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Breaking Into The Business: A Guide To Creating A Dynamic Resume Reel And Securing A Job In Today’S Television News Industry, Christina Favuzzi

Journalism

Broadcast journalists are experiencing turbulence in their field of expertise due to increasing digitalization and decreased funding. It is becoming commonplace for reporters to work as one-man-bands, or “multimedia journalists,” shooting and editing their own video in addition to writing and reporting. For people looking to begin a career in the highly competitive broadcast news industry, there is a great deal of information to understand and consider prior to beginning the job search. Creating a dynamic resume reel is central to landing a job as an on-air reporter. However, with the development of digital-first and multimedia journalism, there are certain …

Understanding Tony Scott: Authorship And Post-Classical Hollywood, Robert Arnett

Communication & Theatre Arts Faculty Publications

The article offers criticism to several films directed by the British motion picture director Tony Scott, including the films "Man on Fire," starring Dakota Fanning, Denzel Washington and Christopher Walken, "Domino," starring Mo’Nique and "Déjà vu," starring Jim Caviezel and Denzel Washington. Particular focus is given to his authorship and film production as a post-classical director in Hollywood, California.

Digital Action: An Exploratory Documentary Of Artistic Process, Dana Renee Potter

Honors Program Theses

Digital Action: An Exploratory Documentation of Artistic Process is a short documentary film of the creation of artwork for my Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition, titled Digital Action. In the exhibition titled Digital Action, I created visualizations of my daily computer use to explore how digital experiences are simultaneously overwhelming and wildly inspiring. The video presents video of the steps of my process in a linear fashion with my voice-order explaining the process and theory behind the artwork. The documentary was filmed from September 2015 to December 2015.

My Way Or The Highway And A Correspondence: Visual Representations Of The City, Larkin J. Sheldon

Scripps Senior Theses

This Capstone Project encompasses two videos, each representing different ways to visually structure the experience of “the city”.

The first video, "My Way or the Highway", is a 5 minute piece examining Los Angeles Transportation systems. Through observational footage and a poetic editing style, I compare and contrast the experience of traveling via public and private transportation. Through this video I aim to encourage the viewer to consider their own transportation options whether it is in Los Angeles or anywhere else around the world.

The second is a 12 minute video, titled "A Correspondence" structured as a …

Hamlet #Princeofdenmark: Exploring Gender And Technology Through A Contemporary Feminist Re-Interpretation Of Hamlet, Allegra B. Breedlove

Scripps Senior Theses

Exploring the process of designing, producing, directing and starring in a multimedia feminist re-interpretation of Shakespeare's Hamlet set in a contemporary social media landscape.

Planet Trial And Error: A Student's Guide To Film Preproduction, Zach H. Varnum

Selected Honors Theses

This article highlights the importance of preproduction to the filmmaking process and provides a series of steps and guidelines meant to aid student filmmakers in the preproduction phase of their own films. The research was gathered from various filmmaking textbooks of note and from the personal experiences of the author during the making of his capstone film project.

In Service, Spencer R. Kancher

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Going In Circles, Mark C. Raymond

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

From A “Lazy Boy” To The Open Sea. The Journey Of Making “Call Me Cappy”, Maja M. Holzinger

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

In this paper I will describe and analyze the process of creating my thesis film, Call Me Cappy. I will start with stating the theme and discuss each aspect of this process in relation to the theme that originated this project. I will detail my biggest challenges and struggles. I will also try to show how the knowledge I absorbed through attending the graduate film program, and the literature I have read, has served my journey as a filmmaker. In the end, I will attempt to evaluate whether my theme found its full expression through this film. The final …

Alien On A Savage Planet, Shena Mullins

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

This paper details the process of creating the UNO Graduate thesis film Alien on a Savage Planet. Each major step in the filmmaking process is covered: screenwriting, producing, directing, cinematography, sound, production design, costumes, hair and makeup, workflow, editing, color correction, music and post- sound. A comprehensive assessment of the filmmaking process and the successes and failures of the project are discussed in length.

Binoculars: Management Strategies In Film, Kamryn Fall

Liberal Arts and Engineering Studies

No abstract provided.

La Brigada Ramona Parra; Muralismo Y Cambio Social En Chile / La Brigada Ramona Parra ; Muralismo And Social Change In Chile, Sarah Baumann

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Mi motivación para esta proyecto era mi interés en el poder de murales en Chile, y los cambias sociales que arte callejero pueden iniciar. Arte callejero he tenido un efecto muy grande en la historia y políticos de Chile. Yo quería descubrir más sobre esta historia, y también cómo los organizaciones que hacen murales, cómo la Brigada de Ramona Parra, funciona hoy. Para mi proyecto, yo usé entrevista, guías de arte callejero, observaciones en escuelas de Bellas Artes, y un exposición de murales. En mis resultas, yo encontré que la Brigada de Ramona Parra ha cambiado la escena política en …

“He Venido A Servir A Mi Gente” El Liceo Guacolda Y La Educación Intercultural En Chile / "I Have Come To Serve My People " The Liceo Guacolda And Intercultural Education In Chile, Jake Highleyman

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

The concept of intercultural education is present in many countries worldwide: it’s the idea of learning through the lenses of more than one culture, not just the Western or dominant one. In Chile, intercultural education is most commonly associated with the mapuche, the largest indigenous group in Chile. Since 1993, Chile has had a federal Bilingual Intercultural Education program (EIB). However, almost all of the implementation is left up to individual schools. The schools that do apply the program at a high school level only do so in an elective-based manner. That is, only students who elect to take a …

Choices In The Editing Room: How The Intentional Editing Of Dialogue Scenes Through Shot Choice Can Enhance Story And Character Development Within Motion Pictures, Jonathan Pfenninger

Masters Theses

This study examines the content of six feature length films, which showed in theaters in 2010 and 2011, from a communication perspective. Five of the scrutinized films are Academy Award winning and nominated films for Best Editing. The sixth film was the top grossing Christian feature film to be widely released within the two years. Utilizing Foss's rhetorical schema for the evaluation of visual imagery, this study examines and evaluates the composition of dialogue scenes within each film, identifying the functions of shot composition and movement choices within each film, individually. Through identification of a function, assessment and support found …

Rachel's Madcap Theater, Joseph Laura

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

This paper will cover the making of my thesis film Rachel’s Madcap Theater. I will break down all of the interdisciplinary aspects and collaborations with other artists that formed the final film: screenwriting, production design, directing, cinematography, sound, music, and special effects. For each of these categories, when appropriate, I will compare and contrast the changes made during the main stages of filmmaking: pre-production (all decisions made before shooting begins), production (all decisions made while shooting the movie), and post-production (all decisions made after shooting ends). I will then provide self-analysis of my process in order to judge both …

Crossing Borders: Fatih Akin's Transnational Purpose, Drew Nelson

Journal of Undergraduate Research at Minnesota State University, Mankato

To be, is to be mobile. At least, that's what Turkish-German director Fatih Akin would like the world to see. His acclaimed films have nursed a genre of this own - transnational cinema - which imagines our society's desire to freely cross cultural, national, and traditional borders of self-identification, then wrenches it away. The implication of this perspective is that the statue quo isn't there yet, giving rise to intolerance and tragedy in Akin's contemporary society. Regardless of how developed our nations are and how intelligent the human race is, we can't overcome our differences until we overcome ourselves. This …

Dreamcatcher From Mao's Last Revolution: My Venture Into Creative Social Documentary Video, Christopher Shea Howard

Student Publications

Dreamcatcher From Mao’s Last Revolution is a filmmaking venture into creative social documentary production undertaken by this filmmaker as his own experimental departure from narrative feature film production and the fiction genre. This thesis report not only describes aspects of this film production that are specific to the methodology of documentary film production, but also describes the film’s cinematic expression of memory and the filmmaker’s telling of the story. Some cinematic and conceptual aspects of the story are related to the film’s influences, specifically to those theoretical concepts and techniques employed by documentary filmmaker, Werner Herzog.

The documentary story is …

Student Film Festival 2014 Poster, Providence College

Playbill and Promotions

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Angell Blackfriars Theatre

Student Film Festival 2014

Films by current PC students

Thursday, May 1st at 6PM

Student Film Festival 2014 Playbill, Providence College

Playbill and Promotions

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Angell Blackfriars Theatre

Student Film Festival 2014

Films by current PC students

Thursday, May 1st at 6PM

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, Rev. Kenneth Gumbert, O.P.

COMPETING FILMS

Neil Mercier '15, Retroverse

Angelo Marciano '15 & Victoria Virtue '15, Courage to be Uncommon

Kara Greeley '14, Wiggin' Out

Nicole Mazza '14, Dormant

Daniel Caplin '14, Taylor Rosenbauer '14, Justin Kanka '14 & Marc Caprio '14, Good Hosts

Neal Mercier '15 & Amanda Brown '14, Excess

Tyler Tierney '14, Handballs Deeper

JURY DELIBERATIONS

Grantis Peronda '13, Mantras in Action

AWARDS PRESENTATIONS, Rev. Kenneth Gumbert, O.P.

Film Festival Sign Up Sheet, Providence College

Playbill and Promotions

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Film Festival sign up sheet

Thursday, May 1, 2014

Letter From The Department Of Theatre, Dance & Film To The Dominican Fathers And Sisters, Department Of Theatre, Dance & Film

Playbill and Promotions

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Letter from the Department of Theatre, Dance & Film to the Dominican Fathers and Sisters inviting them to the Student Film Festival.

April 25, 2014 (misprinted as 2013)

*Invitation to the Spring Dance Concert also mentioned

The Providence College Student Film Festival 2014 Entry Form, Providence College

Playbill and Promotions

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

The Providence College Student Film Festival 2014 entry form

[Sabbatical Report], Joon Sung

Sabbatical Reports

The primary purpose of this sabbatical project was to film. edit and produce short video pieces based on the footage collected in Tokyo, Japan.

Big Questions Travels The World For Answers To Human Need

DePaul Magazine

"Big Questions" is a 13-episode series of stories from around the world that highlights impoverished and stressed communities and those who have come to their aid. The series if based on the question, "What can on person do to change the world?" It was produced cooperatively by four colleges at DePaul--Business, Communication, Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, and Computing and Digital Media, by faculty and students and aired on local PBS stations.

Autotraduction, Traduction Interculturelle Et Intersémiotique Dans La Quarta Via De Kaha Mohamed Aden, Simone Brioni

Department of English Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

An Exploration Into The Potential Of Irish Films (1896-1962) For Empathic Approaches To The History Classroom, Thomas Mcgraw Lewis

Doctoral

This thesis applies historical empathy as a lens through which Ireland’s filmic heritage can be explored within the teaching of history. In its approach, the research asserts that critical perspective recognition and affective exploration can be achieved through a sustained model of historical narrative inquiry. Undertaking textual analysis of a series of pre-televisual films from the National Film Archive, it argues that there is value in these records for understanding the formulation and assessment of political and social representation in the nascent Republic. While remaining cognizant of the constraints placed on both the educational and archival professions in Ireland, the …

Better Stewards, Paul Kim

Lake Union Herald

No abstract provided.

A Filmmaker's Journey, Paul Kim

Lake Union Herald

No abstract provided.

Static Saliency Vs. Dynamic Saliency: A Comparative Study, Tam Nguyen, Mengdi Xu, Guangyu Gao, Mohan Kankanhalli, Qi Tian, Shuicheng Yan

Computer Science Faculty Publications

Recently visual saliency has attracted wide attention of researchers in the computer vision and multimedia field. However, most of the visual saliency-related research was conducted on still images for studying static saliency. In this paper, we give a comprehensive comparative study for the first time of dynamic saliency (video shots) and static saliency (key frames of the corresponding video shots), and two key observations are obtained: 1) video saliency is often different from, yet quite related with, image saliency, and 2) camera motions, such as tilting, panning or zooming, affect dynamic saliency significantly.

Motivated by these observations, we propose a …

A Journey To Embrace-God Doesn't Want To Let Go Of Us, Pieter Damsteegt

Lake Union Herald

No abstract provided.