scholarly journals The work of an invisible body

2014 ◽  
pp. 79-93
Author(s):  
Lucy Fife Donaldson
Keyword(s):  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Film Theory ◽  
Functional Element ◽  
The Body ◽  
Physical Work ◽  
Physical Action ◽  
Expressive Performance ◽  
Bob Fosse

On-screen bodies are central to our engagement with film. As sensory film theory seeks to remind us, this engagement is sensuous and embodied: our physicality forms sympathetic, kinetic and empathetic responses to the bodies we see and hear. We see a body jump, run and crash and in response we tense, twitch and flinch. But whose effort are we responding to? The character’s? The actor’s? This article explores the contribution of an invisible body in shaping our responsiveness to on-screen effort, that of the foley artist. Foley artists recreate a range of sounds made by the body, including footsteps, breath, face punches, falls, and the sound clothing makes as actors walk or run. Foley is a functional element of the filmmaking process, yet accounts of foley work note the creativity involved in these performances, which add to characterisation and expressivity. Drawing on detailed analysis of sequences in Cabaret (Bob Fosse, 1972) and Die Hard (John McTiernan, 1988) which foreground exertion and kinetic movement through dance and physical action, this article considers the affective contribution of foley to the physical work depicted on-screen. In doing so, I seek to highlight the extent to which foley constitutes an expressive performance that furthers our sensuous perception and appreciation of film.

Features of development of functional overstrain at workers of physical work

2020 ◽  
pp. 643-643
Author(s):  
A. V. Kapustina ◽  
V. V. Elizarova ◽  
O. V. Bykova
Keyword(s):  
Functional State ◽  
The Body ◽  
Physical Work ◽  
Manual Labor ◽  
Production Studies ◽  
Professional Groups

The results of the production studies of professional groups of manual labor (stone saws, packers, slingers) are presented. It is shown that a change in the functional state of the body of workers leads to the development of fatigue and overstrain of the body systems of workers.

SEEING AND HEARING DISABILITY IN MAURICIO KAGEL'S REPERTOIRE FROM STAATSTHEATER

Tempo ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 75 (296) ◽  
pp. 7-20
Author(s):  
Bethany Younge
Keyword(s):  
Disability Studies ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
The Body ◽  
Avant Garde ◽  
Hearing Disability ◽  
Physical Action ◽  
The One ◽  
Traditional Roles

AbstractThis article adopts a disability studies perspective to evaluate the ways in which Mauricio Kagel's Repertoire from Staatstheater reimagines human bodies. Objects and bodies interact in myriad ways within the one hundred vignettes of Repertoire: some objects hinder or aid the bodies on stage, while others become incorporated within the body, acting as a single expressive unit. My analysis demonstrates the ways in which both objects and bodies transform their traditional roles as ascribed by society, rejecting procrustean physiques. Using disability studies concepts such as embodiment and experientialism I evaluate sound and physical action as inextricable expressions of imaginative corporealities. Reflecting upon Kagel's identity as an outsider of the European avant-garde, as well as his irreverence for oppressive social institutions, I evince that other forms of hierarchical disruptions are at play, namely that abled bodies do not preside over disabled ones and notions of beauty hold no clout.

scholarly journals The relationship between body weight and exterior measurements in domestic ostriches during the first four months after hatching

2007 ◽  
Vol 23 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 13-20
Author(s):  
Andrey Kurtenkov
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Other ◽  
Phenotypic Correlation ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Selection Of

It is related leg problems to the realization of the necessity of doing a detailed analysis of the phenotype correlations between body weight and exterior measurements. As a result of the study, lower coefficients have been obtained of the correlation between the girth of the tarso metatarsus on one hand, and the body weight and the girth behind the wings, on the other hand (respectively 0.563 and 0.608), compared with the one between the body weight and the girth behind the wings (0.898). It is advisable in the selection of ostriches to take into consideration the necessity of a higher phenotypic correlation between the girth of the tarso metatarsus on the one hand, and the body weight and the girth behind the wings on the other hand, with a view to preventing leg problems.

Training the Body Politic: Networked Masculinity and the ‘War on Terror’ in Hollywood Film

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Knee
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
War On Terror ◽  
Source Code ◽  
Body Politic ◽  
The Body ◽  
James Bond ◽  
Hollywood Film ◽  
Hollywood Films ◽  
Political Perspective

Adam Knee continues this discussion of the action/adventure genre in Chapter Seven, "Training the Body Politic: Networked Masculinity and the 'War on Terror' in Hollywood Film", offering a detailed analysis of the representation of masculinity and agency in two Hollywood films, Unstoppable (2010) and Source Code (2011), which exhibit striking similarities at a range of levels, from their narratives to deeper structures of gendered character function, theme, and geo-political perspective that, he contends, are a manifestation of distinctly post-9/11 American concerns. Like Vincent M. Gaine's chapter on James Bond, Knee analyses both the variations inherent in the genre in the wake of 9/11 and the consistencies of the parameters of American mainstream film, and, more specifically, a developing conceptualization of modes of disciplined masculinity necessitated by the nation’s 'War on Terror' narrative. Knee then concludes with a comparative analysis of a pre-9/11 film and its post-9/11 remake in which these parameters are brought to the fore: the original Paul Verhoeven RoboCop (1987) and RoboCop (2014) directed by José Padilha.

scholarly journals Body Status and Occupational Health Hazards of Female Workers : A Comparative Analysis

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-30
Author(s):  
Dimpal Arora ◽  
Pooja Sitholay ◽  
Soudeep Kr Sau
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Life Style ◽  
Physiological Stress ◽  
Work Group ◽  
The Body ◽  
Health Hazards ◽  
Anthropometric Measurement ◽  
Physical Work ◽  
Fat Percentage ◽  
Objective Health

Objective: Health is nothing but a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing not merely the absence of disease. Health depends on life style and requires the promotion of healthy life style. Health is both a consequence of an individual’s life style and factors in determining it. Working pattern or type of work has long been known to influence human health specially. The present study was under taken to evaluate the body status and physiological stress and occupational health hazards of the female workers.Methods: According to the work load the working group was classified in to low physical work group (LPWG) and the moderate type of physical work group (MPWG). Eighty women (forty in each group), excluding pregnant women, were selected from the municipal area of Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India, aged between 20 to 40 years. The anthropometric measurement and skin fold thickness were taken, from which the body mass index (BMI) and fat percentage were determined. The blood pressure of all the   subjects was taken by mercury sphygmomanometer at resting condition. The occupational health hazards were determined by questionnaire technique.Result: The result indicates that the MPWG workers suffer in significantly (p<0.001) low weight, BMI and Fat% than that of the LPWG workers. The MPWG workers also suffer from significantly (p<0.001) higher percentage of musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) at neck, shoulder, elbow, wrist, finger, cuff and feet-ankle joint. MPWG workers, hemoglobin concentration also significantly (p<0.01) lower than that of the LPWG workers.Conclusion: It may be concluded that, this study is helpful to identify the risk factor for the occurrence of different cardiovascular as well as musculoskeletal abnormalities and accordingly prevention program, regarding proper food habit be undertaken. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijosh.v4i1.12166

Comparison of Implantable Antennas for Cardiovascular Patients

2015 ◽  
Vol 781 ◽  
pp. 595-598 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pichitpong Soontornpipit
Keyword(s):  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Medical Devices ◽  
The Body ◽  
Communication Services ◽  
Cardiovascular Patients ◽  
Implantable Antennas ◽  
Mics Band ◽  
Comparative Results ◽  
Folded Dipole ◽  
Implant Communication

Implantable device cardiac observation (ICDO) such as pacemaker requires communication with medical devices outside the body in order to monitor or control the parameters of the organ it is supporting. Three types of implantable antennas have been investigated to determine their performances on two patient conditions: normal and hyperglycemia. Folded dipole, serpentine microstrip, and waffle-type Planar Inverted-F (PIFA) antennas are operated in the 402-405 MHz, which is medical implant communication services (MICS) band. Detailed analysis of the design issues of the antennas and comparative results of simulations and measurements are presented.

Intimacy and Romance in Film Theory

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Tulloch ◽  
Belinda Middleweek
Keyword(s):  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Textual Analysis ◽  
Film Theory ◽  
Mutual Understanding ◽  
Historical Understanding ◽  
Mapping Theory

Chapter 3 explores the critical frame of feminist Lacanian postmodernism, underpinning an understanding of real sex films like Romance as art-house cinema in mutual dialogue with pornography. It argues that this fusion and tension between genres misses significant disparities within art house, and neither offers a robust history nor acknowledges that the Romance narrative focuses on Marie’s negotiation of her own sexuality and embodiment via a picaresque series of female/male encounters in a changed modernity. In its detailed analysis of Romance, the chapter draws on Giddens’s concepts of plastic sexuality and confluent love, Raymond Williams’s notion of emotional realism, and Trevor Griffiths’s historical understanding of the (raced and classed) wandering vagrant in an interdisciplinary “extension” of Tanya Krzywinska’s analysis of real sex cinema. This textual analysis combines “mutual understanding” of feminist mapping theory with risk sociology’s recognition of history as the growth of dialogue with the ars erotica.

scholarly journals Capturing the Body Live: A Framework for Technological Recognition and Extension of Physical Expression in Performance

Leonardo ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Jessop
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Performance Analysis ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Physical Performance ◽  
The Body ◽  
Emotional Content ◽  
Performing Artists ◽  
Technological Performance ◽  
Expressive Performance ◽  
New Framework

Performing artists have frequently used technology to sense and extend the body’s natural expressivity through live control of multimedia. However, the sophistication, emotional content and variety of expression possible through the original physical channels are often not captured by these technologies and thus cannot be transferred from body to digital media. In this article the author brings together research from expressive performance analysis, machine learning and technological performance extension techniques to define a new framework for recognition and extension of expressive physical performance.

A magnetic model for the Budgell Harbour Stock, Newfoundland

1976 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. G. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Susceptibility ◽  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
The Body ◽  
Aeromagnetic Data ◽  
Surface Rock ◽  
Rock Samples ◽  
Magnetic Model ◽  
Apparent Susceptibility

A detailed analysis of the aeromagnetic data over the Budgell Harbour Stock indicates that the stock can be modelled as a vertical prism having a depth to the bottom of approximately 5.5 km. The depth of the body has been calculated using the measured magnetic susceptibility and NRM data for 6 sample sites from the stock. The modelling results indicate that the apparent susceptibility determined from the surface rock samples are too small to explain the observed anomaly. This indicates that the true apparent susceptibility for the stock is larger than the observed apparent susceptibility.

scholarly journals Protein requirements in tropical countries: nitrogen losses in sweat and their relation to nitrogen balance

1967 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 833-843 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann Ashworth ◽  
A. D. B. Harrower
Keyword(s):  
Initial Period ◽  
Tropical Climate ◽  
The Body ◽  
N Balance ◽  
Nitrogen Losses ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Physical Work ◽  
N Loss ◽  
Total N ◽  
Protein Requirements

1. An experiment was undertaken to determine whether high rates of sweating in a tropical climate affect protein requirements by increasing the total nitrogen losses from the body.2. Six fully acclimatized volunteers were given a diet supplying 50 g protein (= 8 g N) daily. They performed strenuous physical work of a normal nature for an average of 6½ h a day for two 5-day periods. During control periods the subjects took minimal exercise and lived in a cool environment. N balance was measured throughout.3. Rates of sweating were measured by weighing. Whole body sweat was collected and the concentrations were measured of nitrogen, sodium and potassium. During 6½ h work approximately 3 l. of sweat were lost, containing on average 0·49 g N, 64 m-equiv. Na and 22 m-equiv. K.4. The N concentration in sweat was 0·20 mg/g, which is lower than that found by most other workers. It is suggested that acclimatization is an important factor in reducing N loss by sweating.5. There was a marked decrease in urinary Na excretion during sweating, which compensated fully for the loss of Na in sweat. Renal compensation for loss of K was less efficient.6. Because the total N loss in sweat was small, it was not possible to establish with certainty whether it was compensated for by a reduced renal excretion of N. However, after the initial period the subjects were in N balance in spite of the relatively low protein intake.7. It is concluded that there is no evidence to suggest that heavy sweating under natural conditions in a tropical climate causes a significant increase in protein requirements.

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