die Hard (1988) and Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990). The methodology used is the semiotic concepts of denotation and connotation with a supporting theoretical framework based on two principal forms of props called Instrumental and Contextualized together with Antoni Smuszkiewiez’ definition of the concept. READ MORE

  5. 9. Debunking the Detective: A Comparative Study on the Narratives Found in The Blanched Soldier, The Lion’s Mane and A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Geofina Andersson; [2018]
    Keywords : Sherlock Holmes; Watson; narratology; narrative frustration; narrator; suspense; reliability; point of view; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote 56 short stories in the Sherlock Holmes series, yet only two are told from the narrative perspective of Holmes himself. I attempted to compare and contrast Holmes’ narration in The Blanched Soldier and The Lion’sMane withWatson’s narration in A Study in Scarlet. READ MORE

  6. 10. The Fear of Mrs. Bates : The Use of Psychoanalytical Aspects, Anticipation and Retrospection in Robert Bloch’s Psycho

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Rebecca Spolander; [2018]
    Keywords : Robert Bloch; Psycho; Sigmund Freud; psychoanalysis; Super-Ego; Ego; Id; repression; Wolfgang Iser; reception theory; anticipation; retrospection;

    Abstract : This essay focuses on psychoanalytical notions in Robert Bloch’s novel Psycho. The theoretical framework is based on Sigmund Freud’s theory of psychoanalysis. Slavoj Žižek’s idea that the house serves as a symbol of Freud’s concept of the Super-Ego, Ego and Id is presented and further developed. READ MORE