Search for dissertations about: "thesis on semiotic in film"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words thesis on semiotic in film.

2. 1. Figures of time : on the phenomenology of cinema and temporality

   Author : Malin Wahlberg; Michael Renov; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; film theory; phenomenology; aesthetic theory; temporality; duration; speed; photography; city film; documentary; experimental cinema; Film; Filmvetenskap; Cinema Studies; filmvetenskap;

   Abstract : Image and time represent a favored issue among theorists and practitioners in the history of cinema, where discussion is related to the ingenious machine, the new art, as well as the experience of film. Looking back on this debate, and considering recent accounts of 'time-images,' it is striking to note how the problem has always oscillated between issues of the medium specific and issues of film experience; that is, the ontology of cinema as a time-bound medium, the quality of rhythm, duration, and recorded views, and, not least, the sensory and affective impact of mediated sound-images. READ MORE

4. 2. Musicalized Characters : A study of music, multimodality, and the empiric child perspective on mainstream animation

   Author : Signe Kjaer Jensen; Jørgen Bruhn; Kirsten Drotner; Anahid Kassabian; Birger Langkjær; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Animation; music; children; interview; reception; film music; characters; audiences; multimodality; Musikvetenskap; Musicology; Film Studies; Filmvetenskap; Media and Communication Science; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap;

   Abstract : This thesis is an audience reception study of film music and animation film. It focuses on the musical construction of characters, looking at how music becomes meaningful in film and how this meaning becomes part of child audiences' interpretation of filmic characters. READ MORE

5. 3. Surprise between media, minds and world : A Peircean process semiotic approach

   Author : Pedro Atã; Lars Elleström; Kate Maxwell; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; surprise; surprise in poetry; semiosis; cognitive niche construction; Peirce semiotics; process semiotics; distributed cognition; intermediality; Humaniora; Humanities;

   Abstract : The central idea of this thesis is that the relationship between cognition,media and environments is regulated by surprise. The relationship between cognition, media and environments is a foundational problem for studies of cognition, culture and/or communication. READ MORE

6. 4. Exploring the Role of Visualization in Climate Change Communication – an Audience Perspective

   Author : Anne Gammelgaard Ballantyne; Victoria Wibeck; Tina-Simone Schmid Neset; Björn-Ola Linnér; Irene Lorenzoni; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Climate visualization; Climate change communication; Meaning; Lay audiences; Focus group interviews; Social semiotics; Klimatvisualisering; Klimatkommunikation; Meningsskapande; Allmänheten; Fokusgruppsstudier;

   Abstract : Climate change communication is a topical and relevant issue, and it is widely acknowledged that public communication about causes, impacts and action alternatives is integral to addressing the challenges of the changing climate. Climate visualization concerns the communication of climate information and data through the use of different information technologies and different modes of visual representation. READ MORE

7. 5. Scoring the World: The Musical Imagery of Orchestration in Gustav Mahler's Symphonies no. 4 and 5

   Author : Fredrica Roos; Lars Berglund; Per-Henning Olsson; Joakim Tillman; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Gustav Mahler; music analysis; orchestration; narratology; Musikvetenskap; Musicology;

   Abstract : Gustav Mahler’s comment to Sibelius in 1907 that a symphony must be like the world is one of classical music’s most cited and has functioned as a crucial springboard for interpretations of the composer’s works. However, these have mostly centred on autobiographical, programmatic, or narrative aspects, with a focus on temporally unfolding plots or generic and semiotic connotations. READ MORE