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Emerson thesis -- Visual and media arts

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 893 Collections and/or Records:

Madrid: A Feature, 2022

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Identifier: sw_2022spring_martus_olivia.pdf
Overview "Madrid follows LAURA (10), who is an average almost 5 grader who loves the Jonas Brothers and reading Goosebumps novels with her best friend SARAH (10). She thought her life would be the same forever until her father, CONRAD (40s) announces she and her family are moving halfway across the world to Madrid, Spain for his big corporate job. Now she must face a new school and adjust to a completely different world from the one she knew in her Western Pennsylvania town. She soon meets new people...
Dates: 2022

Madrona, 2022

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Identifier: sw_2022spring_mabanglo_jessica.pdf
Overview "Inspired by real events, MADRONA is a story of grace and purpose. Cole Scottie did not get her degree in Communications and Leadership to be tutoring fifth grade girls. However, after being let go from her job as an HR Manager, here she is. These girls are unruly and dramatic. Maybe that's just being a ten year-old. In any case, their parents are overwhelmed with having kids at home from hybrid-schooling, and they let the girls get away with things that are not okay. The overachiever that...
Dates: 2022

Maestro, 2019

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Identifier: vm_2019spring_roman_daniel.pdf
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"Maestro is a 24 min film about the struggle in today's society to survive. The film is about getting the opportunity that life provides and making the best use of it. The outcome is all controlled by the main character. He is the Maestro, the conductor, who controls all the aspects of an orchestra, but there is no sound without the instruments and musicians." -- Abstract

Dates: 2019

Making gay magic, 2009

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Overview

Making Gay Magic is a comedic, episodic narrative web series that explores the humor and independent spirit inherent in making low-budget queer films. Intended primarily for a lesbian/bisexual female audience, and subsequently planned for distribution thr

Dates: 2009

Making it, 2004

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Overview

A twenty-minute, original fictional narrative, shot on digital video. The story enfolds when a twenty-two year old manual laborer named Mike, who wins four million dollars in the lottery -- abstract.

Dates: 2004

Making mission, 2005

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This is a thirty minute documentary exploring Army recruiting in the United States. -- abstract.

Dates: 2005

Making the chancellor's list, 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

Making Waves, 2022

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Identifier: sw_2022spring_lee_michael.pdf
Overview "Making Waves is a feature length dramatic comedy that explores family, failure, and mortality through the journey of two women who just want to see the sea. Inspired by Hurricane Floyd's impact on the North Carolina coast circa 1999, the plot follows Sam Pines as she drives her terminally ill grandmother Florence 700-miles to the beach, unaware a hurricane is directly in their path. Along the way they hit numerous roadblocks, both literally and metaphorically, that force them to address the...
Dates: 2022

Malt liquor theatre, 2005

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Overview

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.

Dates: 2005

Man confronts fact, 2007

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Overview

'Man Confronts Fact' is a short film that tells the story of Raymond, a young man stuck in Boston because he's too scarred, too complacent, and too comfortable to ever make himself leave. -- abstract.

Dates: 2007

Manage : eye-balling any eventualities coming up in the buffer zone, 2012

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Overview

A reaction to corporate management philosophy both in practice and within the pages of some best-selling books, Manage: eye-balling any eventualities coming up in the buffer zone is a ten minute black comedy presented in the format of a web-based corporat

Dates: 2012

María, 2022

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Identifier: vm_2022spring_falcon_michelle.pdf
Overview "María is the story of a young Latina protagonist whose path to becoming a civil rights lawyer is complicated by an unplanned pregnancy. The short film provides raw insight into a woman's experience through this process, allowing us to get a glimpse of the varying motivations towards her decision. The production book provides details from the production process giving insight into the story inspiration, context, script, budget, production materials, the filmmaker's background and their...
Dates: 2022

Masks of Odysseus a documentary, 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

Maternal instincts, 2006

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Overview

This experimental short seeks to recreate the filmmaker's dream about motherhood. On the one hand, the piece is deeply personal, deriving its story and imagery from the individual's subconscious. On the other hand, the topic is accessible, particularly to

Dates: 2006

Maternal instincts, 2001

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Overview

Maternal Instincts is a documentary chronicling my own attempts to document my maternal family's atypical mother-daughter relationships through three generations. This film explores the challenges and rewards of mothering and how these have changed with h

Dates: 2001

Meemst & The Mammoth, 2022

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Identifier: sw_2022spring_stephenson_michael
Overview "MEEMST & THE MAMMOTH is an animated feature film designed for theatrical release set in a fantasy world in which dragons and animals are constantly at odds, struggling to survive. As the dragon's food and water supply begin to dwindle, Meemst, an antithetical young dragon who refuses to breathe fire, embarks on an epic journey to a magical kingdom in the clouds in search of the Elder Dragoom--the one being who can ensure both the dragon's and animal's survival. In his travels, Meemst...
Dates: 2022

Mel's hole, 2008

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Overview

Originally inspired by the American urban legend, Mel's Hole is a horror/suspense short film. Mel Waters usually escapes his lonely existence by dreaming of the good ol'days" of baseball, a time when the budding sport was good-natured and pure. When a con

Dates: 2008

Memory Lost, 2024

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Identifier: vm_2024fall_lee_william.pdf
Overview "Memory Lost is a multimedia installation that probes the fragile nature of human memory through the lens of AI generated media. Drawing inspiration from the artist's personal experience of witnessing his grandfather's battle with Alzheimer's Disease, this work explores the parallels between artificial intelligence and human cognition. The installation revisits formative moments from the artist's life from childhood through adulthood, using AI to reconstruct and reinterpret these memories....
Dates: 2024

Mere, 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

Message, 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