“ Bilim Kurgu Sinemasında İktidar ve Teknoloji İlişkisi ” isimli bu tez çalışması, iktidar ve teknoloji arasında var olduğu düşünülen ilişkiyi ele almakta ve bu ilişkinin bilim kurgu sinemasındaki karşılığını filmlerdeki içerikler üzerinden analiz etmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Çalışmad…
Centuries-long Eurocentric conceptions of Africa denigrate it as the "Dark Continent". For this reason, at the thought or mention of Africa or Africans, a myriad of condescending and degrading images easily pop up in people minds. This paper examines the multitude of colonial/ra…
When Ali's father hires a new secretary, she awakens desires in Ali that the shy 22 year old never knew he had. But working for his father, his mother reminding him he's the right age to marry, and trying to be a good Muslim complicates things. Now he must choose between family …
This documentary film tells the story of Mohammad in India, and Mike in the United States, who are separated by social, economic, cultural, linguistic and religious differences, and yet there is an inanimate object that connects them--the rickshaw. The film examines how rickshaw…
In this age of globalization, when people hear the word Kurds, or when someone enters this word on searching engines, the headlines are always highlighting discussions that are related to their political situation and resistance. Due to the history of wars and oppression that th…
Dijitalleşme, ağ teknolojileri ve yeni iletişim ortamlarının gelişimi ile birlikte iletişim araçlarındaki yenilikler; farklı sanat dallarının bir sentezi ve endüstri olarak film yapımcılığını; teknik, ekonomik, kültürel ve sanatsal anlamda etkilemiştir. Film yapımı, medya ve ile…
Küreselleşmenin etkileri çok boyutludur. Bunlardan birisi de sinemadır. Türkiye'deki Film Endüstrisi; Yapım-Dağıtım-Gösterim koşulları, dijitalleşmenin getirdiği yeni teknolojiler ve Alışveriş Merkezleri (AVM)'nin gelişimi ile yakın ilişkilidir. AVM içerisinde işletmeciliğe odak…
Sinemanın çok boyutlu üretim pratiği bağlamında kullanılan önemli kaynaklardan bir tanesi de dövmeli bedenleriyle suçlu karakterlerin sunumudur. Bir beden değişkesi olarak dövmenin suçlu karakterlerin üzerinden sunumu, sinemanın ilk yıllarından bugüne kadar kurgusal karakterleri…
Sinema, Lumiere Kardeşlerin 1895 senesinde ilk gösterimleri gerçekleştirmesinden bu yana teknik unsurların yanı sıra anlatımsal olarak da sürekli gelişim gösteren bir araç olmuştur. Anlam yaratma işlevi olan filmler, sinemanın erken dönemlerinden itibaren ideolojik unsurları bar…
In viewing historical rehabilitations as objects that have the capacity to transform people, this thesis seeks to explain the popular consumption of one such rehabilitation as a function of its resonance with an existential memory of social transformation. This thesis’ deep read…
This study investigated opening title sequences of movies in relation to revolution as a sociopolitical event. The cinema industry has historically been manipulated by governments and their political ideologies. Conversely, cinematic productions, as part of public entertainment,…
This dissertation investigates the relation between narrative forms, in both literature and cinema, and historical moments of deep crises of the social order: the interregnum between Fascism and First Republic in Italy; the decolonization process in Algeria seen from metropolita…
Iranian film has in recent decades comprised an increasingly important and influential cinema. The Iranian Islamic Revolution of 1979 paved the way for freedom of artistic and literary expression, communicating a new generation of unheard voices in Iranian society. More specific…
Danish film director Lars von Trier is known for controversial work, both on-screen and off. His difficult subject matters, public statements and claims about his mistreatment of actors often overshadow his main stylistic trait and contribution to cinema. Throughout von Trier’s …
This portfolio is a synopsis of the counter event that took place on the 60th Anniversary of the Independence of Tanzania on 9 December 2021 in Dar-es Salaam.
In my dissertation I examine the ways in which the concept of authorship, and its related discourses of authority, control, and artistic value, were destabilized by the introduction of the new film medium. Film not only represented collaborative work on an unprecedented scale, i…
This dissertation project pioneers a new approach to the analysis of science fiction television music through analysis of the music of the 2004-2009 series Battlestar Galactica. Most originally, the dissertation applies Gloria Anzaldúa’s theory of la mestiza from feminist, race,…
The following is a proposal for Tiffany Joy Taylor’s MFA Directing Thesis film production of the script Presumption, written by Barbara R. Nicolosi. In considering the best direction and overall style that fit this dramatic genre, light elements hinting at southern gothic came t…
This thesis focuses on the Alternative Movie Poster (AMP) and the collecting community surrounding it, adjacent to the position of modern collecting pursuits. This field presents an opportunity to evaluate contemporary practices in a modern context, demonstrating how collectors …