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"The Process and Analysis of Film Reviewing" is a two-part project that discovers what goes into the film reviewing process and what produces a good film review. A film review website entitled "Reel Reviews" (reelfilmreviews.com) was created, which features original content such as film reviews, trailers and information about special features and events relevant to the film industry. The paper portion of the project takes an analytical look at the current state of the film reviewing world and addresses the changes in technology that have an impact on how film reviewing is done.
ContributorsRepasi, Bianca Joyce (Author) / Baker, Aaron (Thesis director) / Dodge, Nancie (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication (Contributor)
Created2015-05
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With social media rapidly expanding and evolving throughout the years, a new door has been opened to allow instant, two-way communication between an organization and its desired audience. The days of force-feeding information to mass audiences are diminishing as a consumer's quest for identity and connection is driving organizations to engage with specialized audiences through online conversation, where information can flow in both directions. Through research and analysis, an organization can identify which media platforms and communication strategies work best in successfully reaching and engaging the target audience. Content marketing in conjunction with effective messaging strategies can increase an organization's success by raising awareness for the brand and inviting the audience to spread the word both online and in person. In the following pages of this document, three successful marathons in the Greater Phoenix area are analyzed: the Phoenix Marathon in Mesa, the P.F. Chang's Rock 'n' Roll Marathon in Tempe, and the IMS Arizona Marathon in Glendale. Each analysis provides examples of how strategic messaging and campaigns are used via social media to build relationships with current and prospective race participants. In addition, demographic and psychographic information specific to athletic event participants is analyzed in order to provide an understanding of the target audience and their motives for participating in athletic events.
ContributorsJakubek, Megann Kay (Author) / Wu, Xu (Thesis director) / Knott, Mary (Committee member) / Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2015-12
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Southern Arizona was once described as a "sea of grass" extending across the four major valleys, the Sulphur Spring Valley, the San Pedro Valley, the San Simon Valley and the San Bernardino Valley. But today the majority of that land is covered with desert shrubs like mesquite, leaving little to none of the natural grasses that once dominated these valleys. By the late 1800s Americans were flocking to southern Arizona to take advantage of some of the lushest grasslands the United States had to offer. Yet today we can find very little of these grasslands remaining, and so the image of this once productive land has been long forgotten. This thesis/creative project takes an in-depth look at what the land in Cochise County, Arizona once was, what it has become, and what happened to cause these drastic changes. It looks at the four major theories as to what caused these changes. The first of which is the overgrazing of cattle through the cattle boom of the late 1800s. The second is the effect of climactic events like drought and an increase in aridity over time. The third is the encroachment of what was thought to be non-native mesquite, which choked out the natural grasses. And the fourth and final theory is that the overarching suppression of fire by settlers allowed desert shrubs to expand their ranges into the grasslands. Through historical records like newspaper articles, photo archives, land surveys, military travel journals, census data, weather records as well as prior research works and interviews with researchers, conservationists and ranchers, a history of these lands is presented to show the major turning points in the lands' use and determine what led to their deterioration.
ContributorsAmes, Amanda Gail (Author) / Minteer, Ben (Thesis director) / Klett, Mark (Committee member) / Rowe, Helen (Committee member) / Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication (Contributor) / School of Life Sciences (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2015-12
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The purpose of this project is to use powerful visual storytelling techniques to convey a social need and an effective solution. Guatemala is a third world country, where poverty is widespread and the birth rate is high. Among the most economically and educationally disadvantaged are the Mayan women. Arizona nun, Sister Marife Hellman, recognized the needs of this population and founded a school to serve them. Hellman's mission is to provide a quality education to those underserved, so they can become positive leaders in their native communities. The website and video materials produced for this thesis are meant to be used for fundraising purposes on behalf of the school. All funds raised will help Hellman's alumni launch schools in their native areas, giving access to education that has long been nonexistent. Watch the mini-documentary here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxTiuwQCH44&t=17s.
ContributorsLaduke, Sierra Dawn (Author) / Craft, John (Thesis director) / Mork, Nick (Committee member) / Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication (Contributor) / School of Community Resources and Development (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2018-05
DescriptionThis thesis discusses the topics of Generative Artificial Intelligence and Screenwriting, and how they come together. Although the 2023 writer's strike restricted the usage of GAI, there is a high probability given how fast technology advances, that GAI will be used to write formulaic narratives for screenplays.
ContributorsChim, Natalie (Author) / Bernstein, Gregory (Thesis director) / LaMont, Chris (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / Department of Management and Entrepreneurship (Contributor) / The Sidney Poitier New American Film School (Contributor)
Created2024-05
Description'DOPE SICK' is an experimental film exploring love addiction set to original narrative form poetry.
ContributorsContreras, Stefano (Author) / Nascimento, Eliciana (Thesis director) / Benavides, Adam (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / Historical, Philosophical & Religious Studies, Sch (Contributor) / The Sidney Poitier New American Film School (Contributor)
Created2024-05
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Highly culturally-embedded elements of language like linguistic style and norms of formality and informality can pose a challenge for translators. Theorists of translation studies have historically considered the field of audiovisual translation in particular as a culturally homogenizing institution due to the strong commercial forces surrounding production of audiovisual translation. In this thesis, I discuss how speakers of French use lexical items to index linguistic formality and informality as an element of style. Style itself is a dynamic and continually innovative tool available to speakers to express identity and positionality of the speaker as well as attitudes toward their interlocutors. In French film and television, these stylistic features are critical to character identity-building and storytelling. In this thesis, I analyze France.tv Slash’s teen drama, Skam France (2018-2023), to explore how independent fan translators tackle complex translational issues of culture and linguistic style and how their choices influence meaning-making in narrative television. Ultimately, despite its drawbacks and complications, the collaborative, decentralized, and reciprocal nature of the fansubbing model reveals new potentialities in the form and function of audiovisual translation.
ContributorsHawkins, Grace (Author) / Bahtchevanova, Mariana (Thesis director) / Van Gelderen, Elly (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / The Sidney Poitier New American Film School (Contributor) / Department of English (Contributor)
Created2024-05
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This duo thesis is an autoethnography of what it means to be Filipino-American in the United States. Being raised in varying backgrounds yet with the similarity of being Filipino, there are aspects of our lives that are simultaneously similar and different. The goal of this project is the exploration of one’s cultural, familial and personal identities and how they intersect with their individuality and sense of belonging. Through this project, we documented our experience as Filipinos in the United States and our travel back to the Philippines and showcased it through videos. It is a means to document our reflections on this project to share with the Filipino community and individuals who share the same sentiments.
ContributorsTamayo, Rianne Daisy (Author) / Onayan, Youla Tricia (Co-author) / O'Flaherty, Katherine (Thesis director) / Fedock, Rachel (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / College of Health Solutions (Contributor)
Created2024-05
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This duo thesis is an autoethnography of what it means to be Filipino-American in the United States. Being raised in varying backgrounds yet with the similarity of being Filipino, there are aspects of our lives that are simultaneously similar and different. The goal of this project is the exploration of one’s cultural, familial and personal identities and how they intersect with their individuality and sense of belonging. Through this project, we documented our experience as Filipinos in the United States and our travel back to the Philippines and showcased it through videos. It is a means to document our reflections on this project to share with the Filipino community and individuals who share the same sentiments.
ContributorsOnayan, Youla Tricia (Author) / Tamayo, Rianne Daisy (Co-author) / O'Flaherty, Katherine (Thesis director) / Fedock, Rachel (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / College of Health Solutions (Contributor)
Created2024-05
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This thesis, which is largely comprised of a video essay along with a paper and presentation, makes the argument that narrative film should be considered and can be used as a tool to help mend the disconnect between humanity and nature. Humanity, during the last century, has been seeing a rapid rise in its reliance on technology, which has also witnessed a quick rise. In our increased usage of technology and the man-made, we've gradually lost our place within nature — seeing ourselves as outsiders rather than the very products of it. Perhaps the most grave result of this disconnect comes in the form of our damage towards the planet and the environments in which we reside. There are many proposed solutions that have been offered and even heeded to heal this divide, but I believe that film hasn't had its moment in the sun amongst these proposals; narrative film, in particular. In my thesis, I constructed a video essay — a format that relies on many of the conventions one would see in narrative film — to make a meaningful argument in favor of narrative film's role in the relationship between mankind and its home.
ContributorsHarris, Aiden (Author) / Barca, Lisa (Thesis director) / Meloy, Elizabeth (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / The Sidney Poitier New American Film School (Contributor) / School of Politics and Global Studies (Contributor)
Created2024-05