Analysis Of Movies Research Articles

Movie analysis as an active learning method: A study with health management student

This study aims to determine the contribution of discussing movies as an active learning method on health management students' learning of health and management concepts. Students studying health management watched four movies containing many elements related to "health" and "management" in a month. After each movie, the analysis of the movie was carried out. In the study, four different student groups with similar qualifications were formed. The first group did not watch the movies, the second group only watched the movies, the third group watched the movies and discussed within the group, the fourth group watched the movies and discussed with the lecturer. The research population comprises the senior undergraduate Health Management Department students. At the end of the study, all participants took an exam containing the key concepts related to the movies. In addition, the satisfaction levels of students in relation to learning with movies were also measured. According to the results of the evaluation exam prepared for key concepts, a significant difference was found between the group means (p = 0.016). Accordingly, the mean (x = 71.32) of the fourth group, watching the movies and discussing with the lecturer, was found to be higher than the other groups. It was seen that watching movies containing key concepts in the field of health and management and discussing with the lecturer contributed to the cognitive and cultural levels of the students.

Deep learning-assisted analysis of single molecule dynamics from liquid-phase electron microscopy.

We apply U-Net and UNet++ to analyze single-molecule movies obtained from liquid-phase electron microscopy. Neural networks allow full automation, and high throughput analysis of these low signal-to-noise ratio images, while achieving higher segmentation accuracy, and avoiding subjective errors as compared to the conventional threshold methods. The analysis enables the quantification of transient dynamics in chemical systems and the capture of rare intermediate states by resolving local conformational changes within a single molecule.

Limitations of Cyborg feminism in India and Misinterpretation of feminism in Western Cyborg science fiction movies in the light of Haraway’s The Cyborg Manifesto

In the light Donna Haraway’s work The Cyborg Manifesto this paper analyses the difficulties of adapting Cyborg model of feminism in a developing country like India. Initially the concept of cyborg feminism (Bell, 108) as introduced by Haraway is used to analyse the implicit ideology of Western cyborg science fiction movies. Through the analysis of popular western cyborg movies like Alita: Battle Angel (2019) and Blade Runner 2049 (2017), the absence of gender duality in cyborg world as predicted by Donna Haraway is proved wrong. Later the concept of cyborg feminism in the present society is shown to be inadequate showing the glass ceiling effect and how technology is sided with patriarchy. Finally the limitation of Cyborg feminism especially in a third world country like India is revealed considering its historical, political and cultural diversity. Socialist feminism and identity politics is more essential in the present society than a foreseeing women’s liberation in a technically developed future.

Multi-modal Discourse Analysis of Chinese Hit Film Poster the Battle at Lake Changjin

As an intuitive and effective way of cross-cultural communication, film poster is of great importance and has gained wide academic attention. As the science and technology develop rapidly, multi-modal discourse analysis has gradually become one of the hot topics in linguistic research. However, previous research had mostly focused on the text analysis of movies, thus there is a scanty of systematic research on movie poster from multi-modal perspective. Therefore, this paper chooses one hit film the battle lake at Changjin to explore how each symbol work together to construct its meaning in a movie poster. It is hoped that this paper could be helpful for the audience to appreciate the movie from new angles.

Portrayal of Pakistan in Bollywood: A Content Analysis of Movies

Films have become an effective tool of propagation of messages, cultures, conflicts and ideologies. USA, Russia, China, Iran and other countries are also using it to achieve their goals to project their national agendas. Indian film industry has become the largest film producing industry in the world, and the Bollywood movies are being watched and liked all over the globe. Since the partition in 1947, India and Pakistan are considered harsh rivals. This study examined the portrayal of Pakistan image in Bollywood movies during the year of 2013. The researcher used mixed method to conduct this research. The Sample of this study was Bollywood movies released in 2013. For this purpose, the researcher scientifically investigated and analyzed about how and to what extent Bollywood movies are showing the face of Pakistan querulously. The study applied theory of framing to investigate that how Bollywood represent Pakistan.

Characters and Characterization in Up Movie: Philosophical Value Obtainment

This research aimed at finding out main characters and characterization in a family movie entitled ‘Up’. It is intended to give explanation about the main character namely Carl, Ellie, Russel, and Muntz as portrayed in the movie. The objectives of this research are to identify and analyze these four characters as they are considered the major characters in the movie. During data collection, an arm-chair method consisting of several steps were carried out; they are watching the movie, writing its transcription, reading the transcription, analyzing it, and categorizing the transcription into each relevant character. The data were later analyzed using interactive analysis through data reduction, data display, and data verification. The result shows that there are four characters considered as the major characters in this movie, they are Carl, Ellie, Russel, and Muntz. Carl is a character who gives loyalty value; Ellie depicts companionship value; Russel shows te vlaue of bravery; and Muntz shows a rather antagonistic value, which is greed. In conclusion, this movie is a good object to study as a source of learning, especially for young children and family movies. Keywords: Movie Analysis, Philosophical Values, Protagonists, Antagonists, Characterizations

Animist Phytofilm: Plants in Amazonian Indigenous Filmmaking

Early films about plants offer a glimpse into the behavior of vegetal life, which had hitherto remained hidden from humans. Critics have praised this animistic capacity of cinema, allowing audiences to see the movement of beings that appeared to be inert and lifeless. With these reflections as a starting point, this article examines the notion of animist cinema. I argue that early movies still remained beholden to the goal of showing the multiple ways in which plants resemble humans, a tendency we often still find today in work on critical plant studies. I discuss the concept of animism in the context of Amazonian Indigenous societies as a springboard into an analysis of movies by Indigenous filmmakers from the region that highlight the plantness of human beings. I end the essay with an analysis of Ika Muru Huni Kuin’s film Shuku Shukuwe as an example of animist phytocinema.

Films Analysis in the Perspective of Literary Sources: Developing the Procedure of Movies Analysis

The study is focused on the principles of discourse analysis in the perspective of the analysis of movies and their literary sources. For the sake of research in the study the types of discourse are regarded as "text" for literature and "discourse" for movies. All the elements of text and discourse analyses wouldn't be the same; the aim is to single out identical elements and to compare the literary text and its movie version. Several stages in the analysis procedure were established to reach the goal of adequate comparison.

A sociocultural analysis of the bereavement discourse: a cross-cultural study

Reactions to death have been examined in line with psychological, behavioral, and social perspectives (Zunin & Zunin, 2007). That being the case, the bereavement discourse has not been given sufficient attention appropriate to its communicative functions. This paper aims at investigating the bereavement discourse among Persian and English speakers, delving into the common communicative themes and extracting semantically meaningful categories. I also intend to make a cross-cultural comparison based on the common themes. The data of this study include 743 condoling sentences gathered through movie analysis, which can be a good source representing societal norms and cultural stereotypes (Pimentel, 2010). The bereavement discourse in movies was categorized under six general functions: (1) expressing regret; (2) offering condolence; (3) sharing feeling; (4) offering help; (5) extending sympathy; and (6) religious-oriented comments. The Chi-square test was conducted to find out whether the differences between these two groups of speakers are significant. I also discuss that the differences are meaningfully attributable to cultural conventions and social norms. Therefore, the relationship between micro and macro contexts is considered to make broader cultural inferences.

Representation of women, intersectionality and cinema: an analysis of the Brazilian movie Aquarius

ABSTRACT Considering intersectional feminism as a reference, the aim of this paper is to examine the discursive powers of the movie Aquarius for the representation of women. The emphasis is on Clara who is the protagonist of the plot. The study here seeks to understand how the cinematographic language represents Clara and how it interferes in the construction of this character. The methodology of this qualitative research consisted of both a bibliographic study and a movie analysis. The results show that the representation of the movie’s main character does not resort to stereotypes commonly associated with women, nor with elderly women. From the perspective of intersectional feminism, the main character defines her place of speech as an empowered woman who is committed to progressive ideals. Despite being represented this way, the protagonist also succumbs to issues of hierarchy and power in her relationship with her maid, Ladjane. The discriminations and oppressions that permeate the experiences of these women mainly have to do with issues of gender, social class, and race. This shows the permanence of historical problems which intertwine in the representation of women in the movie Aquarius.

Islamic Fundamentalism and Gender: The Portrayal of Women in Iranian Movies

Various political groups were involved in the 1979 Islamic Revolution of Iran, which led to the downfall of the Pahlavi regime. However, Islamic Fundamentalists gradually seized power and eliminated rival ideologies in the 1980s. In the late 1990s, Iranian Reformers won the elections and oversaw the management of the film industry for two four-year administrations until 2005. As liberals and religious democrats, the Reformers supported a modern portrayal of Iranian women in movies. The findings of this research challenge the previous studies that voiced optimism about the new individualistic portrayal of women in Iranian movies. The research methodology is based on Theresa de Lauretis's technologies of gender involving a narrative analysis of sixty-eight Iranian movies produced from 2001 to 2005. Given the political defeat of the Reformers in 2005, the main research question is to what extent has the portrayal of Iranian women gone beyond (or remained under) the ideological domination of Islamic Fundamentalism.

SATIRICAL POLITENESS CONSTRUCTION IN “WAR MACHINE” MOVIE

Not many studies considered politeness in movie as politeness that was deliberately constructed by the director for a specific purpose. This research views that in part of War Machine movie scenes contained some constructions of politeness, politeness involving satire as a means of criticism, which we called Satirical Politeness. Scenes containing actions or satiric utterances, whether delivered by speakers (S) or hearer (H) in managing their faces, were the focus of this study. Qualitative analysis of movies produced as a reaction after the attacks of 19/11/01 was called 'qualitative under fire' (Denzin, 2009a). Data were analyzed using Brown & Levinson's (1987) perspectives. They were measured by looking for Weightiness. The Weightiness was determined by how strong the ranking of imposition was. The rank of imposition (Rx) was determined by the high and low of P (position) between the speech participants, and it was determined by the far and near distance (D) of the speech participants. There were many meanings behind the facework that each actor played concerning satire. The satirical politeness in the War Machine movie applied in several ways, namely; 1) satirical attitude to show disagreement, 2) jumping politeness strategy to save the face of the interlocutor, but still attacking his face in a more relaxed way, 3) anecdotal bald on record attitude used to reduce the credibility of real characters outside the movie, 4) Creating negative stigma of a real character by attaching hedge and exaggerate acts, 5) praising with insulting meanings through Bald on record and exaggerate.

Non-invasive measurement of nuclear relative stiffness from quantitative analysis of microscopy data

The connection between the properties of a cell tissue and those of the single constituent cells remains to be elucidated. At the purely mechanical level, the degree of rigidity of different cellular components, such as the nucleus and the cytoplasm, modulates the interplay between the cell inner processes and the external environment, while simultaneously mediating the mechanical interactions between neighboring cells. Being able to quantify the correlation between single-cell and tissue properties would improve our mechanobiological understanding of cell tissues. Here we develop a methodology to quantitatively extract a set of structural and motility parameters from the analysis of time-lapse movies of nuclei belonging to jammed and flocking cell monolayers. We then study in detail the correlation between the dynamical state of the tissue and the deformation of the nuclei. We observe that the nuclear deformation rate linearly correlates with the local divergence of the velocity field, which leads to a non-invasive estimate of the elastic modulus of the nucleus relative to the one of the cytoplasm. We also find that nuclei belonging to flocking monolayers, subjected to larger mechanical perturbations, are about two time stiffer than nuclei belonging to dynamically arrested monolayers, in agreement with atomic force microscopy results. Our results demonstrate a non-invasive route to the determination of nuclear relative stiffness for cells in a monolayer.Graphic abstract

Anzen mamoru: The Representation of the Japanese Police in Japanese Factual Television

Abstract This paper is about the representation of the Japanese police in three factual television series. In all three series, the audience accompanies police officers during their work and thus gets a close look at the daily work of the Japanese police. However, even if the series try to convey a feeling of authenticity, staging strategies which aim at the entertainment and education of the audience can be clearly identified. I therefore place them in the intermediate area between the genres of reality TV and documentaries. The research method adopted in this study is Werner Faulstich’s qualitative movie analysis, based on his book Grundkurs Filmanalyse (2013), in combination with a descriptive quantitative approach. In the analysis I ask what kinds of messages about the Japanese police are created in the three series under examination. The major findings can be summarised as follows: the comprehensive image created about the Japanese police is positive. The police force is legitimised above all by its professionalism and success in providing assistance to people in need by arresting criminals and proving their guilt, but also by its monopoly position as the sole competent crisis solver.1 This kind of representation does not come as a surprise as such; the paper, however, will show how this overall positive image is created by specific filmic techniques.

Portrayal of Muslim and Western Women In Hollywood Movies

Hollywood is the largest and oldest media industry in the World. This study points out the role and depiction of Muslim as well Western women in same movies. A qualitative textual analysis of movies examined specific characteristics themes and scenes which were being displayed by Muslim/Western Women characters under the theory of Orientalism These characteristics included, traditional/native attire, acts of hostility and aggression, affiliation with terrorism, depicted as victimizers or victims.

Desain Model Monate: Movie Analysis and Debate untuk Pembelajaran Literasi Sosial

Literacy skills in the 21st century for the cognitive development of any student are vital. Various literacy skills are a derivative of 21st-century skills. Social literacy is one of the goals of the social studies learning process. It is also necessary to improving supporting abilities such as the ability to communicate, collaborate and think critically for each student. They can mount their competencies through learning experiences from the surrounding environment. One of the innovations is for improving students' social literacy skills in social studies learning is using the "MONATE" (Movie Analysis and Debate) learning model. The "MONATE" learning model uses films as a form of material delivery as innovative learning. The method used in developing this Learning Model is ADDIE (analysis, design, develop, implement, evaluate). In this article, we only discuss the progress stage of the development of this MONATE Model. The analysis stage is out by conducting a literature study related to social studies learning competencies. The design stage is a process to design a learning model that is by the learning objectives. The development stage is out by validating the social studies learning model developer experts for a desk appraise. The result is that there are several model developments, especially in the learning syntax and learning media used. The improvement of this model becomes the basis for conducting further research processes.

Multimodal Discourse Analysis of Egyptian Political Movies: Framing Social Justice in the Movie Ahl El Kemma (Cream of the Crop)

Nascent research is conducted on the advancement of discourse analysis in film to include different modes as images, sound and text. This study is focused on how images are embedded within texts in an audio-visual medium such as cinema to highlight political messages; it also seeks to broaden our understanding of politics beyond a relatively narrow conceptualization of the "political" through studying non-traditional discourses such as cinematic discourse. The aim of the study is to develop a systematic approach to film analysis to examine political nuance sin film. The method adopted in this research is Multi modal Discourse Analysis (MDA) focusing on embedding visuals, audio, and text in the film to examine how a political meaning can be conveyed through the interaction between those different modes. Drawing on the multi modal discourse analysis literature, different modalities will be studied to understand how those modes interact in the cinematic discourse. The film, "Cream of the Crop", is selected as an example to examine how political meanings in film can tackle the cinematic representation of the notion of social justice. This study contributes to the vast array of literature on the multi modal discourse analysis of films by focusing on political dynamics within them.

Brain Pericyte Calcium and Hemodynamic Imaging in Transgenic Mice <em>In Vivo</em>

Recent advances in protein biology and mouse genetics have made it possible to measure intracellular calcium fluctuations of brain cells in vivo and to correlate this with local hemodynamics. This protocol uses transgenic mice that have been prepared with a chronic cranial window and express the genetically encoded calcium indicator, RCaMP1.07, under the α-smooth muscle actin promoter to specifically label mural cells, such as vascular smooth muscle cells and ensheathing pericytes. Steps are outlined on how to prepare a tail vein catheter for intravenous injection of fluorescent dyes to trace blood flow, as well as how to measure brain pericyte calcium and local blood vessel hemodynamics (diameter, red blood cell velocity, etc.) by two photon microscopy in vivo through the cranial window in ketamine/xylazine anesthetized mice. Finally, details are provided for the analysis of calcium fluctuations and blood flow movies via the image processing algorithms developed by Barrett et al. 2018, with an emphasis on how these processes can be adapted to other cellular imaging data.

Brain Pericyte Calcium and Hemodynamic Imaging in Transgenic Mice In Vivo.

Recent advances in protein biology and mouse genetics have made it possible to measure intracellular calcium fluctuations of brain cells in vivo and to correlate this with local hemodynamics. This protocol uses transgenic mice that have been prepared with a chronic cranial window and express the genetically encoded calcium indicator, RCaMP1.07, under the α-smooth muscle actin promoter to specifically label mural cells, such as vascular smooth muscle cells and ensheathing pericytes. Steps are outlined on how to prepare a tail vein catheter for intravenous injection of fluorescent dyes to trace blood flow, as well as how to measure brain pericyte calcium and local blood vessel hemodynamics (diameter, red blood cell velocity, etc.) by two photon microscopy in vivo through the cranial window in ketamine/xylazine anesthetized mice. Finally, details are provided for the analysis of calcium fluctuations and blood flow movies via the image processing algorithms developed by Barrett et al. 2018, with an emphasis on how these processes can be adapted to other cellular imaging data.

Various Portrayals of Drugs and Drug Abuse in Turkish Cinema: A Sociological Analysis of Drug-related Turkish Movies

Various Portrayals of Drugs and Drug Abuse in Turkish Cinema: A Sociological Analysis of Drug-related Turkish Movies