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Enduring The Unendurable: Examining Cultural Trauma In Postwar Japanese Film, Joseph Worstall
Enduring The Unendurable: Examining Cultural Trauma In Postwar Japanese Film, Joseph Worstall
Capstone Showcase
WWII and its aftermath fundamentally changed the collective consciousness of the Japanese people. For the first time in history, and at a tremendous cost, the country was vanquished. By the end of the war, sixty-seven cities had been firebombed, three million people had been killed, and millions more found themselves suffering from poverty, hunger, and homelessness. Most controversially, the USAAF dropped atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki—two acts which have been so universally condemned that they’ve never been repeated. For the next seven years, the U.S. armed forces occupied the country and charted its course, effectively operating …
Film Music And The Cinematic Experience, Brian Campbell
Film Music And The Cinematic Experience, Brian Campbell
The Research and Scholarship Symposium (2013-2019)
Ever since the invention of cinema, film producers have always played music with movies. The addition of quality music to a well-crafted film can change the feel of the entire film. Over its one hundred and thirty years of existence, cinema has evolved into an extremely diverse art form that addresses a wide array of subjects. Given all these factors, this paper explores how film music is extremely diverse and can be used in a wide variety of ways to enhance, affect, and contribute to the way we experience a film. It explores storytelling methods as a narrative device, mood …