In my video essay I explore how films and social media are challenging traditional notions of femininity by portraying characters who express unconventional emotions like anger...
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The Changing Landscape of Filmmaking
With AI-generated art becoming more common, it can be unsettling to realise that something we admire wasn’t created by a human. The Hollywood writers’ strikes have highlighted the need for protections around AI in filmmaking, ensuring it doesn’t replace or undermine human creativity. While AI has potential, it still can’t match the emotional depth of human storytelling, but for how long?
Continue reading...Playing with Humanity: Cyborgs in Cinematic Context
Last week’s lecture made me realise that cyborgs go far beyond what I thought they were. My idea of cyborgs was pretty simplistic: On the one...
Continue reading...PODCAST: “Are you a watcher or a player?”
A movie about an online game with romance in the background. Sounds like a perfect movie to laugh about with your friends. But if I tell...
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4000 US Dollars
Bayonetta 3, a sequel in the popular Bayonetta videogame series, is set to launch on October 28th. This is great news for any fans of the...
Continue reading...Racism in the online fantasy fandom
I myself am a big fantasy fan. I watch series such as ‘Game of Thrones’ and fantasy movies such as Harry Potter , Narnia and The...
Continue reading...Paradise Hills
Paradise Hills is a film by director Alice Waddington and premiered 26 January 2019 at the Sundance Film Festival. When I watched this film back in...
Continue reading...“The Mitchells vs. The Machines” is a Delightfully Surprising Movie with Modern Relevance
Sony Pictures’ The Mitchells vs. The Machines is a fantastic movie featuring a unique, visually stunning art style, genuinely funny moments, and a captivating storyline. However,...
Continue reading...Movie rec: Free Guy
I visited my friend in New York over the summer, and she and I have wildly different tastes in just about everything. But we’d spent the...
Continue reading...Are Games becoming Movies or Series
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Demi Lovato Taught Me English
This blog post discusses how the globalization of media and entertainment has facilitated learning other languages just by consuming content. Audio-visual styles of learning languages have...
Continue reading...The Hater – a dark use of social media
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Studio Ghibli: a reminder to enjoy life
The Japanese animation Studio Ghibli was established on June 15 1985 by Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, amongst others. Miyazaki and Takahata both had experience in animation...
Continue reading...The illusion of life
Do you feel like every day is the same and like there is possibly something more to life? Good news for you, your reality is a...
Continue reading...Movies, memories and more words starting with ‘M’
For most people it is impossible to remember what the first movie was they ever saw. Yes, your parents could probably tell you but cast your...
Continue reading...First time experiencing the movie scene in real life
Everyone has his or her memorable event that happens by coincidence or for a reason. The memorable event becomes meaningful to people that it is long...
Continue reading...Blackwashing/whitewashing
No, this title is not referring to your laundry. It does refer to when people for instance use a white person to represent a black person...
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