Film Analysis

Sound and Meaning in Film: A Short History of Theory and an Outline for Analysis

by Jasper Aalbers

written for the 'Sounders Meeting' at Maastricht University, November 2008

My intention with this paper is twofold. First of all I wish to offer an introduction in the theory of film sound, as... more My intention with this paper is twofold. First of all I wish to offer an introduction in the theory of film sound, as it has been developed from its very earliest moment until its maturing in the 1980s and 1990s. Second, I will roughly outline what I think is a fruitful approach to researching film sounds, rather than Film Sound with capital F and capital S.

“Film als Historiographie. Handsworth Songs als Dekonstruktion kolonialer Geschichtsschreibung”.

by Dagmar Brunow

In: Hanno Balz, Jan-Henrik Friedrichs (Hrsg.): "All We Ever Wanted..." Eine Kulturgeschichte europäischer Protestbewegungen der 1980er Jahre. Berlin: Dietz, 2012, s. 107-119.

Review of Nayibe Bermúdez Barrios´s "Latin American Cinemas: Local Views and Transnational Connections." Calgary: U of Calgary P, 2011. Pp. 333. ISBN 978-1-55238-514-2.

by Santiago Juan-Navarro

Published in Hispania 95.2 (2012): 344–75

La Guerra Filmada. Cinema e Guerra Civile Spagnola.

by Pietro Piro

I testi contenuti in La Guerra Filmada. Cinema e Guerra Civile Spagnola, sono stati scritti in occasione della presentazione del DVD La Guerra Filmada, edito dalla Filmoteca Española di Madrid nel 2009 che raccoglie documentari di varia lunghezza e di diverso argomento sul tema della Guerra Civile, presso la Libreria Punto 52 di Termini Imerese, giorno 17 Giugno 2012.

Being in the Matrix. An Example of Cinematic Education in Philosophy

by Roman Meinhold

In: Prajna Vihara. Journal of Philosophy and Religion. Bangkok, Assumption University. Vol.10, No.1-2, 2009. ISSN 1513-6442

This paper examines the human condition as portrayed in the film trilogy “The Matrix”. Furthermore it shows the... more This paper examines the human condition as portrayed in the film trilogy “The Matrix”. Furthermore it shows the relevance of the movies educational contribution with regard to its criticism of contemporary life. The film reflects current threats to freedom experienced by movie-goers in a “real” world, heavily dependent on machines and electronic devices. It provides an example of an applied popularized philosophy. It incorporates philosophical themes in the plot – reality, existence, knowledge, belief, free will, determinism, and cultural critique – and makes these themes approachable and palatable for a wider audience. I will argue that such contribution, though sometimes flawed, should be welcomed by educators of philosophy.

A Storied Shooting: Liberty Valance and the Paradox of Sovereignty

by Joshua Dienstag

Prove di virilità in Diario di un vizio di Marco Ferreri

by Fabio Andreazza

published in 'Allegoria', 61 (gennaio/giugno 2010)

The Italian film director Marco Ferreri put at the centre of his work the redefinition of male identity during the... more The Italian film director Marco Ferreri put at the centre of his work the redefinition of male identity during the late twentieth century. By crossing sociology, formal and intertextual analysis, this article reads the Don Juanism, which distinguishes the main character of Ferreri’s Diary of a Maniac, as a performative act directed at reaffirming a traditional model of masculinity.

Incrociando sociologia, analisi formale e intertestuale, l’articolo propone di interpretare il dongiovannismo che caratterizza il protagonista di Diario di un vizio di Marco Ferreri – un regista che ha posto al centro della sua opera la ridefinizione dell’identità maschile nel secondo Novecento – come un atto performativo volto a riaffermare un modello tradizionale di virilità.

Su Dracula di Bram Stoker di F.F. Coppola ( ovvero Dracula, Gesù e la Sincerità)

by Ruggero Barberi

CFP: International Film and Media Studies Journal: Acta Universitatis Sapientiae

by Ágnes Pethő

The International, peer-reviewed, open access journal of the Sapientia University (Cluj-Napoca, Romania) invites the submission of original, previously unpublished articles written in English. Articles in all areas of film and media studies are welcome. Deadline for the next issue: June 15, 2012. Previous issue available online here: http://www.acta.sapientia.ro/acta-film/, and here: http://issuu.com/actauniversitatissapientiae/docs/film4_2011

LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION!: A GRAMMAR OF FILM FOR MEDIA LITERACY

by Carolyn Fortuna

Aesthetics Without Law: Cinematic Bandits in Postsoviet Space

by Serguei Alex. Oushakine (Сергей Ушакин)

in Slavic and East European Journal. Vol. 51 No. 2 (Summer 2007): 357-390.

‘Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory’: The Cinematic Adaptation of American Poetry

by Michael Devine

Adaptation 5.1 (March 2012): 1-17

This essay reconstructs a forgotten crisis in American letters and film: President Theodore Roosevelt's unpopular... more This essay reconstructs a forgotten crisis in American letters and film: President Theodore Roosevelt's unpopular campaign to make ‘The Battle Hymn of the Republic’ the nation's poem in 1908 and the poem's popular film adaptation in 1911. As the cinematic response to poetry's failure as a national art, the Vitagraph film became a collectivist hymnal for the nation's dream of assimilation. Featured prominently in American poet Vachel Lindsay's pioneering work of film theory, The Art of the Moving Picture (1915), the adaptation effectively reasserted the popular roots of the otherwise genteel ‘Battle Hymn’ poem and by doing so helped to modernize poetry's communal function and the nation's literary tradition.

CFP: (Re)Locating the Frontier: International Western Films

by Cynthia Miller

O homem nas teias da comunicação midiática: uma análise de O Show de Truman

by Vander Casaqui

This article’s object is constituted by the film The Truman Show (1998), directed by Peter Weir and starring Jim... more This article’s object is constituted by the film The Truman Show (1998), directed by Peter Weir and starring Jim Carrey. This text analyzes the cinematographic representation to discuss relative questions to the communication, the media and the consumption. Based on authors as Mikhail Bakhtin, Guy Debord, Michel de Certeau and Wolfgang Fritz Haug, the author develops a reflection about the relation between the man and the media, the language as mediation, the society of the spectacle and the everyday life.

Estética e Sedução do Marketing: Uma Análise do Filme "A Fantástica Fábrica de Chocolate"

by Vander Casaqui

Em co-autoria com Antonio Roberto Chiachiri.

O presente artigo tem como ponto de partida o filme "A Fantástica Fábrica de Chocolate", na versão dirigida... more O presente artigo tem como ponto de partida o filme "A Fantástica Fábrica de Chocolate", na versão dirigida pelo cineasta Tim Burton (2005), para desenvolver uma reflexão sobre os processos simbólicos da estética da mercadoria, a serviço da promoção de vendas, ferramenta do composto de comunicação de marketing. Este é um ensaio preliminar que propõe a convergência de duas pesquisas desenvolvidas junto ao CIP – Centro Interdisciplinar de Pesquisa da Faculdade Cásper Líbero: a proposta de Vander Casaqui, “A publicidade através dos filmes”, que visa elaborar uma teoria da propaganda tendo como base a narrativa cinematográfica; e a de Antonio Roberto Chiachiri, “Ícones do sabor - A comunicação por meio de imagens gastronômicas”, que estuda a produção sígnica dos alimentos mediados pela comunicação.

A dimensão humana do trabalho e do desemprego: uma análise do filme “O adversário”

by Vander Casaqui

Este trabalho tem por objetivo analisar o filme francês “O adversário” (2002, direção de Nicole Garcia), que apresenta... more Este trabalho tem por objetivo analisar o filme francês “O adversário” (2002, direção de Nicole Garcia), que apresenta no centro da narrativa uma reflexão crítica sobre os encadeamentos entre o mundo do trabalho, o desemprego e a produção de subjetividade. Os choques entre a dimensão humana e a econômica, entre desejo e determinismo, caracteriza a trajetória do protagonista – o desempregado que esconde sua situação da família com rituais diários que simulam uma vinculação empregatícia. Por meio da análise da narrativa audiovisual, buscamos compreender os significados do mundo do trabalho e do desemprego na produção cinematográfica – esta entendida como uma forma privilegiada de materializar pontos de vista sobre a condição humana em meio ao contexto sócio-cultural-econômico de nosso tempo.

"Tensional Differences": The Anxiety of Re-Mediation in Jean-Luc Godard’s New Wave Films

by Ágnes Pethő

Essay in the recently re-launched Vertigo Magazine, a special issue dedicated to the provocative cinema of Jean-Luc Godard.

This essay discusses the way in which Godard, in his films made during the period of the Nouvelle Vague, addresses the... more This essay discusses the way in which Godard, in his films made during the period of the Nouvelle Vague, addresses the issues regarding the rivalry between the emerging modern cinema and the other arts and media.

From Thought to Modality: A Theoretical Framework for Analysing Structural-Conceptual Metaphors and Image Metaphors in Film

by Maarten Coëgnarts

Image schemas in film: Over de lichamelijke verankering van de verbeelding van abstracte begrippen

by Maarten Coëgnarts

Metaforen in de films van Jacques Tati: Een formele en conceptuele analyse

by Maarten Coëgnarts