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Emerson thesis -- Visual and media arts

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 885 Collections and/or Records:

Fertile ground, 1999

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Overview

Documentary on the process of becoming a surrogate mother. --Abstract.

Dates: 1999

Fever, 2024

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Identifier: vm_2024spring_orrego_tomas.pdf
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"Fever is an absurd short film that follows a man trying to poke his eye out with a pencil. Taking inspiration from Samuel Beckett's absurdist plays, Buster Keaton's slapstick antics, the elastic logic of Looney Tunes and low budget horror sleaze, Fever is a live action silicone flesh cartoon. The original name for this project was Days of Celebration which is sometimes why it is referred to as such in this document." -- Abstract

Dates: 2024

Film as language : an approach to the development of a music video generating system, 1999

 Item — Multiple Containers
Scope and Content Note From the Series: The series contains Master's theses from 1943 to present. The theses consist of either a production book and a media component or solely a production book. The production books were originally submitted as physical bound copies, but were later submitted digitally. The physical production books are stored offsite and the digital production books are stored in the College's preservation repository.The media components consist of U-matic tapes, VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays and...
Dates: 1999

Fire road, 2009

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Fire Road is an examination of the temporary human bonds brought about by the forces of circumstance. The film explores the universal human need for communication, compassion, and emotional support in our interpersonal relationships. The film also explore

Dates: 2009

First night, 2002

 Item — Multiple Containers
Scope and Content Note From the Series: The series contains Master's theses from 1943 to present. The theses consist of either a production book and a media component or solely a production book. The production books were originally submitted as physical bound copies, but were later submitted digitally. The physical production books are stored offsite and the digital production books are stored in the College's preservation repository.The media components consist of U-matic tapes, VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays and...
Dates: 2002

Fish, 2020

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Identifier: vma_2020fall_ni_zhengrong.pdf
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"The visual elements of Fish is presented in the form of experimental narrative short Film. This project examines the flow of consciousness and awareness. It initially characterizes scenes in a more or less standard fashion, describing mental conflicts as 'detachment of image an sound'. But as movie progresses, it introduces several religious elements that serves to catalyze the conflicts between conscious and subconscious." -- Abstract

Dates: 2020

Flash guide to Portland Maine, 2001

 Item — Multiple Containers
Scope and Content Note From the Series: The series contains Master's theses from 1943 to present. The theses consist of either a production book and a media component or solely a production book. The production books were originally submitted as physical bound copies, but were later submitted digitally. The physical production books are stored offsite and the digital production books are stored in the College's preservation repository.The media components consist of U-matic tapes, VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays and...
Dates: 2001

Floating history the story of the USS Salem, 2000

 Item — Multiple Containers
Scope and Content Note From the Series: The series contains Master's theses from 1943 to present. The theses consist of either a production book and a media component or solely a production book. The production books were originally submitted as physical bound copies, but were later submitted digitally. The physical production books are stored offsite and the digital production books are stored in the College's preservation repository.The media components consist of U-matic tapes, VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays and...
Dates: 2000

Fluid.script experiments in form and motion, 2004

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This project is an interactive website that showcases five digitally created pieces of art built using Macromedia Flash software. These pieces are of an experimental nature and their purpose is to explore the intersection of art and technology -- abstract

Dates: 2004

For the love of jazz, 1998

 Item — Multiple Containers
Scope and Content Note From the Series: The series contains Master's theses from 1943 to present. The theses consist of either a production book and a media component or solely a production book. The production books were originally submitted as physical bound copies, but were later submitted digitally. The physical production books are stored offsite and the digital production books are stored in the College's preservation repository.The media components consist of U-matic tapes, VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays and...
Dates: 1998

Forever War, A Short Film, 2024

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Identifier: vm_2024spring_figueroa_shana.pdf
Overview "My thesis film Forever War combines the tropes of the zombie horror and time loop speculative fiction genres as a metaphor for the existential dread of being trapped in a futile situation. The inclusion of talking zombies adds a unique element to the well-known horror trope, creating a moral dilemma for the protagonist and enhancing the audience's anxiety. The motif of video games highlights the contrast between the excitement of war games such as Call of Duty—which are themselves endless...
Dates: 2024

Forty winks, 2015

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Experimental three-way projected video installation that takes a critical view of Dythymia, a chronic form of depression, as well as anxiety and isolation.--Abstract.

Dates: 2015

Found, 2024

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Identifier: sf_2024spring_riggs-davis_seren.pdf
Overview "Found is a feature length animated musical based on the Parable of the Prodigal Son. The film follows a starry-eyed frog who sets out from the comfort of his hometown and life as a tailor's son in pursuit of fulfilling his dream of becoming a renowned stage actor. Set in a reimagined 1920s America with singing and dancing anthropomorphic animals, the songs and world within this coming-of-age fantasy are intentionally reminiscent of musicals of the Jazz Age and reflective of the opulence and...
Dates: 2024

Fractured, 2012

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A couple, grieving the loss of their child, drift apart. The husband, Alan, finds comfort in drink while his wife, Elle, slips into a deep madness. -- abstract.

Dates: 2012

Fragments, 2016

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Identifier: vm_2016spring_esquilin_katherine.pdf
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A short form adolescent television pilot, this project chronicles the memories of a battered transgendered streetwalker, who reflects on the day he met a freshly released juvenile delinquent, forging the most important friendship of his lifetime, on the day of the 2008 Presidential election.

Dates: 2016

Franchising Friday night lights the challenge of transmedia storytelling for realist drama, 2008

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Transmedia storytelling, or the expansion of narratives across multiple media, has found success in cult and niche genres. Can the concept be more broadly applied? This project explores television-based transmedia storytelling and its failure to date when

Dates: 2008

Free association, 2005

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A pilot for a public radio-style entertainment program which explores the common ground between a wide variety of artists, songs, genres and styles. -- abstract.

Dates: 2005

Free Car, 2024

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Identifier: vm_2024spring_rubinic_alex.pdf
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"Free Car is a narrative fiction short film about two friends, Turner and Sam, at the end of their childhood. Turner is anxious to leave for college in a week while Sam is already mourning the impending loss of his friend. In an attempt to squeeze one last adventure out of their time together, Sam convinces Turner to help him steal a car. The gravity of the situation becomes clear after the car blows a tire and the pair discover a dead body in the trunk." -- Abstract

Dates: 2024

From a Spaceless Within, 2021

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Identifier: vma_2021spring_lapaglia_matthew.pdf
Overview "A filmmaker confronting the efficacy of telling one story over another rewrites expectations for a failed project about the artist known as Miles, whose planned installation addresses the experiments conducted by psychologist Harry Harlow in the late 1950s. Weaving together past and future, truth and fiction, From a Spaceless Within approaches the construction and dematerialization of the artist while asking where our intentions take root when we attempt to create anything at all." --...
Dates: 2021

From biscuits and bagels, 2007

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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

Dates: 2007