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Emerson thesis -- Media art

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 126 Collections and/or Records:

Visiting, 2019

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Identifier: vm_2019spring_wen_bo.pdf
Overview

"Visiting is a short narrative about the relationships between different generations of a Chinese immigrant family at a time of loss. A grandson needs to go back to his family to be with his sick grandfather for his last hours. At the same time his girlfriend is pregnant yet he is not ready to be a father." -- Abstract

Dates: 2019

What If, 2023

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Identifier: vm_2023spring_gao_yanghuixiao.pdf
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"My proposed short live-action film is about a young Chinese woman who is raised in a single-parent family in a small town in China. She just started her job in Shanghai and finds that she may have to give up motherhood due to a recurring gynecological condition that has given her misery for years. She wrestles with the need to seek support from her mother when she gets back home for the memorial ceremony for her recently departed grandmother." -- Abstract

Dates: 2023

Wiener, 2023

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Identifier: vm_2023spring_peracchio_natalie.pdf
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"Wiener (2023) is a surreal comedy about a college admissions tour gone wrong." -- Abstract

Dates: 2023

Winter's Passing, 2021

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Identifier: vma_2021spring_fei_yang.pdf
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"Winter's Passing is a coming-of-age narrative short film. Due to his mother's untimely death and his father's remarriage, an 8-year-old boy has to live with his grandfather who runs a small urn shop. While reluctantly staying at the shop and trying to return to his father, he meets a woman who wants to buy two identical urns. Through their secret deal, the boy gradually learns the meanings of loss and grief." -- Abstract

Dates: 2021

Womb, 2024

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Identifier: vm_2024summer_zhu_qi.pdf
Overview ""Womb" is a coming-of-age drama inspired by real-life experiences.The film is set in Taiwan in the aftermath of the 1999 earthquake. It portrays the everyday life of a troubled 17-year-old boy and his new neighbor. As a series of unexpected events unfold, the boy finds himself taking on the role of caregiver, navigating the challenges and responsibilities that come with it. The relationship between the protagonist and his missing mother serves as an implicit allegory for the relationship...
Dates: 2024

Yahiya : episode 1, 2017

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Identifier: vm_2017spring_akra_seera.pdf
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Web series that illustrates "a representation of the Muslim youth, whose backgrounds of traditions and Islamic knowledge conflict with science and Western values that dominate our global village." --Abstract.

Dates: 2017