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1950's America; when the stars shined the brightest. The effects of musical films on society in America during the 1950's
(Dublin Business School, 2014)I chose to write my thesis on musical films because I think they were a very important stepping stone in the visual medium of film. The genre of musical films set the standard for motion pictures that followed for years ... -
Animal holocaust in film : researching the difference in animal welfare in film from 1903 to 2013 with regard to the work of the American Humane Association, established in 1943
(Dublin Business School, 2013)Animals have been seen as objects that exist only for the purpose of man. They have been used as food, clothing, for medicinal purposes, experiments and entertainment. Being used for food and medicine is seen as a rational ... -
Arab cinema
(Dublin Business School, 2015)Over the last few years, Arab cinemas have been seen as means of safeguarding Arab culture, religion and public norms. As argued out by Mansour and Anna (2012), films depend on precise cultural, political and social contexts ... -
An assault on modern theatre's dichotomous foundations
(Dublin Business School, 2010)Modern theatre exists within a framework of different schools of thought, different ways of interpreting how art is or should be presented on the stage, systems which have been constructed or constructed themselves around ... -
The bardic imperative in the drama of Marina Carr and Conor McPherson
(Dublin Business School, 2010)The purpose of this Final Year Project is to demonstrate the formative impact of Ireland’s bardic narrative tradition on modern Irish drama and to show how elements of this bardic discourse, particularly in relation to the ... -
Brave : the new face of princesses?
(Dublin Business School, 2015)Pixar made history when they made their first princess, first period feature and first fairy tale all in one film. Brave is that coming of age film that I will be looking at. I shall have an in-depth look at how animation ... -
Burn Hollywood, Burn! The evolution of race representation in American cinema : Spike Lee’s reinvention of black experience on screen
(Dublin Business School, 2013)In this Final Year Project I will be exploring the evolution of the representation of African Americans (along with other ethnic minority groups) in American cinema from 1917 to 2000, focusing primarily on Spike Lee‟s ... -
Censored : the rise and fall of the production code
(Dublin Business School, 2012)On 1 November 1968, the Motion Picture Association of America formally ended the thirty-four year Motion Picture Production Code, and, with a tentative consensus behind it, inaugurated the new MPAA rating system, in which ... -
A critical examination of the Bernard Herrmann score for Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960)
(Dublin Business School, 2005)In this paper I attempt to ascertain to what extent is Bernard Herrmann's score for Psycho (1960) responsible for the artistic and critical success which the film garnered. I discuss the aesthetic theories and orchestration ... -
A critical look at the production problems caused by Francis Ford Coppola's decision to be both director and producer on Apocalypse Now in 1979
(Dublin Business School, 2012)My dissertation concerns the problems caused to production by Francis Ford Coppola’s decision to be both director and producer on Apocalypse Now. A decision that would drive him to the point of near insanity. A decision ... -
A critical review of the 1947 HUAC hearings and the Hollywood Ten
(Dublin Business School, 2012)This dissertation looks at how in the aftermath of the Second World War, Hollywood became a prime target for the government forces of the conservative right. It shows how these forces through the House committee for ... -
Critical topography of female vampiric cinematic narratives
(Dublin Business School, 2013)The objective of this examination stems from a curiosity as to where the vampiric blood cult originated from and how it morphed into an iconic genre that is still prevalent in modern day cinematic narrative. It is an ... -
Daddy, Daddy/Mammy, Mammy: Sylvia Plath and Thomas Kinsella
(Indiana University, 2008)In his memoir The Kick: a Life among Writers,Richard Murphy recalls Thomas and Eleanor Kinsella joining Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes and himself in Ireland (Murphy, 226-27). Kinsella softens any profound inferences from this ... -
Dario Argento's expressionism
(Dublin Business School, 2015)Whether it’s on the television, in the newspapers, magazines, or on the Internet: violence is everywhere. Its current presence seems imminent every time ISIS releases another execution video on YouTube or when CNN reports ... -
The death of the American dream
(Dublin Business School, 2004)This Final Year Project explores some of the key literary texts by twentieth-century American writers. It argues that these texts reflect certain aspects of the American character which are encapsulated in what is called ... -
Defamiliarisation in the arts of war
(Dublin Business School, 2013)Defamiliarisation refers in general to an artistic technique that forces people to look with new eyes upon familiar subjects. Defamiliarisation emerged against the backdrop of World War I and the Russian Revolution. In ... -
Dissident clowning : Dario Fo and the politics of Commedia Dell'Arte
(Dublin Business School, 2006)The purpose of this Final Year Project is to demonstrate the politically dissident potential latent in commedia dell' arte and to describe how this potential was tapped in the twentieth century with particular reference ... -
Dracula : literary analysis, criticism, and cultural importance
(Dublin Business School, 2003)The aim of this study is to, through four chapters of discussion provide a reference to the novel Dracula that will benefit literary enthusiasts who 'wish to understand the depth and vitality of the literary story, which ... -
An exploration of Frank Allen's state of the nation plays
(Dublin Business School, 2013)This Final Year Project sets out to explore the dramatic work of Frank Allen, a Dublin director and playwright. As this is the first time his work has been examined in academic discourse, this Final Year Project makes a ... -
The female role in the horror genre
(Dublin Business School, 2013)The female role in the horror genre is something that can be explored throughout the years. With the emergence of a new kind of female heroine since the 1970s and even 1980s, the role of the feminine within the horror genre ...