Video Film Research Articles

Genre-format features of modern entertainment television

The highly competitive digital environment makes it necessary to study the content strategies of TV channels that continue to attract a mass audience to the screens. In the example of the program grid of the STS, TNT, and Pyatnitsa TV channels, the genre and format features of entertainment TV were analyzed. The formats in demand for programming are identified, and the seasonal (from August to December 2021) and weekly dynamics of content strategies (Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday) are shown. The list of entertainment television formats was compiled, and the research matrix was created based on the study of theoretical sources and a pilot study. The analysis showed that the selected TV channels have different content strategies. However, more successful TV channels that have been on the market for longer are building their content strategy, turning mainly to non-journalistic content formats, primarily television films and series. Among journalistic entertainment programs, humorous shows, travel shows, and reality shows were in demand. The content strategies of all TV channels on weekdays, Fridays, and Sundays were different.

Artistic expressions with the use of costumes in selected Ghanaian video films: The freedom and responsibilities of the costumier as an artist

The increase in advertisements for newly produced films in Ghana is a testament that the Ghanaian film industry has become one of the fastest growing businesses in the country. Contemporary film producers or directors have continued the tradition of their forebears in the use of various traditional visual elements of communication, particularly the use of costumes. Costumes are powerful visual elements employed in film productions for effective characterization and to offer vital narrative cues to viewers. While acknowledging that costumiers have the freedom to express themselves in constructing costumes, both for utilitarian and aesthetic purposes, it is equally important for such artistic expressions to be accompanied by some responsibilities to social norms. Employing a qualitative approach and relying on purposive sampling to sample two Ghanaian video films, this study relied on content analysis to explore how costumes have been used in films. Anchored on the theory of representation, the study contributes to the ongoing debate on the ways in which costumes are used in video film productions. The findings revealed that some costumiers in the third historical phase of film making in Ghana have not articulated their artistic freedoms and equal responsibilities associated with costuming films. This calls for regular in-service training and workshops for costumiers.

Text Mining of Movie Animation User Comments and Video Artwork Recommendation Based on Machine Learning

Video artworks are closely linked with the development of contemporary technology. Therefore, it is widely used in various fields of social life. Video art has become one of the main media forms of contemporary art. In the practice of art teaching, how to combine the existing content of traditional art teaching with video technology and how to understand the inner connection between traditional aesthetics and technological aesthetics have become issues that workers in the new era must think about and pay attention to. As a typical case of influencing works of art, movie animation is loved by the majority of young people. In order to quantify the application effect of machine learning in video art and film animation text mining, this paper conducts prediction research and analysis on several main aspects of color features involved in film animation. By introducing three typical machine learning methods, this paper analyzes the distribution law of the color features of film animation from the perspective of machine learning and its influence on artistic texts. Specifically, the paper uses machine learning methods as a carrier to predict the performance of multiple main modules of color features in movie animation. The prediction results show that the square of the correlation coefficient corresponding to the extreme learning machine is the largest, and the root mean square error, the mean absolute percentage error, and the median absolute error are the smallest, which shows that the extreme learning machine has the best prediction effect. Therefore, it corresponds to the best prediction. In addition, the comparison between the predicted data and the measured data shows that the relationship between the two is approximately a linear function of y = x. At the same time, the fitting calculation shows that the predicted data corresponding to the two main modules of the main color and the color structure in the color feature exhibit a good functional relationship of polynomial functions.

“You Are What You Watch?”

Considering that today's youth are inadvertently exposed to violence in all forms of media and video games, research shows that this affects the psyche, subsequently manifesting in aggressive behaviour. This research paper examines how media violence, particularly in video games and movies, impacted youth behaviour during Uzbekistan's pandemic-imposed lockdown period in 2020. The research deploys a mixed-method approach by using quantitative online and offline surveys and data collected from educational institutions and companies to analyse the impact of media violence on youth who chose to play violent video games and watch violent movies during the pandemic. At the same time, the qualitative thematic analysis presents recommendations for preventing the adverse effects of violent video games and films on young people's behaviour. The research ends with suggestions on supporting young people and ways to protect them from falling into the vicious cycle of violence, which triggers aggression in their behaviour.

Sosialisasi dan Promosi Penggunaan Protokol Kesehatan dan Vaksinasi di Masa Pandemi Covid-19

The COVID-19 outbreak has spread to all parts of the world, one of which is Indonesia. This COVID-19 virus has claimed many lives, not only claimed lives, this virus also claimed the happiness and economy of the community. The spread of the virus is very fast on March 2, 2020. The purpose of this activity is to provide information about vaccinations and to invite residents to comply with health protocols and be willing to be vaccinated. The results obtained from this activity are in the form of a short 5 minute video film with the theme about the flow of vaccination services and in the form of direct socialization of health protocols and vaccinations to the target community.Keyword: health protocols; vaccination; COVID-19, Socialization

Deconstructing Collywood: A Conceptual Discourse on the Camerooness and Nigerianisation of Cameroon’s Video Film Industry

Since its inception in 2008, the Cameroonian video film industry (codenamed Collywood) has attracted mitigated criticism from both Cameroonian and foreign commentators. This criticism has partly bordered on the “camerooness” versus the “foreignness” of Collywood. While a number of critics are of the persuasion that the above-mentioned cinematic movement is not only nigerianised but one of the multiple vectors of the nigerianisation of the Cameroonian cinema industry, others instead think that, by copying the Nollywood model, Cameroonian cineastes may boost their film production and ultimately inundate the local market with movies that speak to local cultures and reflect the quotidian experiences of Cameroonians. Using three methods of data collection (namely secondary sources, unofficial interviews with cineastes and critical observations), this paper revisits the above-mentioned debate and some of the thorny issues that have stemmed from the emergence, evolution, and enculturation of Collywood. The paper aims specifically at examining the camerooness versus the nigerianess of the Collywood movement. The paper attains four principal objectives: in the first place, it critically examines the creation and vision of Collywood, as well as its representativeness of Cameroon’s socio-cultural dynamics. In the second place, it explores the extent to which Collywood may be said to capture the aspirations of Cameroonian cineastes. Thirdly, the paper critically examines the extent to which Collywood is a nigerianised movement and an agent of the Nollywoodisation of the Cameroonian film industry. In the last place, it shows how the idea of copying the Nollywood model may enable or has been enabling the success of Collywood. Among other findings, the paper argues that Collywood is majorly a Nollywoodised Anglophone movement. Its Nigerianisation is just an inevitable outcome of the globalization/transnationalisation of the Nollywood model.

EDUCATIONAL VALUE DEVIATION IN THE MOVIE ADAPTATION OF MALIN KUNDANG LEGEND

In different folktale-transformation films, there is an energizing marvel from the Legend of Malin Kundang of the Minangkabau area, West Sumatra, Indonesia. The legend advises a child who is sentenced to stone by his mom. This study describes the deviation of educational values in the Malin Kundang legend movie adaptations. This comparison refers to educational value deviation from text to a movie leading to the spread of the deviations in society. This study used a descriptive comparative analysis with a semiotic narrative analysis model from Greimas. The results showed that all three movies had similar action schemes to the legend, indicating their faithfulness to the legend's plot. This study concluded that the deviation increased the decadence of educational values in the film. Malin Kundang's character did the educational decadence in the legend. However, the Film Television (FTV) and animation added the decadence of Malin Kundang's wife's character, who lost her empathy for the poor. Strengthening the decadence in the movie also proved that movies, as popular culture products, were different from legends that are part of didactic literature. The novelty of this study is related to efforts to contribute to the skills of the 21st century, namely expanding verbal and nonverbal literacy or multimodality. So, this article examines not only legends as verbal texts but also legends that have been transformed into multimodality texts, that is, films with various variations.

Supervision of Educational Functions on Television Films During the Covid 19 Pandemic

During the Covid-19 pandemic, television can be used as an efficient and effective educational medium. However, television broadcasts are often dangerous and can be followed by students. Supervision of films watched by children is essential because shows that are not by age classification can affect behavior. One of the negative impacts is that it contains violence that children easily imitate. The purpose of this study is to analyze the educational function of television films during the covid 19 pandemic. This research is a type of quantitative research. The method used in this research is a survey method. The survey was administered to 34 volunteers who watched and supervised television films. The instrument used in data collection is a questionnaire. The data analysis technique used is descriptive qualitative and quantitative analysis. The study results are television films that do not have a telephone number as much as 32%. A discrepancy between telephone calls and the sensor results is as much as 37%. Do not make revisions by the recommendations of the Film Censorship Institute as much as 3%. Meanwhile, voiceovers were found to be 25% and 3% of expired phone calls.

A Study to Assess the Knowledge Regarding Intravenous Site Care among Staff Nurses Working in NMCH, Jamuhar, Rohtas

Introduction: IV therapy was first studied in 1831 by Dr. Thomas Latta of Leith and used IV saline in 1832 cholera epidemic. IV was further developed in 1930s by Hirschfeld, Hyman & Wanger. Intravenous therapy is used for fluid administration, to correct electrolyte imbalances, to deliver medications and for blood transfusion. Peripheral IV lines are simple, inexpensive and typically used for short term therapy. The 3 main types of centrally inserted catheters are non-tunneled, skin-tunneled, and implantable ports. As these are inserted in the major or the large veins, these catheters hold large risk of varied complications like bloodstream infections, pneumothorax, thrombosis, misplacement and other complications. The nurse should have accurate knowledge of the preparation and administration of the IV infusion and IV device and also know about the prevention, treatment and management of local and systematic complications. Aim: To assess the knowledge and practice regarding intravenous site care among staff nurses working in Narayan Medical College and Hospital jamuhar, Rohtas. Methodology: A quantitative approach is used for this study as it is considered as suitable one to assess the knowledge and practice regarding intravenous site care among nursing staff. The research design for the study is non-experimental and descriptive design. The sample sizes are 30 nurses selected with convenient sampling technique. Result: In order to collect the scientific data we used self-structured questionnaire. According to the finding majority of sample 24 (80%) of participant are having good knowledge, and 04(13.33%) of participant are having average knowledge and 02(6.66%) of participant are having poor knowledge. Majority of 19(63.33) of participant are having good level of practices, 11(36.66%) of participant are of average practices and there was no any participant having poor practice ware found on data analysis. Discussion: The findings of the present study can be used as a guide of future research. Interventional study can be designed to explore the knowledge and practice of staff nurses regarding prevention of blood stream infection following intravenous site care. To make the recommendation to the future researcher that a similar study can be carried out using teaching strategies like video films, computer assisted instructions. Conclusion: The study concluded that knowledge and practice are directly proportional to each other. There is no significant association between knowledge and practice with socio-demographic variable.

Prowincja dała mi wszystko, a ja jej oddanie służyłem

Interview with director Andrzej Baranski who, after graduating from a film school in Łódź, began portraying the Polish countryside. He did this already in his debut, television film titled At home (1976), revealing the author’s unique style. In an interview the director talks about this film-arcane, shares his reflections on cinema, province and the conscious resignation from other film themes, declaring: Province gave me everything, and I served it devotedly. He also talks about the role landscape plays in his films, autobiographical themes and the functioning of his work in People’s Poland. The conversation is a kind of balance sheet that Andrzej Barański makes of his film life.

Trajectory of a ball on an inclined plane

The trajectory of a ball rolling across an inclined plane was recorded on video film to determine if it followed a parabolic path as others have suggested. The challenges in this case were (a) to determine the magnitude and direction of the friction force on the ball, (b) to determine the effect of the friction force on the trajectory and (c) to explain why the rotation axis of the ball rotates as it rolls up and down the incline. The experiment is a simple extension of standard inclined plane experiments but with the extra pedagogical feature that angular velocity sometimes needs to be treated as a vector quantity.

Audiovisual teaching aids in the formation process of foreign language communicative competence

The modern visually-oriented world is the world of real and virtual possibilities due to the application of information technologies. Therefore, television and the Internet are used not only for entertainment but also for educational purposes in all the spheres of human activity including education. In didactics, audiovisuals play an important role in mastering foreign languages. The appropriateness of their use in the educational process is stipulated by their implementation facilitating all general didactic learning principles – activity, consciousness, consistency, and visualization as well. Audio and video materials are aimed at improving the perception efficiency of the program material, checking the level of its assimilation, and mastering the abilities and practical skills for application of the acquired knowledge. The aim of our analysis was an attempt to define the most basic principles for the formation of competence in a foreign language in students from non-language institutions of higher education based on the use of audiovisual teaching aids. During the study, the authors conducted an analysis and synthesis of the best pedagogical practice, generalized their observations, and experimentally verified the validity of using audiovisual teaching aids in the formation of foreign language competence of foreign students of the preparatory department and the main stage of training (1st-4th year students), and 1st-2nd year Ukrainian students of Vinnytsia National Technical University. The article clarifies the concept of foreign language competence. There have been analyzed the main methods of forming students’ foreign language competence based on the use of audio and video materials (phonetic recordings, texts recordings, audio lessons, podcasts, video clips, video films, electronic textbooks, online dictionaries, video conferences, virtual seminars, telecommunication projects). The authors have substantiated theoretically and tested experimentally the effectiveness of the use of audiovisual teaching aids and their influence on the formation of speech competence among Ukrainian and foreign students. They have proved that while using audiovisuals in the classroom one should take into account the cognitive patterns of students’ learning activities, and their readiness to perceive and assimilate the learning material. It is also important to ensure an organic combination of specific audiovisuals with the teacher’s professional skills. The creation of the foreign language communicative environment will help both optimize the training of future engineers of foreign language professional communication, and also form their professional communicative competence.

Film for a purpose: a pictorial introduction

ABSTRACT Created for the Uses of Cinema conference (SSAAANZ, Monash University, November 2018), the video Film for a Purpose (13 minutes, 2018) offers a précis of my research with the ARC Discovery project ‘Utilitarian film in Australia 1945-1980'. The video essay ironically deploys certain tropes of the sponsored film - the green screen, the authoritative presenter, the wallto-wall narration, the literal illustration, etc. - in its exposition of the studies cited. An overview of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) where moving image collections of Australian government agencies are collected then drills down to films from the CSIRO (Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation) Film Unit. Uses of Cinema then turns to films of the Australian labour movement through the lens of Tom Zubrycki's controversial documentary film history of the Australian trade union movement, Amongst Equals (1986-1991). Each case study brings to light certain problems pertinent to the broader category: the ‘utilitarian film', in the Australian context. Finally a fourth research paper, completed after 2018, examines the surveillance image and its uses in political propaganda and investigative documentary. This ‘pictorial introduction' lightly annotates a selection of freeze frames from the film, explicating aspects of their ‘screen design’ and treatment.

DIDACTIC POSSIBILITIES OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE TRAINING OF FUTURE TEACHERS OF UKRAINIAN

The article reveals the didactic possibilities of information technology in the training of future teachers of the Ukrainian language. Screen and sound means as a kind of information technologies and requirements for their use are singled out. Considerable attention is paid to the use of video film both in academic classes and in extracurricular activities; its functions are revealed. Didactic requirements to technical means of training are defined. The significance and specifics of mass media in the formation of worldview and critical thinking of future teachers of the Ukrainian language are revealed. The specifics of the use of printed mass media and the peculiarities of their use in Ukrainian language classes are determined. Attention is paid to the personal computer as one of the means of information technology. It has been compared with other media (film, television, press, video). The functions of the computer as a tool of cognitive activity and a means of learning are highlighted. Its advantages and disadvantages are revealed. The need for a flexible rational combination of computer and traditional teaching methods is noted. The advantages of multimedia, features of electronic educational programs, in particular electronic textbook, are characterized. Didactic criteria and functions of the electronic textbook are revealed. The difference between the electronic textbook and the traditional linear one has been established. Its significance for distance learning and features of distance learning via the Internet are proved. Active methods of distance learning as a means of computer-mediated communication are proposed: debates, modeling, role-playing games, discussion groups, brainstorming, forums, and project groups. The specifics of the use of information technology by Ukrainian language teachers in the educational process are determined.
 Keywords: didactic opportunities; information technologies; training; future teachers; Ukrainian language; electronic textbook; screen and sound means; media; Internet.

Producing Nollywood portal films: Navigating precarity through informal social relations and hope

This article examines the production practices that underpin the production of portal films in the Nigerian video film industry (Nollywood). Following the recent surge in the number of streaming portals focusing on the distribution of Nollywood films, a nascent video on demand (VOD) market has been created. This new market has given rise to a crop of filmmakers who now produce straight-to-portal films. This article draws on semi-structured interviews with 30 industry stakeholders comprising producers, directors, writers, and streaming executives. Adopting a critical media industry studies approach, I argue that, in the face of pervasive precarity in the Nollywood VOD market, portal filmmakers adopt informal social relations and ‘hope labour’ in navigating productions and ensuring the market is sustained. The article contributes to extant research on Nollywood's production dynamics and extends existing debates about precarity in cultural industries through a less-studied context like Nollywood.

Violence against Women and Girls: Female Filmmakers Critique the Menace

Violence against Women and Girls: Female Filmmakers Critique the Menace

Classification of Contrasting Discrete Emotional States Indicated by EEG Based Graph Theoretical Network Measures.

The present study shows new findings that reveal the high association between emotional arousal and neuro-functional brain connectivity measures. For this purpose, contrasting discrete emotional states (happiness vs sadness, amusement vs disgust, calmness vs excitement, calmness vs anger, fear vs anger) are classified by using Support Vector Machines (SVMs) driven by Graph Theoretical segregation (clustering coefficients, transitivity, modularity) and integration (global efficiency, local efficiency) measures of the brain network. Emotional EEG data mediated by short duration video film clips is downloaded from publicly available database called DREAMER. Pearson Correlation (PC) and Spearman Correlation have been examined to estimate statistical dependencies between relatively shorter (6sec) and longer (12sec) non-overlapped EEG segments across the cortex. Then the corresponding brain connectivity encoded as a graph is transformed into binary numbers with respect to two different thresholds (60%max and mean). Statistical differences between contrasting emotions are obtained by using both one-way Anova tests and step-wise logistic regression modelling in accordance with variables (dependency estimation, segment length, threshold, network measure). Combined integration measures provided the highest classification accuracies (CAs) (75.00%80.65%) when PC is applied to longer segments in accordance with particular threshold as the mean. The segregation measures also provided useful CAs (74.13%80.00%), while the combination of both measures did not. The results reveal that discrete emotional states are characterized by balanced network measures even if both segregation and integration measures vary depending on arousal scores of audio-visual stimuli due to neurotransmitter release during video watching.

Cultural or Film Tourism? An analysis comparing Hobbiton (New Zealand) and Daguanyuan (China)

The study compares two destinations associated with literature and films. These are Daguanyuan in Beijing, China, and Hobbiton in Matamata, New Zealand. Both have proven to be enduring tourist attractions. Both are based on popular novels, namely Dream of the Red Mansions and The Lord of the Rings respectively. Both novels have attracted large audiences for television series or films. The question examined in the paper is whether, while both sites reflect different cultures, do they represent a form of tourism described in Asian academic literature as “contents tourism”. The study finds similarities in the reasons given for visits by tourists, which gives credence to concepts of a cosmopolitan or global culture, but context is thought to be important. The study explores the notion of “contents tourism” but concludes that this may only apply to specific circumstances and to highly committed “fans” (as in Otaku pilgrimage), and there is not yet a need to abandon older notions of “film tourism”. Keywords: Contents tourism, film tourism, globalization, interpretation, culture.

The The Cultural Value of Everyday Identity in Ghanaian Popular Video Movies

Discourses on Ghanaian video movies have predominantly been described as representing everyday life. Conversely, the approach to which the everydayness of the video movies has been viewed diminishes the cultural value of the narratives. This article examines how movie narratives capture daily life experiences and how they respond to the anxieties that characterise everyday life. Using qualitative research methods, a contextual analysis of six movies was employed in analysing the narratives. Representations of daily life are embodied in marriage, religion, family, social relations and economic conditions. Anxiety is expressed over family disintegration, consumer culture intersecting with religious beliefs and the interplay between individual aspirations and social expectations in contemporary living. This study broadens the conversation on the relevance and contribution of video films to both cinema and cultural studies.

Изучение гравитационных явлений в иноязычной аудитории на примере фильма «Гравитация»

The rapid development of digital technologies and actualization of online education create the necessary conditions for the active use of a video material when teaching foreign students. Its application in the process of learning physics is definitely of considerable practical importance. However, the film demonstration is not a goal in itself – the system of previewing, viewing, and post-viewing tasks plays a key role, which allows ensuring a qualitative understanding of the information, improves the students’ motivation, and promotes the formation of interest in the studied discipline. This paper was aimed to describe the main stages and methods of work with a video film in a physics class. The authors focused their attention on the visual demonstration of the basic laws and phenomena of physics; for this purpose, the Oscar-winning film “Gravity” by Alfonso Cuaron was chosen. The paper presents the types of tasks and exercises that allow preparing students for watching and understanding the film, as well as controlling the assimilation of theoretical and practical information. During the study, the authors conducted the surveys of the students to identify difficulties of film perception, the quality of understanding and acquiring of the studied material, pros and cons of organizing a lesson. As a result of the study, the authors identified that such form of a lesson allows the students to present the studied material, solve problems, form hypotheses, scientifically argue their point of view, and competently answer questions. The practical orientation of this paper is in the presentation of a well-planned lesson adapted to the level of a student – a pre-university training student, a bachelor, or a master.