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The Contemporary Organisation: Cycan and the modern madness
Looking at Contemporary management theories that are operating at "Cycan".
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The Great Dance: The Myth of the Metaphysical
Looking at documentary discourse, mythology, Modernity and representation in this awarding winning Documentary on the !Xo Bushman of the Kalahari in South Africa.
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Postmodern Identity: "Waking Life"
Postmodern Dreams and Film. Christopher J. Wheeler 920402233 Date of Submission 14 August 2007 Lecturer: Mariekie Burger Content page 1. INTRODUCTION 2. BAUDRILLARD: POSTMODERNISM AND ONTOLOGICAL REALITY 3.PSYCHOANALYSIS: CINEMATIC APPARATUS AND IDENTIFICATION 3.1. Apparatus Theory and Identification 3.2. The oneiric-film correlation and Postmodernism 4. CASE STUDY: “WAKING LIFE” AND POST...
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Semiotic Anaylsis of Cell C\'s \"Snapshot\" advertisement
This essay will examine the use of symbols, codes and signs in the Cell-C advertisement “Snapshot” in order to illustrate how visual codes can be constructed and embedded within the society from which it is produced (South Africa). In addition, this semiotic analysis will indicate how, in the given example, the array of visual and audio signs are use within Cell-C’s advertising campaign in orde...
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Globalisation and Sub-culture Identity
This essay will examine the history of the western transformation as it has liberated itself from powerful repressive ideologies, as well as discuss the notion of identity as it relates to Hip-Hop culture as a global minority that is increasingly been popularised through media imperialism and persuasive symbolic structuring. 2006
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Ideology and Cultural Meaning
This essay will explore the ideological significance within the space-time constructs of post-WW2 American cinema through a detailed comparing Steven Spielberg\'s \"Saving Private Ryan\" and Mike Nichols\'s \"Catch 22\" in an attempt to highlight how films gain meaning from their cultural positioning. 2006
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Communication as the site for the emergence of Organization.
This essay will deconstruct the nominal understanding of ‘organization’ as pertains to its origin, function and operations, as well as challenge the traditional ontological assumptions of organization. In order to illustrate how communication acts as the site for the emergence of organizations the film production process will be discuss as it relates to coordination and role enactment within th...
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Critical Analyse of American Beauty
This assignment will look at how the films meanings are constructed and embedded in the films visual elements (e.g. perspective, frame and aspect ratio, visual design, light and colour) with regards to specific sequences, as well as uncover the complexities of the film’s themes, structure and relevance to modern life. 2006
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Formalism and the Collision Montage
This essay will discuss the above quotation (from Giannetti) regarding formalism and support the outlined elements of formalism with Eisenstein’s theories and film form in general. In addition to this, Eisenstein’s “Odessa Steps” sequence from Battleship Potemkin (Soviet Union, 1925) will be used in support of his formalist theories of collision montage. 2006.
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Audio-Visual Research Proposal
This paper will propose the research of the role of the spectator and filmic identification, in accordance to psychoanalytical film theory, in Frank Miller’s Sin City (Rodriguez, R. & Miller, F. 2005). The filmic conventions of the Film Noir genre will be examined, as well as the influence these conventions have on the spectator’s identification within the film. 2007.
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Comment on The Great Dance: The Myth of the Metaphysical
Posted on September 20, 2007
Grammer and spelling...I know...but you get the point.
Comment on Grizzly Man Film Review
Posted on September 17, 2007
I want to know what they did with the rest his footage? He shot over 100 hours and we only see a fraction of that in the film. They seem to serve only to portray him as a little bit crazy, and maybe he was, but surely the film does do justice to the amount of footage he got? I think he might have been a bit dissapointed that all his footage on the Bears ended up being more about him, I don't know...
Comment on Critical Analyse of American Beauty
Posted on June 10, 2007
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Comment on A new Faith?
Posted on June 6, 2007
Wow guys! Some interesting thoughts. I\'m not entirely sure how Jesus and the bible forms apart of what your trying to achieve here. I understand that Jesus as a sign is being redefined and placed and that the Bible should be read in the context from which it was concieved. But how does one go about creating a postmodern perspective through reading an ancient text in its orginal context and arrive at a contemporary meaning or faith? Surely the faith suggested here is in the validity of the Bible rather than in its postmodern appreciation? The \'Church\' has engraved certain assumptions regarding the practices of religion and its inception has become adapted in various context. This religious dogma emerged because of the authorterian nature of its preeching and the range of possible interpretations that are acceptable. In this sense I agree that the fundamentalism ascribed to textual interpretations is flawed. But if the idea/notion/sign/significance of Jesus is understood to be recreated it surely can only be done based on the Bible -otherwise it is connected to something other than the Bible? If Jesus is viewed as a point of departure, in the spirtual sense, then the collect...