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Peak Oil And Transition: The Making Of A Documentary Video, John A. Duvall Oct 2015

Peak Oil And Transition: The Making Of A Documentary Video, John A. Duvall

John Duvall

Many scientists and academics have raised serious concerns regarding the depletion of fossil fuels—especially the peaking of oil production—and its impact upon society. According to these researchers, oil for transportation and production will soon become expensive and scarce, and known alternative sources of energy will be insufficient to make up the difference within the required time frame. Therefore, world civilization (and the United States in particular) will soon undergo a crisis in energy supply that will have significant impacts on the structure of community life, economic wellbeing, political organization, and individual lifestyles. One response to these threats is to attempt …


Savage Messiah: Ken Russell's Forgotten Masterpiece, John A. Duvall Oct 2015

Savage Messiah: Ken Russell's Forgotten Masterpiece, John A. Duvall

John Duvall

This paper presents an analysis of Savage Messiah, Ken Russell’s filmic biography of WWI-era artist and sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, evaluating its various aesthetic codes of meaning, and demonstrating how these codes contribute to a unified narrative structure. Particular attention is paid to the phenomenological elements of the cinematic narrative – image composition, art direction, color, motion, editing and sound – in order to reveal the sensuous core of the film as its method of thematic expression. We offer observations on the narrative’s deep structure in terms of symbolic references, on Russell’s visual techniques of characterization, and on how these elements …


Savage Messiah: Ken Russell's Forgotten Masterpiece, John A. Duvall Sep 2015

Savage Messiah: Ken Russell's Forgotten Masterpiece, John A. Duvall

John Duvall

This paper presents an analysis of Savage Messiah, Ken Russell’s filmic biography of WWI-era artist and sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, evaluating its various aesthetic codes of meaning, and demonstrating how these codes contribute to a unified narrative structure. Particular attention is paid to the phenomenological elements of the cinematic narrative – image composition, art direction, color, motion, editing and sound – in order to reveal the sensuous core of the film as its method of thematic expression. We offer observations on the narrative’s deep structure in terms of symbolic references, on Russell’s visual techniques of characterization, and on how these elements …


Sound In Film, John A. Duvall Jul 2014

Sound In Film, John A. Duvall

John Duvall

No abstract available


Sanctuary [Screenplay], John A. Duvall Dec 2013

Sanctuary [Screenplay], John A. Duvall

John Duvall

(Mystery/Love Story, 108 pp.)
Quarter-Finalist, Writer’s Network Screenplay Competition (2002) and Semi-Finalist, Script Magazine Open Door Screenplay Competition (2002).


Ghost Dance [Screenplay], John A. Duvall Dec 2013

Ghost Dance [Screenplay], John A. Duvall

John Duvall

(Social drama/Love Story, 116 pp.) Accepted for presentation, UFVA 2010 Annual Conference.


Easy Livin' [Teleplay], John A. Duvall Dec 2013

Easy Livin' [Teleplay], John A. Duvall

John Duvall

TV Pilot


The Big Itch [Screenplay], John A. Duvall Dec 2013

The Big Itch [Screenplay], John A. Duvall

John Duvall

No abstract available


Prelude [Screenplay], John A. Duvall Dec 2013

Prelude [Screenplay], John A. Duvall

John Duvall

Adapted from the novel by Kurt Cobb


Sub-Genres Of The Environmental Documentary, John Duvall Sep 2012

Sub-Genres Of The Environmental Documentary, John Duvall

John Duvall

No abstract provided.


Peak Oil And Transition [Screening], John A. Duvall Aug 2011

Peak Oil And Transition [Screening], John A. Duvall

John Duvall

No abstract available


The Environmental Documentary, John A. Duvall Jul 2011

The Environmental Documentary, John A. Duvall

John Duvall

No abstract available


Peak Oil And Transition [Producer/Writer/Director], John A. Duvall Dec 2010

Peak Oil And Transition [Producer/Writer/Director], John A. Duvall

John Duvall

This documentary video describes the phenomenon known as "Peak Oil", its potential impact on our lives, and the work of citizen groups in Northern California communities to ease the transition to a sustainable world without fossil fuels.


Adapting “The Big Sleep”., John A. Duvall Jul 2010

Adapting “The Big Sleep”., John A. Duvall

John Duvall

No abstract available


Adapting “Lolita” From Kubrick To Lyne, John A. Duvall Jul 2010

Adapting “Lolita” From Kubrick To Lyne, John A. Duvall

John Duvall

No abstract available


Ghost Dance (Original Screenplay), John A. Duvall Jul 2010

Ghost Dance (Original Screenplay), John A. Duvall

John Duvall

No abstract available


Savage Messiah: Ken Russell’S Forgotten Masterpiece, John A. Duvall Jul 2009

Savage Messiah: Ken Russell’S Forgotten Masterpiece, John A. Duvall

John Duvall

No abstract available


Awakenings [Foley Editor], John Duvall Dec 1989

Awakenings [Foley Editor], John Duvall

John Duvall

The victims of an encephalitis epidemic many years ago have been catatonic ever since, but now a new drug offers the prospect of reviving them.


Havana [Foley Editor], John A. Duvall Dec 1989

Havana [Foley Editor], John A. Duvall

John Duvall

No abstract provided.


Dances With Wolves [Foley Editor], John A. Duvall Dec 1989

Dances With Wolves [Foley Editor], John A. Duvall

John Duvall

Academy Award – Best Picture and Sound


The War Of The Roses [Foley Editor], John A. Duvall Dec 1988

The War Of The Roses [Foley Editor], John A. Duvall

John Duvall

No abstract provided.


Hilltop Happenings [Writer/Producer/Director/Videographer], John Duvall Dec 1984

Hilltop Happenings [Writer/Producer/Director/Videographer], John Duvall

John Duvall

One-hour, two-part mental health documentary about a poetry therapy program at Madison State Hospital in Madison, Indiana.