Emerson thesis -- Media arts

This animated new media project is based on a short story written by Ray Bradbury in 1952 titled 'A Sound of Thunder.' -- abstract.

'A Period Piece is a fast paced experimental narrative attempting to demolish negative associations with female menstruation by exposing not only the physical impact it has on women, but the emotional impact, which in turn affects other aspects of a woman

A twenty-three minute abstract audio documentary expressing the outlook of nine young adults looking for direction in today's complicated society. -- abstract.

The purpose of American Jesus is to investigate what would happen if Jesus, Mary Magdalene and Simon Peter came back to Earth to preach in present day America...This project attempts to pose these questions in a twenty-minute light-hearted fictional comed

Some procedures in documentary filmmaking draw attention to the constructionality of film; they cue the audience they are not watching an unmediated slice of a pre-existing reality but instead a construction built by the filmmaker, who has a personal agen

A study of the American Revolution and the Nineteenth Century Literary Revolution both of which took place in Concord, Massachusetts. -- abstract.

To attempt and identify one's culture and how it relates to us is very difficult. Most people can't put it into words...this project aims to capture a bit of the imagery and essence of being Puerto Rican." -- abstract.

A 15-minute documentary shot on mini-DV about Death Punch Morning, a post-college band from New Hampshire who is trying to chase musical success amidst band break-ups, money issues, and each member's changing direction in life. -- abstract.

Extra Innings is the story of Edward, a cantankerous old man who becomes increasingly irritated with the noise emanating from his upstairs neighbors' New Year's Eve party. Although his kindly wife attempts to calm him, eventually the noise becomes too muc

Floaters is an approximately twenty-minute documentary film focusing on the darker side of the Boston Common. Motivated by the filmmaker's violent intervention with a homeless drug-addict who was assaulting a woman in the Common, and which left the filmm

Fragments is an experimental fictional piece exploring the institution of arranged marriages. -- abstract.

This book is an accompaniment to a short motion graphics piece set to music, which uses still photos and video to juxtapose location, culture and religion, most notably urban versus rural, in the personal context of family growth and evolution. -- abstrac

Using the negative space of the Empire State Building the project creates a dimensional representation of the building through sound. External sonic environments that surround the building were recorded and used to create a sound installation in the Trem

HIV/AIDS in silence is a documentary that examines how the Deaf community in the United States has been affected by this devastating disease. -- abstract.

It's like riding a bike is a short documentary about the filmmaker's quest for more information regarding bicycle commuting in the Boston metropolitan area. -- abstract.

An inner city story of a young man named Vladimir who has just lost his job and cannot afford to pay his rent that is due in a week. -- abstract.

'Small Things' is a speculative commercial for the Mini Cooper car. -- abstract.

Miss You Already is a short, origional fiction narrative shot on digital video. Two neurotic individuals become consumed in their relationship before being geographically separated. Each proceeds to behave in ways that remind him/her of the other. Even

Monkey House, an adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's short story, Welcome to the Monkey House. This story looks into the choice and struggle to think freely for yourself or blindly follow rules others created for society. Included in the production book are pre

Monomania is an audio-visual montage short film that explores a character's obsession with the negative aspects of human existence, and the eventual abandonment of that obsession, through Point-of-View portrayal. -- abstract.