The Lack Of Representation Of Mexican Women In Films,
2024
University of Texas at El Paso
The Lack Of Representation Of Mexican Women In Films, Lizbeth Garcia Gonzalez
Open Access Theses & Dissertations
Representation in film lacks the meaningful exposure of Mexican women, the lack of roles available tend to rely on the stereotypes of Mexicans therefore excluding room for Mexican women to be represented authentically. In this paper I discuss the lack of representation that Mexican women have in films, identifying that in roles of superheroes, especially women of color do not compare to the many white superhero films. To discuss representation of Mexicans in film, I used The Perfect Game (2009) and McFarland, USA (2015), films that share meaningful representation of Mexicans. While also using examples of representation in superhero films …
Working In The Shadows: The Impact Of Wage Theft Among Undocumented Workers In El Paso, Texas,
2024
University of Texas at El Paso
Working In The Shadows: The Impact Of Wage Theft Among Undocumented Workers In El Paso, Texas, Christe Cherie Lattimore-Staple
Open Access Theses & Dissertations
The documentary film titled "Working in the Shadows: The Impact of Wage Theft Among Undocumented Workers in El Paso, Texas" sheds light on the pervasive issue of wage theft experienced by undocumented workers in the region. Through personal testimonies, interviews with workers, legal experts, and government officials, the film delves into the challenges faced by undocumented workers who are vulnerable to exploitation due to their legal status.Undocumented workers in El Paso face a host of challenges, including unpaid wages, unsafe working conditions, and fear of retaliation if they assert their rights. The film highlights the critical role of community organizations, …
Seeking The Unspoken: Examining Queer Subtext In Storytelling,
2024
SAE University College
Seeking The Unspoken: Examining Queer Subtext In Storytelling, Morgan Stevens-Reidy
Postgraduate
This exegesis aims to examine the techniques of subtext that are used to determine creative decisions in narrative structures on various forms of fictional screen media with a specific focus on storytelling in an animation context and the creative mediums used to form it. The major focus of subtextual storytelling that is investigated during this exegesis is the themes and narratives used throughout the LGBTQ+ community and the diversity of its influences upon hidden signs within stories, which was studied through the process of creating the foundation of a short film with the use of methodological approaches such as practice-led …
Lifelong Movie Goers, Hardworking Filmmakers, And Oscars Discourse,
2024
Chapman University
Lifelong Movie Goers, Hardworking Filmmakers, And Oscars Discourse, Haley Kamola
Student Scholar Symposium Abstracts and Posters
This paper focuses on the discourse surrounding the Academy Awards, often referred to as the Oscars. The differences in discourse between people working in the film industry and those who watch movies are analyzed, as they represent the supplier and recipient of films and filmmaking. These two groups offer varied perspectives on the topic. The discourse of another group, a group in-between–student filmmakers–is also analyzed. To many people, what makes a film “good” is quite subjective, so the Academy Awards are often a subject of discourse. One particular focus of discourse will be the 2024 Academy Awards. There were a …
Sensorial Memories: A Cinema Speculum In Aftersun(2022) And Petite Maman(2021),
2024
Chapman University
Sensorial Memories: A Cinema Speculum In Aftersun(2022) And Petite Maman(2021), Tingyi Zhu
Student Scholar Symposium Abstracts and Posters
In her 1975 article "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema," Laura Mulvey used psychoanalysis as a political weapon to critique the issue of the male gaze in traditional Hollywood narrative cinema. Mulvey's work is pioneering for feminist film studies but was criticized and reexamined among film and feminist scholars. Building on the precedent of Mulvey and the feminist research of Luce Irigaray, contemporary scholar Lucy Bolton has proposed the camera as an "Irigarayan speculum," explaining how certain contemporary films delve into female characters' inner worlds, creating them with subjectivity and diversity. Drawing on contemporary feminist film theories and phenomenology theories, I …
Ground-Breaking Stories In Contemporary Cinema: In A Market Full Of Remakes, What Form Does Cinematic Originality Take Today?,
2024
Chapman University
Ground-Breaking Stories In Contemporary Cinema: In A Market Full Of Remakes, What Form Does Cinematic Originality Take Today?, Elisa Fong-Hirschfelder
Student Scholar Symposium Abstracts and Posters
This work aims to analyze the evolution of both international and American cinema as an art form, specifically in relation to the abstract concept of originality, to determine what possible future trends in cinema may look like and the potential for the manifestation of “new waves” in cinema. Emerging during the Industrial Revolution, cinema has evolved as an entertainment medium from brief moving pictures presented as novelties to lengthy feature films. With its evolution arose trends in visual storytelling, including experimental, narrative, and remakes, whose own categories comprise the retelling of old stories, remakes of films in other languages, and …
The Making Of The Russian At Christmas,
2024
Stephen F. Austin State University
The Making Of The Russian At Christmas, Armando Rey Silvas Jr.
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This thesis will explain the process of making my feature film, The Russian at Christmas, which I wrote, directed, and edited myself. I will discuss my influences for the film, and how those influences led to my own visual and writing style. By walking through the stages of pre-production, production, and post- production, I will discuss the film from conception to completion. My time in the SFA film program – including working on four other summer features – prepared me to direct my own feature film. Completing this feature film was a daunting task that has no comparison to …
Digital Orchestration In Media Compositions,
2024
Stephen F. Austin State University
Digital Orchestration In Media Compositions, Jimmy Bartley
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
As composers gain access to better tools, digital mockups have increasingly grown in popularity. Composers often aim to emulate an idealized orchestral sound in their mockups. By understanding the nature of acoustic orchestration and instrumentation, specific techniques and approaches for virtual instruments and sample libraries, and methods to process and manipulate MIDI audio, composers can achieve this idealized sound. This thesis will focus on the common techniques and methods that composers can use to achieve this in digital mockups. Concluding the thesis is an original work that combines digital and live instruments while exploring different techniques to achieve an ideal …
Hobby Horse,
2024
Loyola Marymount University
Hobby Horse, Kaitlyn Liu
LMU Theses and Dissertations
Against the wishes of her domineering mother, a teen equestrian rides into the Finnish sport of hobby horsing in order to win enough money to buy her real horse back.
Paradoks Determinisme Dalam Film Tenet (2020) Sebagai Refleksi Kesadaran Manusia Akan Waktu,
2024
Universitas Indonesia
Paradoks Determinisme Dalam Film Tenet (2020) Sebagai Refleksi Kesadaran Manusia Akan Waktu, Farobi Fatkhurridho, Suma Riella Rusdiarti
Paradigma: Jurnal Kajian Budaya
Time is a complicated object of study because understanding time is closely related to periodization, history, and memory. Film is a medium for presenting manifestations of motion and time in visual products that can be captured by human senses. Tenet (2020) is a film that displays temporal dimensions in terms of both creative ideas and packaging through its cinematography and narrative structure. Tenet presents the idea of overlapping time consciousness of the past, present, and future. A revolving door machine in the film is used to signify the paradox of determinism or the condition of characters suffocated in a time …
Taylor Swift As Religion: The Deification Of An International Pop Music Superstar And The Ramifications Of Fame, With A Comparison To Vox Lux,
2024
Augustana College, Rock Island Illinois
Taylor Swift As Religion: The Deification Of An International Pop Music Superstar And The Ramifications Of Fame, With A Comparison To Vox Lux, Jessica Cotturone
Religion and Film
This paper explores the ways in which the culture surrounding pop music superstar Taylor Swift is a religion. Taylor Swift has had an indelible impact on her fans, who are known as Swifties, and this paper brings attention to the ways that she establishes a strong connection with her fans such that they come to view her as a religious figure. Definitions of religion proposed by scholars Clifford Geertz and Meghan Johnston Aelabouni are used to analyze how this popular music culture can fit into a broader conceptualization of religion. Special attention is given to the deification of celebrities in …
Crimes In Different Mediums Of Art,
2024
Kennesaw State University
Crimes In Different Mediums Of Art, Chloe Milhouse
ENGL 1102 Showcase
There are a few different ways we see crime and art come together as one without even realizing it and there are other topics that showcase crime punishment as well. Crime can be portrayed through music. When certain artists sing about their crime-like behaviors, this can lead to people also doing that same crime because they listened to it in a song. Crime can be derived from art itself, causing people to react emotionally and criminally to something they’ve seen. Lastly it can be represented through film and TV showcasing elements of human behavior for society to see. All of …
Visions Of Inclusivity: A Screenplay Focusing On Women, Sexism And Film During The 1990s,
2024
Kennesaw State University
Visions Of Inclusivity: A Screenplay Focusing On Women, Sexism And Film During The 1990s, Abigail Hayman
Master's Projects
In the 1990s film scene, Margaux Archambeau leaves for New York City to uncover the truth about her late mother. This research summary, "Visions of Inclusivity," acknowledges and carefully researches women's struggles and triumphs. This essay intends to share information about the film industry and the inappropriate treatment of women so that men and women in the film industry can support one another.
Closing,
2024
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Closing, Sarai Devi Dasi, Vivian Jameson
.RAW Journal of Art and Design
No abstract provided.
Contributors,
2024
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
'Dreamscape_01' & 'Across The Universe A.I. Version',
2024
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
'Dreamscape_01' & 'Across The Universe A.I. Version', Ryden Secor, Sarai Devi Dasi
.RAW Journal of Art and Design
No abstract provided.
'Untitled - De Young Museum',
2024
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
'Untitled - De Young Museum', Zach Kanter
.RAW Journal of Art and Design
No abstract provided.
'General Electric' & 'A Walk Around Pierce Point',
2024
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
'General Electric' & 'A Walk Around Pierce Point', Zevin Delaski, Taz Fruhauf
.RAW Journal of Art and Design
No abstract provided.
'Mosaic' & 'Into The Looking Glass',
2024
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
'Mosaic' & 'Into The Looking Glass', Hannah Drechsel, Izze Gunn
.RAW Journal of Art and Design
No abstract provided.
'La Vie En Rose',
2024
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
'La Vie En Rose', Brooke De La Torre
.RAW Journal of Art and Design
No abstract provided.
