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Language censorship in selected Zimbabwean films in Shona and EnglishRwafa, Urther 06 1900 (has links)
The aim of this study was to explore language censorship in Zimbabwean films in Shona and English.
The study concentrated on the themes of politics, culture and economic in the genre of the
documentary, feature and short film genres. It was demonstrated that the Zimbabwean laws enabled
authorities to impose censorship strategies that ranged from banning, restriction, persecution of
filmmakers, withdrawal of films from circulation, and threats of withdrawal of permits of film
retailers. These visible, direct and banal forms of censorship have forced some filmmakers to flee the
country. Most of the filmmakers who have remained in the country have been forced to deal with
themes that appear harmless to the state. This state induced form of self-censorship on the filmmakers
has resulted in the production of uncritical, and unreflective films whose staple diet were embedded in
cultural stereotypes. The study argued that language is a signifying practice that cannot be interpreted
in a single direction. Thus, despite these realities of film censorship some filmmakers deliberately
encoded or used verbal and visual film language that generated surplus meanings with which the films
could be re-read in ways that reveal new linguistic strategies to evade and challenge both the
restrictive censorship laws as well as criticise the undemocratic political culture that has taken root in
Zimbabwe. The study used eclectic theories such as Marxism, audience-reception approach, critical
legal theories and language theories to analyse the films. The explanatory capacity of these theories
helped to reveal the contradictory ways in which the desire to impose restrictions on film meanings
was constantly undermined in the innovative language of the films. / African Languages / D. Litt. et Phil. (African Languages)
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青春系列──從類型觀點看2002-2008台灣同志電影 / Young line--a genre analysis of 2002-2008 Taiwan gay and lesbian movies林佳誼, Lin, Chia Yi Unknown Date (has links)
有鑑於近年台灣出現一系列以小品模式呈現之同志題材電影，且能與社會情境多方呼應，本研究遂擬由類型（genre）的觀點，借用「青春系列」之名，探討此一類型究竟呈現出哪些樣貌特徵，如何演變？是否具備做為一種電影類型的要素？而其特徵與演變反映、關聯到什麼樣的社會文化等情境因素？類型特徵與社會脈絡間如何互動？是否呼應吻合，抑或有落差不一之處，又各如何詮釋？
在研究方法上，本研究挪用J. Swales「文本∕情境導向類型分析程序」(text-driven/situation-driven procedure for genre analysis )，試圖結合二者，除選定《藍色大門》、《十七歲的天空》、《盛夏光年》以及《渺渺》等四部範例文本，整理其「內容」、「風格」、「結構」與「目的」外，也指認出特定傳播情境，探討此類型的生成因素，以期能夠在雙向考量下，呈現出文本與情境間相互作用的連結關係，亦即類型的動態本質。
研究析論結果確實指向類型與情境脈絡之間的緊密構連。「青春系列」同時受到外來作品在概念手法上啟迪，又承繼著在地同類作品的核心傳統主題，成就出兼容並蓄的特殊風貌。而台灣社會對於同志議題在公私領域不同層次上，既開放肯定又有所保留的態度，也恰能解釋類型社群基礎。另外此類型於台灣電影工業低潮應運而生，低迷的產業活動召喚了像「青春系列」這樣具有彈性、定位明確並可預期回收成本的小品，系列作品的成功也帶動整體產業谷底反彈，更反映出台灣電影工業發展方向轉變的時代意義。 / In view of a series of Taiwan’s gay themed films appearing in a sketch mode in recent years and their topic have always responded to the social contexts in multiple ways. Thus, this study adopted the point of view of “genre”, borrowed the name of “Young Line”, and then to explore what appearances and characteristics this kind of films had presented, how they would change in the future, and whether they possessed those elements to be a genre of films. Moreover, what kind of contextual factors such as social cultures that the characteristics and changes of those films reflected and had been related to? How did the characteristics of this genre interact with the social contexts? Whether they responded to the coincidence or there were differences between each other? Then how to interpret each kind of these situations?
This study adopted J. Swales’ “text-driven/situation-driven procedure for genre analysis” as the research methods, and attempted to combine these two procedures together. “Blue Gate Crossing”, “17 Formula”, “Eternal Summer”, and “Miao Miao”, these four films were selected to be the exemplary texts and to systemize their “content”, “style”, “structure”, and “purpose”. In addition, particular communication situations were also identified to probe into the generating factors of this genre of films. With the two-way considerations, this study expected to present the relational connections which interacted between the texts and the situations, and that is the dynamic nature of the genre.
According to the results of this study, there was a tight articulation between the genre and the situational contexts for a certainty. “Young Line” series are inspired by the concepts and techniques of foreign films; at the same time, they also inherit the core traditional themes of local films of the same genre. Therefore, the series have achieved a particular inclusive style. With regard to the gay issues, Taiwan society has possessed a positive but also reserved attitude toward the public and private levels, and this can precisely explain the community base of this genre. Furthermore, this genre of films came with the tide of fashion when Taiwan’s film industry was at low ebb. The depressed industrial activities elicited those sketch films which were flexible, clear-targeted, and expected to have cost recovery such as “Young Line”. The success of this series was one of the forces which leaded the whole industry rebound from the bottom, and this reflected the significance of the time of the change of Taiwan’s film industry’s development direction.
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Négociations identitaires : le film noir français face aux bouleversements de la France d’après-guerre (1946-1960) / Negotiating Identity : french Film Noir Facing the Upheavals of Post World War II France (1946-1960)Pillard, Thomas 31 May 2013 (has links)
Bien que le terme « film noir » soit généralement réservé au cinéma hollywoodien, cette appellation a en réalité été forgée dans la France des années 1930 pour désigner des films français, et elle renvoie plutôt à une forme transnationale, circulant entre l’Europe et Hollywood. C’est à ce titre que l’on se propose de l’étudier dans le cinéma hexagonal, en montrant que le genre noir s’inscrit en France dans le cadre d’une tradition ancienne, et en analysant l’évolution du « film noir français » après-guerre, selon une approche historique et culturelle. En postulant que le film noir est indissociable d’un discours sur la modernité, cette thèse montre qu’il existe trois actualisations de la forme « noire » dans la France de 1946-1960, qui témoignent chacune des ambivalences d’une nation en transition, devant négocier le basculement entre l’Occupation et l’entrée dans la société de consommation : le « réalisme noir » exprime un fort pessimisme ayant des implications nostalgiques, masculinistes et nationalistes ; la « série noire pour rire » propose au contraire une réappropriation ludique de l’Histoire et de la modernité ; le film de gangsters confronte des personnages vieillissants marqués par la guerre aux mutations contemporaines et à l’American way of life. Par sa diversité même, le film noir français illustre ainsi les contradictions de la France d’après-guerre : désireuse de se plonger dans l’avenir mais obsédée par son passé traumatique, en partie séduite par la « tentation américaine » mais déterminée à conserver sa « francité ». / Although the term « film noir » is generally associated with Hollywood cinema, this generic label was originally coined in France in reference to French films made in the 1930s, and the « noir » genre defines a transnational form which circulated between Europe and Hollywood. We intend to study « noir » films in French cinema through this lens, highlighting that the genre is rooted in an old French tradition. Our analysis of the evolution of French film noir foregrounds historical and cultural aspects, positing that film noir articulates a critical discourse on modernity. This doctoral thesis shows that the « noir » form underwent changes which evidenced the ambivalence of identity in a nation in transition between 1946 and 1960, that had to negotiate the cultural shift from Occupation to the Consumer society : the « noir realism » cycle expressed a strong pessimism that has nostalgic, masculinist and nationalist implications, in opposition to the « série noire pour rire » which illustrated a playful reappropriation of History and modernity ; last but not least, gangster films built on the contrast between older characters, marked by the burdens of war, and contemporary mutations, including the development of the American way of life in France. Through its diversity, French film noir reveals the contradictions of post-war French society : the country was keen to dive into the future but obsessed with its traumatic past ; in part seduced by the « American model », it was however determined to keep its « French identity ».
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Att höra genre : Vad ljudet i filmens inledning berättar om genreAtterstig, Elin January 2010 (has links)
This study deals with a research on what the opening sounds in movies tell us about the story that we are about to follow. The purpose is to examine if and how the sound in the first five minutes of the movie contribute in giving information about the film’s genre. The theoretical base includes both genre theory and Michel Chion’s theory on film sound. Six different movies representing different genres, countries and year of production are analyzed in an audiovisual way. The result shows that the sound in the opening sequence could describe the genre which the movie belongs to, but it doesn’t always work like this. The analysis also shows examples on movies where the sound in the beginning of the movie focus on other things, like describing place or ethnicity. In some of the movies, especially the ones that represent adventure and action, you can hear the genre very clearly. In others, for example the comedy, there is a bit harder to decide if the sound alone could tell us about which genre the movie belongs to, and if the sound is typical for that specific genre or if it could be about almost everything. Furthermore, in some movies it was quite clear that the sound concentrates on describing something else instead, for example the place where the story is set.
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Language censorship in selected Zimbabwean films in Shona and EnglishRwafa, Urther 06 1900 (has links)
The aim of this study was to explore language censorship in Zimbabwean films in Shona and English.
The study concentrated on the themes of politics, culture and economic in the genre of the
documentary, feature and short film genres. It was demonstrated that the Zimbabwean laws enabled
authorities to impose censorship strategies that ranged from banning, restriction, persecution of
filmmakers, withdrawal of films from circulation, and threats of withdrawal of permits of film
retailers. These visible, direct and banal forms of censorship have forced some filmmakers to flee the
country. Most of the filmmakers who have remained in the country have been forced to deal with
themes that appear harmless to the state. This state induced form of self-censorship on the filmmakers
has resulted in the production of uncritical, and unreflective films whose staple diet were embedded in
cultural stereotypes. The study argued that language is a signifying practice that cannot be interpreted
in a single direction. Thus, despite these realities of film censorship some filmmakers deliberately
encoded or used verbal and visual film language that generated surplus meanings with which the films
could be re-read in ways that reveal new linguistic strategies to evade and challenge both the
restrictive censorship laws as well as criticise the undemocratic political culture that has taken root in
Zimbabwe. The study used eclectic theories such as Marxism, audience-reception approach, critical
legal theories and language theories to analyse the films. The explanatory capacity of these theories
helped to reveal the contradictory ways in which the desire to impose restrictions on film meanings
was constantly undermined in the innovative language of the films. / African Languages / D. Litt. et Phil. (African Languages)
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Genre and globalization : working title films, the British romantic comedy and the global film marketKerry, Lucyann Snyder January 2011 (has links)
This thesis seeks to better understand the relationship of film genre to globalization through an examination of the use of the British romantic comedy and other related genres by the production company Working Title Films (WTF) from the 1900s through the 2000s. Because of the sudden and unexpected global success of British romantic comedies by Working Title Films such as Four Weddings and a Funeral and Notting Hill, the 1990s is a significant period for the study of the genre. In this examination the process of globalization is understood as one of complex connectivity postulated by John Tomlinson in Globalization and Culture as ‘the rapidly developing and ever-densening network of interconnections and interdependences that characterize modern social life’. This theory of globalization is used as a methodological framework to understand the complex network of global and local interconnections that has driven the development of Working Title Films over the past twenty five years to becoming one of the most important British production companies in the international film industry. Through a detailed analysis of the practices of development, production, distribution and exhibition by Working Title Films and the Hollywood dominated global film industry, this thesis seeks to understand the function of genre and genre films as cultural products, economic products and meaningful representations in the global market and to better understand Hollywood, mainstream film and cinema as social institution. The analysis in the following chapters serves as evidence to support the central argument of this thesis that the use of genre in the film industry’s production, distribution and exhibition processes of globalization was the critical area for Working Title Films to master in order to produce value as meaningful audience appeal and connectivity to global audiences for on-going economic success.
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Dystopi och jordens undergång : En genreanalys av dystopiska inslag i fiktiv filmStjernström, Elsa, Emanuelsson, Jenny January 2011 (has links)
This study is a research on how dystopian features are expressed within different genres. The purpose is to discuss films that contain dystopian features in relation to genre and to examine if there are shared conventions in the films that can make dystopia a film genre on its own. The theoretical base includes genre theory and Rick Altman’s semantic/syntactic approach to film genre. Five films from different genres, all produced within the time period of 2000-2010, are analyzed with a semantic/syntactic approach to genre and then discussed in relation to dystopia and prior research. By using a semantic/syntactic approach to film genre it is possible to identify shared conventions. Only by using a co-ordinate semantic/syntactic approach is it possible to fully understand the interaction between conventions within a genre. The result shows that there are conventions that are characteristic for dystopia and dystopia can thus be considered a subgenre. The films analyzed in this essay share conventions characteristic for dystopia but also offer variation in form of, for example, theme. The subgenre dystopia therefore offers something familiar but also variation which is central in film genre. The analysis also shows that there are symbols that carry meaning within these films which implies that they have a common iconography.
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Genre memory in the twenty-first century American war film : how post-9/11 American war cinema reinvents genre codes and notions of national identityTrafton, John January 2013 (has links)
In this thesis, I argue that twenty-first century American war films are constructed in dialogue with the past, repurposing earlier forms of war representation by evoking the visual and narrative memory of the past that is embedded in genre form—what Mikhail Bakhtin calls 'genre memory.' Comparing post-9/11 war films with Vietnam War films, my project examines how contemporary war films envision war's impact on culture and social space, explore how war refashions ideas about race and national identity, and re-imagine war's rewriting of the human psyche. My research expands on earlier research and departs from traditional approaches to the war film genre by locating the American Civil War at the origin of this genre memory, and, in doing so, argues that nineteenth century documentation of the Civil War serves as a rehearsal for the twentieth and twenty-first century war film. Constructed in explicit relation to the Vietnam film, I argue that post-9/11 war films rehearse the history of war representation in American culture while also emphasizing the radically different culture of the present day. Rather than representing a departure from past forms of war representation, as has been argued by many theorists, I show that contemporary American war films can be seen as the latest chapter in a long history of reimagining American military and cultural history in pictorial and narrative form.
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La producción fílmica fe ciencia ficción en el Perú: La visión de la audiencia y los realizadores de cine en el Perú, sobre la carencia de la ciencia ficción como género cinematográfico en el panorama nacional, y cómo esta carencia se relaciona a los discursos preestablecidos sobre el tratamiento de género en nuestro país / Film production of science fiction in Peru: The vision of the audience and filmmakers in Peru, on the lack of science fiction as a cinematographic genre in the national panorama, and how this lack is related to the preset discourses on the treatment of gender in our countryAcosta Aguilar, José Rodrigo 09 December 2020 (has links)
La visión de espectadores y cineastas, por igual, en el contexto de la falta de ciencia ficción como género cinematográfico en el Perú, y las teorías detrás de los intereses cinematográficos de los cineastas latinoamericanos.
El presente texto tocará una visión analítica de la problemática de producción en el Perú para un género tan universal como lo es la ciencia ficción, a su vez revisará consecutivamente los pormenores del porvenir contextual de la ciencia ficción como género en el mundo, criterios estilísticos de la misma, definiciones, y consideraciones temáticas, adentrándonos en la historia anecdótica de la ciencia ficción, en Latinoamérica también.
Por último, la investigación reciclará estos conceptos y reflexiones, y permitirá esclarecer algunos patrones en la historia nacional de las producciones de este tipo. / The vision of viewers and filmmakers, alike, in the context of the lack of science fiction as a film genre in Peru, and the theories behind Latin American filmmaker cinematographic interests.
This text will consecutively provide a greater understanding of science fiction as a cinematographic gender in Peru. It will explain the details of Peruvian science fiction production within the last three decades. My work will explore several characteristics and definitions regarding the true “meaning” of science fiction (and its global conceptions). It will conclude with a few thoughts that will put some light on the matter by discovering the causes and effects of the phenomenon. / Trabajo de investigación
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Cinéma et expérience totalitaire : le laboratoire du genre du film de guerre dans l'Italie fasciste (1935-1943) / Cinema and the totalitarian experiment : the laboratory of the war film genre in Fascist Italy (1935-1943)Courriol, Marie-France 10 December 2015 (has links)
Cette thèse analyse les films de guerre de fiction produits dans l’Italie fasciste de 1935 à 1943, de la Guerre d’Ethiopie à la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Elle démontre que le genre de guerre fonctionne comme un laboratoire pour l’entreprise de révolution anthropologique de l’Italie, inhérente à l’expérience totalitaire fasciste. Ce modèle cinématographique et social est en effet célébré comme devant s’étendre à l’ensemble du monde cinématographique italien, et ses caractéristiques à l’écran sont censées fournir l’image d’une société fasciste idéale.Après avoir analysé la mise en place du film de guerre italien dans ses discours, ses institutions et ses circulations internationales, ce travail examine les réponses de la production cinématographique. Il se clôt sur la perception du genre de guerre, ses spectateurs, sa réception et sa publicité. Il montre que les films de guerre de la période forment un lieu où coexistent de nombreux objectifs servant des groupes variés. Reposant en grande partie sur des archives d’Etat et de cinéastes, ce travail se concentre sur des études de cas de producteurs (Scalera, Bassoli Film), de réalisateurs (Goffredo Alessandrini, Mario Camerini, Francesco De Robertis, Augusto Genina, Romolo Marcellini, Roberto Rossellini), de scénaristes (Asvero Gravelli, Gian Gaspare Napolitano) et de réception de films particuliers. Cette étude des réponses multiples aux demandes d’un système totalitaire en formation dans le champ cinématographique entend contribuer au débat historiographique sur l’adhésion populaire au fascisme, en en élargissant les paramètres. En outre, bien que le genre joue un rôle central dans le développement de l’industrie cinématographique nationale, ce travail démontre cependant la nécessité d’interpréter ces films en termes transnationaux et non comme simples produits politiques et nationaux. / This thesis analyses the fictional war films produced in Fascist Italy from 1935 to 1943, from the Ethiopian war to the end of WWII. It argues that this genre functioned as a laboratory for the anthropological renewal of Italy in the Fascist totalitarian experiment. Fascist critics celebrated it as a cinematic and social model that had to be applied to the whole Italian film world, and whose on-screen features were to become the mirror image of an ideal Fascist society. After tracing the foundations of the Italian war film genre (critical debates, international circulation), the thesis interrogates the positioning of film professionals in relation to Fascist cultural policies. Lastly, it redefines the genre in terms of its interactions with Italian viewers and through advertisement. This thesis shows that war films of the period constitute a contested site serving multiple purposes for multiple groups. Relying primarily on archival material from Italy’s state archives and filmmakers’ private papers, this work presents several case studies of producers (Scalera, Bassoli Film), directors (Goffredo Alessandrini, Mario Camerini, Francesco De Robertis Augusto Genina, Romolo Marcellini, Roberto Rossellini), screenwriters (Asvero Gravelli, Gian Gaspare Napolitano) and reception of specific films. A study of the multiple responses to the demands of an aspiring totalitarian system, both from the point of view of film consumption and filmmaking, contributes to the historiographical debate on Fascism by broadening the parameters of the longstanding debate on popular consent for the regime. In addition, this work demonstrates the need to interpret these films in a transnational perspective and not as mere political and national products.
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