Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Institution
-
- University of Central Florida (6)
- City University of New York (CUNY) (3)
- Selected Works (3)
- Claremont Colleges (2)
- University of South Florida (2)
-
- Chapman University (1)
- East Tennessee State University (1)
- Edith Cowan University (1)
- Gettysburg College (1)
- Grand Valley State University (1)
- Kansas State University Libraries (1)
- Liberty University (1)
- Missouri State University (1)
- Purdue University (1)
- Rhode Island School of Design (1)
- San Jose State University (1)
- SelectedWorks (1)
- Technological University Dublin (1)
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (1)
- University of Mississippi (1)
- Utah State University (1)
- West Virginia University (1)
- Publication Year
- Publication
-
- Electronic Theses and Dissertations (6)
- Alisa Perren (2)
- CMC Senior Theses (2)
- Masters Theses (2)
- Open Educational Resources (2)
-
- USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations (2)
- All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023 (1)
- Archives & Special Collections: Finding Aids (1)
- Articles (1)
- CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture (1)
- Cinesthesia (1)
- Film and Media Studies (MA) Theses (1)
- Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (1)
- Jacob Edmond (1)
- John Kim (1)
- MSU Graduate Theses (1)
- Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014 (1)
- Publications and Research (1)
- School of Information Student Research Journal (1)
- Student Publications (1)
- Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature (1)
- Theses: Doctorates and Masters (1)
- Undergraduate Honors Theses (1)
- Publication Type
Articles 1 - 30 of 33
Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities
Step 10, Jinhong Cai
Step 10, Jinhong Cai
Masters Theses
Step 10 is an experiment on provoking empathy through
abstracted elements within my studio practice. I am
proposing to craft an emotional piece without leaning
on my identity. This written thesis consists of two parts:
narrative prose and an explanation of my studio practice.
While the installation is entirely devoid of cultural or
personal references, this text-based thesis is full of them
because it is intended to inform whoever is interested in
learning more about the motive behind this creation.
The questions I bought into the thought and creation
process are: Can a piece of art still successfully bring
out …
Lacan And The Algorithm, Clint Burnham
Lacan And The Algorithm, Clint Burnham
CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture
Exploring the development of algorithms in Lacanian theory, specifically the "R schema" in the 1950s, I argue that psychoanalysis, read through contemporary debates about the "algorithmic cult" of Netflix and other avatars of popular culture, can be said to reveal the inhuman, machinic essence of subjectivity. The etiology of algorithms, mathemes, and other formulae and diagrams in Lacan’s oeuvre has been under-studied, in part because for some readers they are not as attractive as his more bravura flourishes of word play as exegetical excess, and in part because they derive largely from the ‘hard’ structuralist moment of his work in …
Mum00705 Gary Hawkins Multimedia Collection, Danielle N. Townsend
Mum00705 Gary Hawkins Multimedia Collection, Danielle N. Townsend
Archives & Special Collections: Finding Aids
Physical and digital files including moving image files, audio, photographs, small manuscripts, and ephemera related to the films Joe and The Rough South of Larry Brown created by filmmaker Gary Hawkins.
The Ilm Industrial Complex: Star Wars And Vfx In The Digital Age, Jane Baldwin
The Ilm Industrial Complex: Star Wars And Vfx In The Digital Age, Jane Baldwin
CMC Senior Theses
This paper proposes an expansion of Tom Gunning’s seminal theory of the “cinema of attractions.” Advancements in visual effects (VFX) technologies—such as the rise of George Lucas’ Industrial Light and Magic (ILM) and the advent of the digital age, among others—necessitate a more rigorous, updated understanding of effects as objects of media study. Using the Star Wars franchise as an analytical center, I aim to bring the subfield of effects study closer to compatibility with the ever-evolving VFX landscape.
A Part From You, Kenneth Rick Briggenhorst Jr.
A Part From You, Kenneth Rick Briggenhorst Jr.
MSU Graduate Theses
I invite empathy through art that is technologically assisted to find alternative interpretations for nontheologically informed faith. The sudden passing of my dearest friend, Jimmy, encouraged me to dig through my archives of data, to cherish all the bytes that remain of him. In this endeavor, I find that death is not the end, but a post-physical state of being. I express this sentiment in a part from you, where the work utilizes inanimate constructs to place your faith in, to make sense of the complexities of grief in a digitally tethered way of life. This life that allows many …
Methods In Costume And Projection Design For Theatre, Jessica Wallace
Methods In Costume And Projection Design For Theatre, Jessica Wallace
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
A report detailing multiple practices for theatre design in costumes and projection. It is focused on playscript analysis, the design process, and the final build of the design for production.
Visions Of Entanglement And Escape: In-Visible Voice In The Films Of Terrence Malick And George Lucas, Michael Lee Taber
Visions Of Entanglement And Escape: In-Visible Voice In The Films Of Terrence Malick And George Lucas, Michael Lee Taber
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
This thesis juxtaposes the unexpectedly parallel careers of the filmmakers George Lucas and Terrence Malick. Both popularly and academically, Lucas and Malick are typically conceived as divergent practitioners and are framed in oppositional terms. The goal of this thesis is – in part – to break down this oppositional understanding of Lucas and Malick as filmmakers. This traditional understanding of Malick and Lucas collapses when we consider their respective relationships to sensation and abstraction. Affirmations of sensation and Malick abound, as do critiques of abstraction and Lucas – all the while it is Malick who is aligned with abstraction and …
Re-Animating Post-Digital Cinema: [Animated] Fluidity And Hybrid Aesthetics In Tomm Moore’S Celtic Trilogy, Thomas James Schwaiger
Re-Animating Post-Digital Cinema: [Animated] Fluidity And Hybrid Aesthetics In Tomm Moore’S Celtic Trilogy, Thomas James Schwaiger
Film and Media Studies (MA) Theses
Tomm Moore’s Celtic Trilogy, consisting of The Secret of Kells (2009), Song of the Sea (2014), and WolfWalkers (2020), displays an inter-medial hybridity and synergy of commercial and experimental elements that encourage a redefinition of animation with a focus on the innate qualities of fluidity in animated aesthetics. This fluidity in visual aesthetics and narratology honors the legacy of studio animation over the past century, while reintroducing technological and creative experimentation. This freedom further allows for authentic cultural (self-)representation of Celtic traditions in film.
Paralleling a history of cinematic theories by Arnheim, Cholodenko and Manovich projects a shared space for …
Sarah Walkley. Cultural Diversity In The French Film Industry: Defending The Cultural Exception In A Digital Age. Palgrave Macmillan., Anna V. Keefe
Sarah Walkley. Cultural Diversity In The French Film Industry: Defending The Cultural Exception In A Digital Age. Palgrave Macmillan., Anna V. Keefe
Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature
Review of Sarah Walkley, Cultural Diversity in the French Film Industry: Defending the Cultural Exception in a Digital Age. Palgrave MacMillan, 2018.
Artifacts Of Imagination, Rachel Emily Simpson
Artifacts Of Imagination, Rachel Emily Simpson
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports
My MFA thesis and supporting exhibition focus on works ranging from video and sculpture to installation. The work has evolved from an intimate spiritual dialogue and interaction with the terrestrial world. This personal narrative is a jumping off point to pursue more universal themes and ideas of layering of information, shared versus collective perceptions and creating systems of understanding. Many of the processes involved in this exhibition contain some form of collage. The use of these various collage techniques furthers the idea of complexity in perception and expression and the many layers of experience. I will explain how the creation …
That's So Gay!: Queer Texts In The U.S., Jesse S. Rice-Evans, Andrea Stella
That's So Gay!: Queer Texts In The U.S., Jesse S. Rice-Evans, Andrea Stella
Open Educational Resources
Gender is facing an identity crisis: queer identities in the new era of gender and genre are subverting paradigms of communication and genre by working with language and narrative in new ways. Queer biography and autobiography mark an important turn in contemporary literature and poetics: the shift from a male-dominant gaze towards a kaleidoscopic perspective on queer embodiment, trans and non-binary narrative, and speculative writing about other worlds & possibilities, which offer us as readers new opportunities for storytelling and thinking about writing. These forms also make space for other identities traditionally excluded from mainstream cultural narrative spaces, and we’re …
That's So Gay!: Queer Texts In The U.S., Andréa Stella, Jesse Rice-Evans
That's So Gay!: Queer Texts In The U.S., Andréa Stella, Jesse Rice-Evans
Open Educational Resources
Gender is facing an identity crisis: queer identities in the new era of gender and genre are subverting paradigms of communication and genre by working with language and narrative in new ways. Queer biography and autobiography mark an important turn in contemporary literature and poetics: the shift from a male-dominant gaze towards a kaleidoscopic perspective on queer embodiment, trans and non-binary narrative, and speculative writing about other worlds & possibilities, which offer us as readers new opportunities for storytelling and thinking about writing. These forms also make space for other identities traditionally excluded from mainstream cultural narrative spaces, and we’re …
The Moving Collage, Tian Leng
The Moving Collage, Tian Leng
Publications and Research
Video is a medium based on space and time, and its forms and structures change how audience perceives and understand its content. This project will construct the interaction of videos in collage and explore the spiritual side of human experience with urban environment in New York City. Local museums and historical sites will be visited to understand the context of immigration history and culture.
High-definition video will be used to capture the imagery of several performers in field. The collage of shots, rather than the edit of them, provides a new perceptual experience for this medium. The structure of video …
21st Century Film Criticism: The Evolution Of Film Criticism From Professional Intellectual Analysis To A Democratic Phenomenon, Asher Weiss
CMC Senior Theses
Film criticism has changed since its inception and will continue to change moving forward. The evolution of film criticism has largely been a story of the shift from an elite field of intellectual exploration by a few knowledgeable experts to a democratic phenomenon where expert analysis is aggregated and averaged, and the lines are blurred between true expertise and the random opinions of the masses. This paper will address the transition from the birth of film criticism to its popularization through the 90s, to what it has become today. By exploring the nature of film criticism historically and reviewing the …
Automation In Entertainment: Concept, Design, And Application, Ryan Thally
Automation In Entertainment: Concept, Design, And Application, Ryan Thally
Undergraduate Honors Theses
The focus of this thesis is to explore the automation technology used in the modern entertainment industry. Upon completion of my thesis, I will deliver a working prototype of the chosen technology and present its capabilities in a choreographed show.
"You Want It All To Happen Now!": The Jinx, The Imposter, And Re-Enacting The Digital Thriller In True Crime Documentaries, Brett Michael Phillips
"You Want It All To Happen Now!": The Jinx, The Imposter, And Re-Enacting The Digital Thriller In True Crime Documentaries, Brett Michael Phillips
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
In this thesis, I outline the changing shape of the reenactment in the contemporary true crime documentary to illustrate a burgeoning crisis of epistemology and anxieties about the authority of evidence in the Digital Age. I examine two works—The Jinx and The Imposter—that deal with evidence in formally similar but ideologically opposite ways.
Logic in the Digital Age prioritizes an ever-widening collection of increasingly more precise artifacts and details, which supposedly paint a more complete picture but end up highlighting what is unknown more often. Key to this examination is the adoption of classic Hollywood thriller techniques (e.g., non-traditional narrative …
The Documentary Mind: In The Subject Of A Practitioner’S Perspective On Changes In Documentary Concept And Production, Harold Robert (Bob) Hardie
The Documentary Mind: In The Subject Of A Practitioner’S Perspective On Changes In Documentary Concept And Production, Harold Robert (Bob) Hardie
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
This autoethnographic study examines the influences of recent digital technology upon the practice and philosophy of documentary filmmaking. To assess the impact of new digital methodology on the film production process, The Musicians, a wholly-digital, 55-minute documentary film, was produced as an example. This music-based subject was chosen to specifically demonstrate the potential advantages of lightweight digital equipment and its extended recording capacity in orchestral documentation. The capability of non-linear digital editing to process large amounts of imagery, together with its ability to manage multiple image and audio streams concurrently, was also examined. This exegesis also reviews the impact of …
Digital Vision And The Noir Hero In Claire Denis’ Bastards, Spencer Everhart
Digital Vision And The Noir Hero In Claire Denis’ Bastards, Spencer Everhart
Cinesthesia
As with most directors whose careers began with (and consisted of) the process of filmmaking with actual celluloid, it was only a matter of time before French auteur Claire Denis made the transition to digital – and it was in 2013 that she did just that, abandoning physical film in favor of digital cinema for her neo-noir feature Bastards. The decision to switch wasn’t reluctant, though, as Denis had expressed an interest in experimenting with the format on her previous film White Material (2009). This aesthetic receptiveness is evident in Bastards, as it illustrates Denis’ effort to go beyond mere …
They Survived The Conversion From 35mm To Digital, So Now What? The Future Of America’S Small-Town Art House Theaters, Morgan H. Marianelli
They Survived The Conversion From 35mm To Digital, So Now What? The Future Of America’S Small-Town Art House Theaters, Morgan H. Marianelli
Student Publications
This paper explores the vital role art house movie theaters play in their communities, particularly in bringing film culture to small towns. I argue that art house theaters have a symbiotic relationship with their communities (particularly small towns) in which the art houses play a vital role in bringing culture to their downtown communities, and these communities are ardent supporters of art house theaters, helping them convert from 35mm to digital and continue to thrive. I explore two art house movie theaters in great detail as case studies, the County theater in Doylestown, PA and Gettysburg's Majestic theater, to prove …
Whither The Material In New Media Studies?, John W. Kim
Whither The Material In New Media Studies?, John W. Kim
John Kim
This article addresses how new media theory has been founded on an endemic exclusion and erasure of a concept of the material, because of the ascendancy of a concept of the virtual in theoretical and historical research on the development of new media technologies. In order to develop this claim, three influential accounts of the virtual in media studies are reviewed (the history of technologies of the virtual, embodiment and informatics, and post-structuralist theories of digital media) in order to demonstrate how each is grounded in an exclusion of the material. On the basis of this analysis, the article poses …
Interior: A Micro-Budget Horror Feature, Zachary Beckler
Interior: A Micro-Budget Horror Feature, Zachary Beckler
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
INTERIOR is a feature-length film written, directed, and produced by Zachary Beckler as part of the requirements for earning a Master of Fine Arts in Entrepreneurial Digital Cinema from the University of Central Florida. The project aims to challenge existing conventions of the horror film on multiple levels - aesthetic, narrative, technical, and industrial - while also examining growing importance of workflow throughout all aspects of production. These challenges were both facilitated and necessitated by the limited resources available to the production team and the academic context of the production. This thesis is a record of the film, from concept …
Examining The Narcissism Trend In Generation Y Through Digital Narrative Film, Joshua Ingle
Examining The Narcissism Trend In Generation Y Through Digital Narrative Film, Joshua Ingle
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This thesis presents an account of the making of 15 Minutes of Faye, a microbudget feature-length film created in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Fine Arts in Film and Digital Media at the University of Central Florida. It chronicles the motivation behind the creation of the film, the entire creation process, plans for its distribution, and reflections on lessons learned during the creation process. The film itself was designed to challenge its viewers with the gross self-absorption of its fame-seeking protagonist, in order to promote public discourse about Generation Y's sense of entitlement, which …
Refresh. Create. Inspire. The Mission, Vision And Values Behind The Coca-Cola Company And The Digital Marketing Strategies Of The "Open Happiness" Campaign, Sara Svendsen
Masters Theses
Due to the influence of Coca-Cola on advertising, digital marketing, and marketing strategies, the present rhetorical analysis seeks to show the many aspects of digital media in the Company's present "Open Happiness" campaign. The study of the campaign seeks to show that the Company mission statement, Company values and the vision of The Coca-Cola Company are implemented into all of the different facets of the Open Happiness campaign, and in the context of Mood Management Theory, exude the overall theme of the campaign, happiness. The parts of the campaign that were analyzed were focused on the YouTube channels of The …
Preserving Film Preservation In The Digital Era, Becca Bastron
Preserving Film Preservation In The Digital Era, Becca Bastron
School of Information Student Research Journal
This paper explores the current controversies surrounding film preservation in the digital era. Questions address the benefits of new technologies and the potential sacrifices to a film's authenticity and designation as a valued historical, social, and cultural artifact. Issues examined include film's frail format, archives's financial and storage limitations, the concept of "the original film," and how current digitization methods affect each of these areas. This paper addresses the recent restorations of two particular films—Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1927) and Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958)—and concludes that digital technologies are not stable enough to replace traditional preservation methods, but they can greatly …
Theodore Is Dying: From Development Through Distribution, Ryan Pomeranz
Theodore Is Dying: From Development Through Distribution, Ryan Pomeranz
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Theodore Is Dying is a feature length film written and directed by Ryan Ceri Pomeranz. It was undertaken as a partial fulfillment of the requirements to receive a Master of Fine Arts in Film and Digital Media from the Department of Film in the College of Arts and Humanities at the University of Central Florida. The film aims to explore both the immediate and the long-term effects of choices made by four people at specific moments of demarcation in their lives. Structurally, the film is presented in an episodic and non- linear style that attempts to examine each protagonist’s own …
Less Lost: No Touchdown Dance, William Conner
Less Lost: No Touchdown Dance, William Conner
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Less Lost is a feature-length film by William Chase Conner, made as part of the requirements for earning a Master of Fine Arts in Film & Digital Media from the University of Central Florida.
A Blue Flower: The Development Of A Personal Documentary, Nils Taranger
A Blue Flower: The Development Of A Personal Documentary, Nils Taranger
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
A Blue Flower is a feature-length documentary film by Nils Taranger, made as part of the requirements for earning a Master of Fine Arts in Entrepreneurial Digital Cinema from the University of Central Florida. The film focuses on the director’s journey to find healing, both physically and emotionally. Following the guidelines of UCF’s program, Nils produced the film on a microbudget (under $50,000) level. The majority of filming took place in Florida with only a one or two person crew. This thesis is a record of the film’s progression from development to picture lock, in preparation for distribution
Big Hollywood, Small Screens, Alisa Perren, Karen Petruska
Big Hollywood, Small Screens, Alisa Perren, Karen Petruska
Alisa Perren
No abstract provided.
Situated Architecture In The Digital Age: Adaptation Of A Textile Mill In Holyoke, Massachusetts, Dorcas A. Brooks
Situated Architecture In The Digital Age: Adaptation Of A Textile Mill In Holyoke, Massachusetts, Dorcas A. Brooks
Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014
The City of Holyoke, Massachusetts is one of many aging, industrial cities striving to revitalize its economy based on the promise of increased digital connectivity and clean energy resources. But how do you renovate 19th century mills to meet the demands of the information age? This architectural study explores the potential impact of sensing technologies and information networks on the definition and function of buildings in the 21st century. It explores the changes that have taken place in industrial architecture since 1850 and argues for an architecture that supports local relationships and environmental awareness. The author explores the industrial history …
Business As Unusual: Conglomerate-Sized Challenges For Film And Television In The Digital Arena, Alisa Perren
Business As Unusual: Conglomerate-Sized Challenges For Film And Television In The Digital Arena, Alisa Perren
Alisa Perren
No abstract provided.