A Study on Historical Reinterpretation and Film Representation: focused on The Last Princess and The King’s Letters

Cine forum ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
pp. 211-239
Author(s):  
Seungryul Kang
Keyword(s):  
Film Representation

scholarly journals “War on Terror”: The Limitation of Representation of the Film

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-144
Author(s):  
Gegen
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
War On Terror ◽  
Public Memory ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Other ◽  
New Hollywood ◽  
Film Representation ◽  
History Of ◽  
Visual History

History was always written by the winners. Despite the fact that the history of the War on Terror is relatively new, Hollywood is quick to develop a visual history of the conflict. Hollywood’s excellent realism aesthetics were successful in justifying the goal and method of the “war on terror,” interrupting ongoing reality to influence and reconstruct public memory about what happened. This dissertation will use three awarded and influential case studies: The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty and American Sniper to demonstrate the fragmentation of film representation, that the film only speaks for “us.” The dissertation aims to uncover the hidden political unawareness behind film representations, the manner in which those films provide limited versions of what happened, and how the films emphasise the self-subjectivity while objectifying the other.

scholarly journals Mulan and Moana: Embedded Coloniality and the Search for Authenticity in Disney Animated Film

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Anjirbag
Keyword(s):  
Cross Cultural ◽  
The Other ◽  
Film Production ◽  
Global Media ◽  
Global Culture ◽  
Culturally Specific ◽  
Walt Disney ◽  
Film Representation ◽  
Animated Film ◽  
Literature And Film

As the consciousness of coloniality, diversity, and the necessity of not only token depictions of otherness but accurate representations of diversity in literature and film has grown, there has been a shift in the processes of adaptation and appropriation used by major film production companies and how they approach representing the other. One clear example of this is the comparison of the depiction of diverse, cross-cultural womanhood between Walt Disney Animation Studio’s Mulan (1998) and Moana (2016). This paper will use a cross-period approach to explore the ways in which a global media conglomerate has and has not shifted its approach to appropriation of the multicultural as other and the implications for representational diversity in the context of globalization and a projected global culture. In one case, a cultural historical tale was decontextualized and reframed, while in the other, cultural actors had a degree of input in the film representation. By examining culturally specific criticisms and scenes from each film, I will explore how the legacy of coloniality can still be seen embedded in the framing of each film, despite the studio’s stated intentions towards diversity and multiculturalism.

A Simplified Thermal Analysis of Elastohydrodynamic Contacts

2013 ◽  
Vol 135 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Raynald Guilbault
Keyword(s):  
Contact Zone ◽  
Load Resistance ◽  
Lubricant Film ◽  
Absolute Difference ◽  
Inlet Temperature ◽  
Contact Conditions ◽  
Film Representation ◽  
Elliptical Contact ◽  
Thermal Ehl ◽  
Zone Temperature

Under elastohydrodynamic (EHL) conditions, the temperature in the contact zone determines the load resistance of the lubricant film. Therefore, an efficient assessment of the scuffing risks requires accurate contact temperature predictions. The work presented in this paper develops a simple and prompt temperature model exploitable within any thermal EHL modeling approach. The model incorporates a multilayer lubricant film representation for the heat equation solution. The developments also include an original heat repartition factor expression and a simple formula for handling intermediate values of the Peclet number. The rolling/sliding conditions in the inlet cause temperature rises that also affect the film resistance in the contact zone; this study proposes an inlet temperature rise equation. This formula offers temperature predictions in agreement with reference values. The contact zone temperature predictions for the line of contact problem under sliding/rolling conditions agree remarkably well with published numerical results; for the evaluations presenting the higher absolute difference, the correspondence remained over 94% and 95% for the maximum and mean temperatures, respectively. Both line and elliptical contact conditions were tested and compared to experimental data available in the literature. The analysis evidenced the precision of the estimates; thus attesting to the accuracy of the model under any contact conditions. Finally, the results indicate that, depending on the pressure and speed combination, the shearing zone may occupy around 30% of the film thickness.

Cinema Pessimism

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Foa Dienstag
Keyword(s):  
Political Life ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Modern Life ◽  
Democratic Representation ◽  
Popular Films ◽  
Film Representation ◽  
Elected Representatives ◽  
Over Time

Cinema Pessimism uses the medium of film to explore the dilemmas of democratic representation. When is representation an aid to democracy, and when is it an obstacle? Why are democratic populations so perpetually dissatisfied with their representatives? An exploration of film representation gives us a unique standpoint from which to answer these and other questions. Representation contains dangers for democracy, including its ability to foster illusions of power and freedom in a citizenry rather than genuine autonomy. Film itself can be a powerful political narcotic, suppressing rather than expressing the humanity that is supposed to flourish in democracy. Most popular films today, like many elected representatives, frustrate and interrupt democracy rather than sustain it. In its best form, however, representation, both filmic and political, can add something irreplaceable to our political life. Democratic citizens are hard to represent because human beings only reveal themselves over time. Representing them thus holds special challenges that this work explores. Great representatives and great representations are rare, but when they do appear, they enhance our politics by sustaining the reciprocity and equality that are at the heart of any well-ordered human society. We can draw these lessons from films even as we resist the increasing saturation of modern life with representations that distract or degrade us.

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