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Emerson thesis -- Visual and media arts

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 848 Collections and/or Records:

Aster and Sidney, 2016

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Identifier: vm_2016spring_temple_sean.pdf
Overview "Aster and Sidney is a 19-minute narrative short film directed by Sean Temple and written by Sean Temple and Sarah Wisner. Aster and Sidney are survivors. What destroyed their world is unknown, but what keeps them alive is a constant state of vigilance. Former strangers, they have bonded together against the threat of those who would harm them for the food in their packs or the shoes on their feet. They travel away from the city, instinctively seeking isolation in the hope that wilderness...
Dates: 2016

Astray, 2018

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Identifier: vm_2018spring_lichtman_samuel.pdf
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"A minimalist thriller-mystery that follows a young man as he searches for help for an injured dog that he hit on an isolated, rural highway. The film deals with the themes of isolation, guilt, masculinity, and pain." --page 8.

Dates: 2018

Athens 3:16, 2004

 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: 2004

Aud, 2007

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Overview

A fifteen year-old black girl struggles with race and identity along with the social cliques and crushes of high school. Through a clever plan, she unites the friends of her different worlds. -- abstract.

Dates: 2007

Augmented community, 2009

 Item — Item 0113502965024: [Barcode: 0113502965024]
Overview

As a sign of the local within the global, it is becoming increasingly common for place-based communities to incorporate online aspects into their social interaction. For instance, the trend of social networking is becoming ever more important to religious

Dates: 2009

Austerity, 2015

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A story about the preservation of a man's dignity within the recent times of the Greek financial crisis, as well as his personal uprising against the severe austerity measures imposed on the common people. Inspired by true events.--Abstract.

Dates: 2015

Authored spaces : Old North Church, 2011

 Item — Item 0113503106008: [Barcode: 0113503106008]
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Authored Spaces: Old North Church is a three-dimensional interactive game that explores the impact the historic Boston landmark has had on me through pen-and-ink drawings. The result is a fully navigable virtual environment that chronicles my everyday exp

Dates: 2011

Awake?, 2005

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Overview

A short 3D animation movie portraying an emotional adventure in the combination of dreams.

Dates: 2005

Awakening, 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

Azimuth, 2023

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Identifier: sf_2023spring_mcgrath-conwell_devin.pdf
Overview "Azimuth is a feature-length film written with theatrical distribution in mind. It is conceived to feature a diverse cast of heroes/protagonists within a story designed to examine themes of duty, anti-fascism, and chosen family. The setting is the eponymous fictional moon Azimuth, the last stop in a galaxy where a fascist government enforces violent control. The story follows a long-separated couple and their compatriots as they contend with whether to stay and fight the forces of evil or...
Dates: 2023

Babies, 2016

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Identifier: vm_2016fall_shapira_yuval.pdf
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"Babies is a story about a young mother who awakens in the middle of the night to the sound of her baby crying. She sets off in her nightgown to buy some formula to feed her child. At a nearby 24 hour grocery store, the mother purchases the baby food, but then, mysteriously, instead of turning back, she is forced to drift further and further away from her home and her child." --Abstract.

Dates: 2016

Bad sleeper, 2018

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Identifier: wf_2018spring_potrykus_joel.pdf
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"After the death of her father, traveling saleswoman Charley assembles a checklist to overcome her anxieties and give her the confidence to take out the life insurance company that cheated her family." --page 6.

Dates: 2018

Baristas, 2020

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Identifier: sw_2020spring_pronley_edward_james.pdf
Overview "BARISTAS is a half-hour comedy that follows a young woman on a journey of selfdiscovery and the bonds she forms between her co-workers along the way. Drawing from my own personal experience as a Barista at Starbucks, the stories in the show and the relationships between characters are directly related to real events and people in my life. Within the Thesis are two episodes for the show as well as a show bible that further explores the plot, characters, tone, and themes of the series." --...
Dates: 2020

Be civic, be social, be local, BeLive : reconsidering the marginalization of cable access in the YouTube age through the experiences of soapbox tv producers in Cambridge, 2009

 Item — Item 0113503148356: [Barcode: 0113503148356]
Overview

This paper interrogates the contemporary discursive marginalization of Public Access Television as a trivial electronic soapbox easily replaceable on the Internet by studying BeLive, an actual electronic soapbox. --Abstract.

Dates: 2009

Bear, 2015

 Item — Item 0113503185549: [Barcode: 0113503185549]
Overview

Short fiction film that explores the relationship between a father and his two daughters.

Dates: 2015

Beat, 2007

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Two vignettes that compare the moments preceding an emotional response. Two stories each show some extreme emotions between a parent and child. -- abstract.

Dates: 2007

Beautiful things, 2010

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Over the last decade, the influence of Western culture on Japanese youth has been so great that an entirely new hybrid culture has emerged, much to the chagrin of the older population. In order to afford makeovers to appear more like their Hollywood idols

Dates: 2010

Beauty contest, 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

Bedfellows, 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

Before Completion, 2019

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Identifier: vm_2019spring_chen_xi.pdf
Overview "Before Completion is a short film about a painter's creative process: Lydia is a young artist who just received her first offer to paint for a gallery opening exhibition. When struggling for the best inspiration, she had a dream about different eyes and woke up feeling the urge to draw them out. Used up her imagination, Lydia started to look for a perfect subject in real life. She met this beautiful woman in a park but missed her out of miscommunication eventually. Confronting her...
Dates: 2019