ABSTRACT: Videographic criticism has emerged as an innovative form of critical analysis of film since the digital innovation brought about by the online film sharing websites YouTube and Vimeo in...Show moreABSTRACT: Videographic criticism has emerged as an innovative form of critical analysis of film since the digital innovation brought about by the online film sharing websites YouTube and Vimeo in the early 2000’s. However, videographic criticism, although popular has made slow progress in its attempts to assert itself in the world of contemporary film criticism. This thesis seeks to locate videographic criticism in contemporary film criticism by examining the state of contemporary film criticism by using Kevin B. Lee’s 2014 video essay, Transformers: The Premake as a case study. This thesis will begin by demonstrating that videographic criticism is a reflexive and relevant method for the production of film criticism. It will further examine how videographic criticism uses techniques associated with compactness and condensation to create arguments. In examining these methods, this thesis will finally interrogate the relevance of videographic criticism to contemporary media analysis and film criticism. Thus, this thesis finds the videographic criticism to be an effective and innovative way to produce meaningful, rich film criticism.Show less
The uprisings of 2011 started in Tunisia and impacted a lot of countries in the Middle East. The consequences can still be seen today. This thesis attempts to approach how these events have...Show moreThe uprisings of 2011 started in Tunisia and impacted a lot of countries in the Middle East. The consequences can still be seen today. This thesis attempts to approach how these events have impacted the cinema industry and in particular the place and representation of women in it.Show less
The thesis looks closer at vernacular photography, a record of the everyday created by common people, as one of the most common ways in which photographic images are created. By using the specific...Show moreThe thesis looks closer at vernacular photography, a record of the everyday created by common people, as one of the most common ways in which photographic images are created. By using the specific example of the family photographic collection of John “Zbyszek” Jagla, a Polish refugee born in Uganda, the thesis examines different dimensions of photographic meaning. The analysis draws on research from within the field of photographic theory and applies those theories and approaches to demonstrate the ways in which photographs carry their own meaning, both as images and as objects, and how that meaning changes not just over time but also depending on their context and who is viewing them and why.Show less
Het onderzoeksobject van deze scriptie betreft een specifiek onderdeel van het oeuvre van de fotograaf Michel Szulc-Krzyzanowski (1949), genaamd de Sequenties, gemaakt in de periode 1970-1985 (zijn...Show moreHet onderzoeksobject van deze scriptie betreft een specifiek onderdeel van het oeuvre van de fotograaf Michel Szulc-Krzyzanowski (1949), genaamd de Sequenties, gemaakt in de periode 1970-1985 (zijn ‘vintage’ serie). De onderzoeksvraag richt zich op hoe een toeschouwer zich tot verschillende Sequenties van deze kunstenaar verhoudt. Een aantal van deze werken wordt geanalyseerd door toetsing aan historische feiten rondom de geschiedenis van de menselijke waarneming en door toepassing van theorieën uit de filosofie (o.a. Vilém Flusser, Philippe Dubois), de neurowetenschappen (Rick Grush), de kunstkritiek (o.a. Rosalind Krauss, Janneke Wesseling, Maarten Vanvolsem) en de fotografie- en filmkritiek (o.a. Laura Mulvey, Vivian Sobchack). De analyse focust zich op de verhoudingen tussen wereld, object, subject (fotograaf en toeschouwer), fotografische afbeelding en de fotocamera.Show less
