Emerson thesis -- Visual and media arts
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Found in 893 Collections and/or Records:
Strangers, 2021
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Identifier: vma_2021spring_cordelle_adam.pdf
Overview
"Strangers is a short narrative film that focuses on a young Southern woman, Kathy, who moves to New England for college. She tries to form bonds with others but is hampered by her own difficulty with emotional communication and sense of cultural isolation and displacement. All of this comes to a head when she meets Isabel, a fellow outsider whom she tries to bond with only to fail due to her own shortcomings. The piece focuses on the effects of isolation, loneliness and deals with regret...
Dates:
2021
Studio A, 1999
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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
Stupid Voices from the Future (a feature film), 2021
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Identifier: sf_2021spring_ehrlich_cj.pdf
Overview
"What if the future called, but it was the wrong number? Stupid Voices from the Future is a comedy/sci fi feature with the theme that even a hero needs to be part of a team. When Marissa, a humble artist, is contacted by the Future, she's thrilled when they explain that she's the One, the only one, who can change the course of history and save the world. She's not so thrilled when they tell her she's also the one who destroyed it in the first place. But when she realizes they meant to call...
Dates:
2021
Subtly controlling : religion's effect on broadcast indecency regulation, 2010
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Overview
This thesis examines the Federal Communication Commission's regulation of broadcast indecency on television and radio. The focus in this thesis is on issues of ideology, morality, and religion. Through looking at the issue of broadcast indecency with the
Dates:
2010
Surrender, 2007
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This project presents an eight minute autobiographical audio/video montage of my personal struggle with depression, anxiety and the battle between self medicating, self mutilating, western medicine and spirituality to treat it. The story is told through a
Dates:
2007
Survivor's Guide to Diaspora, 2023
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Identifier: vm_2023spring_markovic_sara.pdf
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"Survivor's Guide to Diaspora is an autobiographical documentary series that follows the filmmaker's endeavors as a new immigrant in the US. Told directly to the audience as honest advice one rarely gets before moving in search of a better life, the series unveils life's absurdities as this woman from the Balkans attempts to understand the consumer capitalistic society that now grinds her. The screened thesis project is the pilot episode of a series that will serve as a proof of concept for...
Dates:
2023
Swamp Pizza, 2022
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Identifier: sw_2022spring_reine_kelsey.pdf
Overview
"Concrete's cooking in Opelousas, Louisiana and JOSELINE (16) desperately wants to forget about her troubles at home with a negligent mother and have the best Summer of her life with her two best-friends RODGER (15) and MIRACLE JOY (15). After what seems like a typical day at work cooking pizzas and selling beer to the trashy locals at the “great value” amusement park, the three friends get an alert that the park is on lockdown. Through the walkie talkie communication system they are alerted...
Dates:
2022
Sweet Jane, 1999
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Drama about a man's failed attempt to right the wrongs he has done.
Dates:
1999
Sweetener, 2020
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Identifier: sw_2020spring_thomas_brianna.pdf
Overview
"SWEETENER is an hour-long limited series that focuses on themes of self-awareness, familial bonds, and corruption. This story blends the darkness of its deadly subject matter with humor to create an irreverent and cheeky take on the popular crime-solving genre. Taking inspiration from many of today's procedural dramas, legal thrillers, and women-led comedies, this script combines elements from all of those genres and wraps them into a comedic murder-mystery." -- Abstract
Dates:
2020
Swellfoot rivalry, 2007
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This comedic piece is the most recent chapter in the life-long rivalry between a son and his overly competitive father; the stakes are raised when a young woman enters the picture. -- abstract.
Dates:
2007
Swimming pool waves, 2000
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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
Swimming with Stones, 2022
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Identifier: vm_2022spring_yang_amber.pdf
Overview
"Swimming with Stones is a narrative short film about the subject of grief. The story follows a woman's journey going through grief and reliving the memories on the anniversary of her daughter's death. She comes to a realization that unloading the weight doesn't mean leaving the memories behind. This film will have a heavy emphasis on cinematography. Through that, the goal of this film is to reach anyone who has or is currently experiencing the process of grief. It is to offer some insight...
Dates:
2022
Swirl a magic world, 2004
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Swirl A Magic World is an original children's story combined with interactive, creative activities for girls aged six to eleven.
Dates:
2004
TaiL, 2023
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Identifier: vm_2023spring_lee_yichien.pdf
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"TaiL is an 18 mins body horror-comedy about a wacky woman's journey to self-discovery with a penis stuck inside her vagina." -- Abstract
Dates:
2023
Taking Back Magic, 2021
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Identifier: sf_2021spring_heatherington_patricia.pdf
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"'Taking Back Magic' is a supernatural drama that uses corrupted witch hunters to examine how far both jealousy and hatred of the misunderstood can go, and that by partnering with the "other" can work through these issues. After learning about a group of witch hunters taking witches' magic for their own personal use, one witch hunter seeks out a witch to help stop them. Magic provides a visual way to tell this story and brings back a reminder of past witch hunts, that have come to mean an...
Dates:
2021
Talk of The Town "Pilot" and First Gens "Pilot", 2021
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Identifier: sf_2021spring_assaf_bianca.pdf
Overview
"For my MFA Thesis project, I have submitted two pilots. Talk of the Town is a 60-minute dramedy set in the fictional town Hillborn in 1840's Hampshire, England. Adeline Thompson is a thief and con artist posing as the long-lost relative of a great lord. However, the arrival of an old friend risks her exposure. However, Oliver Wright, an unsophisticated young man on the verges of society who aspires to be a serious journalist, may just shift her fortune. Together they will pen an anonymous...
Dates:
2021
Talking To The Wind, 2019
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Identifier: vm_2019spring_sawant_akshaya.pdf
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"Talking To The Wind is a feature length documentary about the aftermath of a three year long man-made drought in Maharashtra, India that resulted in mass suicides - numbers reaching 1100 per year. Using a poetic, essayistic and observational approach, the film unfolds the reasons behind these farmer suicides - decades of exploitation of groundwater for short term gains and societal pressures of marrying off their daughters with huge amounts of dowry. Intimate and eyeopening, Talking To The...
Dates:
2019
Tapped Out, 2022
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Identifier: sw_2022spring_herr_melody.pdf
Overview
"Inspired by real-life events, TAPPED OUT, is a drama series designed for cable or streaming platforms. About navigating the seasons of our lives with grace and humor, it explores themes common to my body of work, including family, mental illness, and suicide. With a diverse cast, it dives into the often-overlooked effects on family members after a loved one's suicide attempt, and illuminates the chaos that ensues. TAPPED OUT is a human perspective about living with and navigating mental...
Dates:
2022
Tara, 2023
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Identifier: sf_2023spring_silver_julia.pdf
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"TARA is a feature-length film designed for streaming platforms that tells the story of a young woman who will do anything to get back into the limelight. Set in the year 2010, this Coming-of-Age Comedy follows self-centered Tara, who has recently been kicked off a reality television show after committing a horrendous act. Forced to move back home with her sympathetic but overbearing stepmother, Tara sets her sights on making over a lonely, unwitting teenager in the hopes of becoming the...
Dates:
2023
Tarnished gold, 2010
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Tarnished Gold is a 49 minute romantic drama about discovering ones' path to happiness in early adulthood. The struggle for identity occurs through an angel-turned-musician's experience on earth and a young woman caught between starting a traditional fami
Dates:
2010