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Emerson thesis -- Visual and media arts

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 848 Collections and/or Records:

Paul Revere's pride, 2009

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Overview

Drawing both from historical texts and original storytelling, this project is a comedic reinterpretation of the popular children's poem Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow." -- abstract.

Dates: 2009

Paulie's Providence, 2002

 Item — Item 0113503148406: [Barcode: 0113503148406]
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An interactive CD-ROM highlighting the nightlife, eateries, and special events of Providence, Rhode Island through the virtual scrapbook of a fictitious local resident named Paulie. --Abstract.

Dates: 2002

Peace and the quiet, 2011

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Peace and the Quiet is a 45-minute documentary featuring Kathie Malley-Morrison and Dot Walsh, two peace activists transitioning into their golden years who struggle to make their work relevant in the skeptical atmosphere of contemporary American culture.

Dates: 2011

Pedestrian passages, 2005

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A hypertext/database narrative experiment experienced through the Macromedia Flash Player. The animation will give the user the ability to either interact with the narrative and make choices, or watch passively. If the user does not make a decision on whi

Dates: 2005

Perceive, 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

Perfect Life, 2021

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Identifier: vma_2021spring_song_yiyun.pdf
Overview "Perfect Life is a short film which talk about that in the near future, with the explosive development of technology, an experiment that allows pregnant parents to perform experiential simulation of their children‘s life is created. In the short film, Xiao Mei's parents simulated and experienced Xiao Mei's future life for three times. In common views, Xiao Mei‘s three lives were all failures. As a traditional Chinese parent, Xiao Mei's father could not stand the imperfect life of his child....
Dates: 2021

Permeable, 2018

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Identifier: vm_2018spring_wang_li.pdf
Overview

"A fictional narrative film about a desperate mother’s return from her new habitat to save her young son from dying in a polluted world. While the mother plans to save the child in a mysterious unconventional way, the father insists on the medical treatment for the boy and a life in the polluted world." --Abstract.

Dates: 2018

Personal, 2017

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Identifier: vm_2017spring_hadad_sonia.pdf
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"Personal is a narrative short movie depicting an immanent crisis in the life of a young Iranian woman who carries on a secretive modeling career. The story, which takes place against the backdrop of Tehran, a dizzying modern day metropolis, portrays the struggles of women living under an Islamic theocracy." --Abstract.

Dates: 2017

Personal [media] space, 2008

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This project is an attempt to provide a portrait of how the uses of portable media players have transformed the social interactions and behaviors of young adults between the ages of 18 and 24 in Boston. -- abstract.

Dates: 2008

Phil the dolphin, 2006

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'Phil the dolphin' is a narrative musical romantic comedy about a young man who must find the courage to pursue the woman he admires. He begins to hear a plastic toy speaking to him, and based on the toy's advice he undergoes a self-makeover in order to i

Dates: 2006

Pickman's model, 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

Piggy babe, 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

Pink blues, 2009

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Pink Blues is an audio documentary that combines music and interviews to tell the story of blues singer Celinda Pink. The interviews relate to the range of her experiences from growing up in Alabama to her break onto the music scene in Nashville." -- abst

Dates: 2009

Play feng shui : move your furnishings, 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

Poles Apart, 2020

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Identifier: sw_2020spring_brook_alessandra.pdf
Overview "POLES APART is a romantic, road trip comedy about an uptight, environmentalist and a laid back Aussie farmer who ultimately discover that love can be found in unlikely places. The film explores different types of love – familial love, romantic love and self-love. It considers how to balance loving others with loving oneself. The protagonist is an American climate-change obsessed, control freak whose love and concern for her bi-polar sister distracts her from loving and caring for herself or...
Dates: 2020

Poor little rich girl : [videorecording], 2007

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Overview

Claire McCormack has always been handed everything on a silver platter. On the eve of her thirtieth birthday, she receives news that may change the course of her privileged life. She decides to take matters into her own hands and do all that is necessary

Dates: 2007

Pop politics : political postmodernism in contemporary television, 2010

 Item — Item 0113503010432: [Barcode: 0113503010432]
Overview

Postmodernism, as a genre, has often been accused of being incapable of creating artworks of a political nature, due to its close ties to capitalism. This thesis seeks to confront and disprove that accusation by exploring a distinct genre of political Pos

Dates: 2010

Popping stiches, 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

Portal website for the Department of Visual and Media Arts, 2003

 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: 2003

Post, 2007

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Overview

What if a person could take a visual journey into their dreams? How would images of fear be represented? Could they coexist with supplementary emotions? It was this curiosity and motivation that fostered the creation of Post, a metaphysical journey of one

Dates: 2007