Search for dissertations about: "American films"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the words American films.

  2. 1. The Subtitling of Discourse Particles. A corpus-based study of well, you know, I mean, and like, and their Swedish translations in ten American films

    Author : Jenny Mattsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; subtitling; discourse particles; English Swedish; cross-theoretical study; multimodal corpus; American films; different subtitling versions; pragmatic multifunctionality; translatability;

    Abstract : The aim of the present study is to investigate the four discourse particles (DPs) well, you know, I mean, and like, and their Swedish subtitle translations. This is done in order to see to what extent it is possible to translate these elusive words and expressions in subtitling, which is a greatly constrained form of translation. READ MORE

  4. 2. "In to Stay" : Selling Three-Strip Technicolor and Fashion in the 1930s and 1940s

    Author : Natalie Snoyman; Marina Dahlquist; Lucy Fischer; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Three-strip Technicolor; fashion; color; consumerism; promotion; fashion history; rayon; film history; American history; modevetenskap; Fashion Studies;

    Abstract : This study investigates the relationship between the fashion and film industries during the classical era between the early 1930s and mid-1940s. It focuses on the three-strip Technicolor process as the binding force upon which these two industries relied in collaborations during that time and looks at technical challenges the new process presented to productions in terms of wardrobe design. READ MORE

  5. 3. The Archival Life of Home Movies : Regional Reflections and Negotiated Visions of a Shared Past

    Author : Ashley Smith; Malin Wahlberg; Patrick Vonderau; Patricia R. Zimmermann; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Home movies; amateur film; non-theatrical film; moving images; archiving; film archives; American South; Mississippi; Jim Crow; race; whiteness; witnessing; ordinary; filmvetenskap; Cinema Studies;

    Abstract : This study investigates the ways in which private home movies are transformed into curated archival objects. Through the concept of the archival home movie, it explores the impact of preservation and content description on access, use, and, thus, regional historiography. READ MORE

  6. 4. Framing the Feature Film : Multi-Reel Feature Film and American Film Culture in the 1910s

    Author : Joel Frykholm; Jan Olsson; Richard Abel; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; multi-reel feature film; cinema in the 1910s; early cinema; United States; film culture; Philadelphia; The Spoilers; transitional cinema; journalism; trade press; Film; Filmvetenskap; filmvetenskap; Cinema Studies;

    Abstract : This dissertation addresses the breakthrough of the multi-reel feature film in the United States, and the significance of this process within the wider context of the American film industry and culture in the 1910s. The purpose is to provide a new, and more comprehensive analytical framing of the topic, and to enhance our understanding of how a new central commodity, i. READ MORE

  7. 5. British Audiences and Approaches to European Cinema : Four Case Studies of French and Swedish Film in the UK Today

    Author : Ingrid Stigsdotter; Tim Bergfelder; Thomas Austin; University of Southampton; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Film; Filmvetenskap;

    Abstract :  This thesis provides an analysis of audience responses to four case study films, Amélie (Le Fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain, 2001), The Dreamlife of Angels (La Vie rêvée des anges, 1998), Faithless (Trolösa, 2000) and Show Me Love (Fucking Åmål, 1998). The empirical data was collected at screenings in Hampshire and West Sussex in 2005. READ MORE