Emerson thesis -- Visual and media arts

The focus of this Master's project involves my composition of an original music score for a 57-minute long film. In my approach, I explore compositional structure relative to contemporary trends in film. -- abstract.

Documentary film about the culture of gift giving as an economic practice in a rural Italian town. Focuses primarily on Dr. Paolo Cherubino, an orthopedic surgeon living in a rural Tuscan village, who treats local villagers free of charge based on their

"This is an ironic comedy about a Chinese immigrant family. When a university offer arrives, conflict is heated up between the father and the daughter, right before her 18th birthday party. The story is inspired by personal experience." -- Abstract

This Master's Project is a Macromedia Flash based game that lets the player manage a Chinese restaurant from 1987 to 2000. The player will have to navigate through the rigors of managing a Chinese restaurant in one of three different cities and overcome h

The purpose of the study is to present the utilization of Nielsen Media Research audience ratings results, as applied in the Boston television market as well as their limitations. These utility methods and their conditions are explored by employing perso

Crossing the Color Line is a documentary that explores the issues affecting interracial couples through various interviews with four couples. Issues such as racism, cultural betrayal, and societal views are discussed with the couples and Sociologist Dr.

"The lives of three generations of Europeans are interlaced by a filmmaker who travels by train from Cambridge to Boston, Massachusetts and tries to find out if a story of a man that saved 1,000 children during the Second World War is true. The film is a reflection on the perception of past, true, and reality." -- Abstract.

Crown of Gamma is a feature-length, narrative film. Composed in five chapters, and designed for consumption via a VHS box set with five modules, the film invites narrative scrambling and corporeal dismemberment (atomistic separation of form) from the view

Six minute stop-motion animation about inspiration, development and self-actualization.--Abstract.

To attempt and identify one's culture and how it relates to us is very difficult. Most people can't put it into words...this project aims to capture a bit of the imagery and essence of being Puerto Rican." -- abstract.

This thesis is an examination of what constitutes good adaptations between media or within a single medium, and what needs to be considered when making adaptations and studying them. It argues that good adaptations need to be faithful to the source texts

This thesis examines industrial and ideological conversations of the American sitcom through a historical analysis of the genre and a close reading of the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm. By establishing traditions of the genre an exploration of alternati

Just as James Michael Curley challenged and redefined the dominant politics of early 20th century Boston; just as Curley's legacy has been simplified and sanitized; just as History in general blunts and sculpts facts to meet an end; this film challenges n

"'Cuts' is a documentary about a 47-year-old man's career path and his relationship between his two fathers." -- Abstract

A twenty minute fictional narrative about a day in the life of a young woman in which she deals with her romantic relationship, friendships, problems with work, and uneasiness about her future -- abstract.

A fictional narrative video that underscores the themes of art, performance, power and inspiration, while dealing with topics of class, race, gender and sexuality at home and the workplace. -- abstract.