Cinema - Science topic

 What specific changes in set design have digital technologies brought about?

 How does visual presentation in cinema influence literary narrative and theatrical atmosphere?

 Has the perception of classical literature changed in the context of modern technologies? Has it given new aesthetic meanings to works?

 Does multimedia make the traditional stage more attractive? How do classical works (for example, Chekhov or Tolstoy) combine with digital technologies on the modern stage?

I have received several messages via ResearchGate. They were polite, but came from people whose ResearchGate bios showed no relationship to my research areas. In one case the person simply said " Hello, have a nice weekend. "

I replied politely and asked about their reason for interest. Some did not reply. One asked if we could continue the discussion on WhatsApp or Telegram.

I have no explicit evidence that anything inappropriate is going on, so I have not clicked on the "report this person" tab, but I am concerned that ResearchGate may be too open to inappropriate use that sends us Email that wastes our time or provides a channel that leads to phishing.

Have any of you had similar experiences? What should ResearchGate do to cut down on frivolous Emails with messages such as "I want to learn more about this issue in your first article" when you have published many articles and there is no further specification of the topic?

I'm doing a Ph.D. in Cinema and my problematic has to do with intermediality. I'm trying to find out who theorized arts / media as languages. As the saying: the language of cinema, or the language of photography... So far, I'm looking at McLuhan's Understanding Media and Roland Barthes' Le système de la mode. I'm not looking for linguistic models of natural languages, like Saussure or C. S. Peirce. I'm looking for theories on: how an art form (or a media) either has, or is a language? Any thoughts?

1) https://blog.milliondollarbookagency.com/alexander-ohnemus-author-of-accounting-fundamentals-and-applications-thesis/

2) https://open.spotify.com/episode/1tgnLzfPz3D63Mf2zLR3VJ?si=lne1daQ_T3mIwVYTQ2Y9cQ

Heuristically, I suppose people consider films more successful the greater the return on investment(ROI). Stimuli: ”Successful films are often based on classics due to relatability and interest”(Ohnemus 2023). “My film career was and is perhaps successful despite my lack of technical skills. Arts have both applications and fundamentals”(Ohnemus 2023). Source:

Kirk Aanes must have been kind for Mulan (his ex) to speak well of him. "Just learned of the passing of Kirk Aanes. My condolences to his famiy and loved ones. He was a good soul. RIP, dear one"( https://twitter.com/MingNa/status/431264318701584384?s=19 ).

Adding to my case: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/381483753_Honor_Kirk_Aanes

Sri Lanka comprises 25 districts, each with film halls; however, the overall audience and film hall attendance are notably low. In 2021, the Country's total number of film halls was around 50. With a Sri Lankan adult population of 21.9 million, the current ratio of film halls to the population is 1:438,400. Considering the adult population alone (14.4 million), the ratio of film halls to adults is 1:288,200. Despite these figures, even the limited number of film halls faces a shortage of spectators.

Film hall owners report significant challenges film producers face, emphasising the critical issue of a cinema without a substantial audience. Many filmmakers and industry professionals overlook Film's dual nature as an artistic expression and an industry product. The Industry's survival is contingent on having a robust audience base.

The failure to acknowledge this dual objective—balancing the artistic and business aspects—has led to the collapse of the Sri Lankan film industry. It is imperative to recognise the equal importance of culture and economics in sustaining the film industry for the future.

Why did Sri Lanka experience this decline while neighbouring Countries, such as India, achieved significant success in the Film Industry?

I'm currently researching the relationships between participation in creative-cultural activities, the mental well-being of individuals and the influence of this link on the individuals' work/study performance.

To do so, I developed a questionnaire which combines already validated and well-known scales into a unique framework.

However, to proceed further with this investigation, I need thousands of answers to the questionnaire to perform statistical analyses properly.

Thus, I would be immensely grateful if you could spend a few minutes of your time completing the questionnaire (https://forms.gle/J5ey26y5nmFbEfhE8) and if you could share your observations and suggestions with me.

Thank you in advance for your precious help!

Regards,

Luna

Dear network

We are setting up a new research project on animation as an academic field in African countries.

Animation itself represents a multidisciplinary field of study and research that links cinema, development and artificial intelligence, but which is not yet considered as an academic field of study and research, This is why we are asking for your testimony to let us know the state of the situation. the field of the art of animation in African countries: its teaching, its production, its festivals, etc.

I want to commence a study on thematic analysis of cinema about depiction of certain characteristics in the characters of the cinema. What are the different frameworks that are useful in situating the research questions in a cinema context, coding and data analysis?

In the most general way, I explore the phenomenon of affect in theater (drama and musical theater). Importantly, in my research I am not talking about feelings and emotions. Rather, I am on the side of the concept articulated by Brian Massumi: affect is an autonomous entity.

In other words, I am in search of a conceptualization of the "autonomous machine" for the production of affect in theater.

However, I have not found any literature that considers affect specifically in the territory of theater.

Deleuze devoted important concepts to affect, but they were related to cinema (the close-up).

I would be grateful if you introduce English resources concerning Iranian cinema, Middle East cinema, and Diasporic cinema.

I have written a paper addressing the issue of automatic colorization of black and white photographs. The perspective is an ethical one that addresses both pros and cons. Now I am searching for a peer-reviewed paper to publish my essay.

If you have any recommendations, I would be more than happy to see them.

Details about the paper:

Words: 3000

Hello, I am using the Multiplex ELISA Kit For Mouse Cytokine Panel 2 (4-Plex) purchased from Boster Bio to measure the four cytokines IL-6, IL-1B, TNF-a, and INF-y. In this plate, all four biomarkers for each cytokine are present in each well.

Boster Bio and its distributor Quansys Biosciences claim that I need an imager, a microplate reader that will actually capture an image of my plate, to be able to analyze the luminescence emitted by each cytokines' antigen.

I currently do not have access to an imager of this sort, and I am wondering if anyone has been able to circumvent this issue and was still able to use a normal microplate reader? Or, does anyone have any idea for how I should go about measuring each cytokines' luminescent response with a normal ELISA reader?

We all have seen a very big rise in the streaming of the entertainment content over the OTT platforms in the wake of the global pandemic and the resultant lockdown. Do you think that the popularity of the OTT platforms will subsequently affect the business of the cinema halls and theatres premenantly in the future?

Dear colleagues,

I am interested in learning about local VR film production in any country. I would also like a brief description of the subject matter and a link to more information on the film.

Thank you!

I'm looking for Egyptian architects and urbanists who, at some point along their line of work, explored the representation of cities, societies and cultures in Egyptian films.

It would be very helpful. Much appreciated

Confusion about the concentration of metal ions and the mixing of metal with media and culturing procedure of bacterial isolates.

Music, Literature, Painting, Sculpture and Cinema represent centuries of Culture of Humanity, in its most diverse manifestations and practically all peoples. Are these elements to be taken into account for the personal enhancement of the Researchers?

Are there any reports on biomagnification of micro-plastic as reported for pesticides? Accumulative movements of microplastics in higher strata through the food web and its consequential adverse effect will be of great concern.

Is there any adoptive physiology reported in the1st and 2nd trophic levels as well as for higher strata for microplastic in aquatic (marine) ecosystem?

Celebrity endorsements are common across lifestyle products even basic things as groceries are being endorsed by celebrities, but when it comes to investing does endorsement of a mutual fund scheme or a broking service or an insurance product by a celebrity (specifically from sports, music or cinema) change the investors /buyers behavior towards such product. Does celebrity endorsements have relevance when it comes to personal financial planning.

I am a cinema researcher from Brazil and troughout my masters research I have organized a spreadsheet with a few hundred films from the Brazilian Amazon. It includes information such as films' title, synopsis, length, director, year of production etc. I am currently looking for a free, user friendly, tool in which I could make this database available online in the form of visual content such as maps (e.g. a map in which each film could be pinned to its city of production, alongside complementar information). Would anyone have any suggestions?

I have my own idea but I will be very much interested in knowing your view/reflection on the matter. Is Shakespeare "translatable"?

I want to analyze the characters of the Hindi language feature film, No One Killed Jessica, and by characters I mean all the characters in the film, irrespective of gender. So, I want to know if there is any sort of criteria or any rules to follow while analyzing a character? How to go about it? Like, what should be the first step for analyzing? Do I have to measure the character against something?

Please help.

Thank you

I need to retrofit a 35mm film projector with an optical element that can rotate the projected image to any given degree. I first thought of a Dove prism, but it has to be built between the film material and the lens, and Dove prisms are relatively long (>100mm) if it has a 24mm image circle. Are there other optical components that could be used for this and what program would be the best to simulate the optical setup?

I am writing a paper on film. I read many research papers, where all three terms have been used synonymously. But, from the meaning of these words, are they different?

Does the accuracy of the cardiac flow analysis vary when analysis is done using 2D Cine -3 directional velocity encoded MRI and when it is done using 4D flow MRI with volumetric coverage and 3 directional velocity encoding?

how is gender and cinema for phd?

Are there still cinema directors who prefer that the output format of their film be silver film (35mm)?

why are long and rich constructed sentences, refused in scientific articles from human sciences fields such as psychology, history, litterature, linguistics, philosophy, policy, culture, cinema, theatre, music... and so on?

does a long-well-constructed sentences reflect the advanced redaction level of the researcher or make his research boring?

are reviewers unable to support the length of sentences to keep concentration until finishing reading the whole article?

are there any scientific/methodological rules for redaction of human sciences research articles?

thank you for the interest that you will give to this question

kindly yours

FRR

During the treatment of municipal wastewater, what should be the appropriate carriers filling ratio in the MBBR?

Also how make more stable attached bio film on carriers.

I am working on role of sex in Ghanaian films and I will be grateful if I get more current works in the area - Sex in African cinema. Thank you.

Here is the CFP for the main conference of the project INDELIBLE (Eng) / INDELEBILE (It) – Representation in the arts of (in)visible violence against women and their resistance - https://acis.org.au/visual-and-performance-studies/

The conference will take place 23-25 October 2019 – Adelaide (South Australia) and a selection of papers will be published in a special issue of a highly ranked journal or dedicated volume. Visual arts, performing arts and literature are instrumental in exposing the complexity of the numerous forms that violence against women and girls can take in the contemporary world, as well as exploring new and old forms of resistance.  Our interdisciplinary conference aims to contribute to the ‘glocal’ conversation on the topic of gendered violence and at the same time raise awareness of the global extent of the problem, by analysing ways in which both such violence and resistance to it are represented in the arts. While a key strand of the conference will concern the arts in contemporary Italy, its scope will be broad, encouraging comparison with other societies across space and time. In line with this aim, we welcome papers engaging with any of the following (and associated) topics, in relation to poetry, literature, theatre, opera, music, cinema or other visual arts: Family violence Places and sites of violence War, conflict and violence Migration, diaspora and violence Resistance vs politics Language and images of violence and resistance Myth in representations of violence Historical developments and representations viewed through a contemporary lens Activism and international campaigns (including #MeToo / #wetoogether / #TimesUp / Se non ora quando / Non una di meno / La violenza non è amore / Panchine rosse) Key-note speaker: Dacia Maraini (writer, dramaturg, screenwriter) Please send a 250-300 word abstract (in Italian or English) and a short bio to Luciana d’Arcangeli, luciana.darcangeli@flinders.edu.au, in an email titled “ACIS 2019 INDELIBLE-INDELEBILE”, by 30 March 2019. 

This conference is supported by the Australasian Centre for Italian Studies (ACIS) and is part of the ACIS Visual and Performing Arts Research Group project INDELIBLE (Eng) / INDELEBILE (It) THE REPRESENTATION OF (IN)VISIBLE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND THEIR RESISTANCE

I am investigating how using different gel filtration media affects the purification of a protein with the molecular mass of 50KDa.

I have used a variety of media (Sephadex G100, Sephacryl S200, Ultrogel AcA 44, Bio Gel P 150, Ultrogel AcA 34, Ultrogel AcA 54, and Bio Gel P60) but was unable to purify my protein with either of these.

My only guess is that the gel fractionation ranges in the media used are not appropriate to actually purify my protein and that this requires a higher resolution technique.

Is this correct? Any suggestions?

Thanks

Me gustaría editar un volumen con contribuciones sobre la relación de Borges con el cine. He escrito dos ensayos sobre este tema que pueden ser leídos en mi página de RG. Aquellos que estén interesados en este proyecto pueden contactarme para compartir ideas y darle forma a la propuesta.

I am student of Philosophy looking to get into research, and would like to gain some first hand experience of the same. Any help is greatly appreciated. My bio can be found with this question.

Hi,

Which software would you recommend to do 3-d bio and medical image analysis/processing. I heard some good library in ImageJ, MATLAB, CellProfiler and ICY. Which one should I start learning first? Which software would you recommend if the image is coming from computed tomography?

This question include all sort of arts : fine arts, visual arts, dance, theater, performances, architecture, cinema, videos, etc.

My research aim to explore the representation of black lives, in Hollywood and Nollywood, exploring anthropology study to find the gap between ''Black lives reality'' and ''How the cinema portrays them''.

It is a broad topic i have set out and i need assistant, to narrow a research question for my PhD.

A comparative analytical study of the representation of Black lives in Nollywood and Hollywood cinema, exploring the ways in which they are constructed and presented (in recent time), as well as its effect on global perception of black lives is essential to identify the problem with misrepresentation, current state and suggest cases for other scholars to build upon.

Is there any method to filter out lithium chloride and BIO from the conditioned media before using them for further protocols.

I have the experience of creating secret groups for my students of every subject. Most of my students like this manner of communication, but still find that some of them dislike such methodology of communication, or just read my publications but do not react

Any advice please?

I am looking for examples of where people have gained positive strategies for well-being, self-care and positive mental health from unlikely sources, particularly in film, television and literature. What was the inspiration and where did it come from?

BOOK PROJECT

I am working on my book project about the sustainability development in cultural management context and try to collect as much examples as possible. Especially I am looking for examples to show formal organizations/institutions/business where a social participation is one of a management method. So if it is possible:

Could you give me some interesting examples where: - budget - program / offer is/was created together with different stakeholders, and especially with the recipients/audience? I think about different organizations like cinema houses, permanent organizations, culture businesses, theaters etc.

Please give me detailed information that will allow me to contact the institution directly, or website address or English-language research/articles etc. on this subject.

I also collect examples of social participation in cultural policy making so this kind of examples are welcome but this first point is more important for me now.

Need references about modern cinematographic Romantism to testify a new Mal du siècle in Lav Diaz's work. Somehow relate to romantism or so-called "black romantism" from which a singular aesthetics leads to a degenerescence in the political background, that finally creates an active discourse on today' social issues.

If cinema can be used as a source of investigation, could it be possible in a concrete historical period like Spain during the 20th century, in the 60s decade?

Considering the media modifications brought about by digital technologies, we are starting to talk about Post-cinema and about the need to update national and international legislation that defines and governs television.

How should television policy change to suit those technological changes, to prevent delving on previous media anchors (as pointed out by McLuhan's tetrad)? 

I am working on how the ideal male body image has changed of the last few decades. I am writing about male actors in films that would be seen as 'male pin-ups'. I am currently writing about actors such James Dean, James Stewart and Marlon Brando. Any help would be very grateful and you may even end up in my acknowledgements :-)

I am seeking for other performance assessment models rather than numeric, in professional actor training in Universities or Conservatories.

 Thanks for your help. 

Hi everybody

I am working on my thesis about "philosophy of money in pattern of social mobility in transition from tradition to modernity in the new wave of Iranian cinema".I need some papers and articles about this subject in all of the world.

Thanks

I'm doing an analysis on the background and content of the Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke's film, The World (2004) for one of my university assignments in my Contemporary Chinese Cinema module, yet I'm struggling to find some articles that are specifically directed at analysing the film. Could someone help by digging up some or at least signposting me to some?  

I am trying to talk about reasons for popularity of crime movies in France during World War 1 and want to link it to war fears.

I'm trying to find any research available that shows whether or not it's possible for users to get sick in virtual reality experiences from fading to black.  I haven't found anything specifically on virtual reality and I'm having trouble finding anything.  So I'm wondering if there is anything in cinema, film, or video game related that could apply.

Thanks!

space in cinema from a female angle  

It could be useful because cinema is related with deep human experiences like faith, which seems to be an indispensable condition for theology. But it could be harmful because it could lead to a relativistic way of thinking faith, beginning not from Christian Revelation, but only from subjective or emotive considerations.

The new role of documentary film in XXI century like review of politic, economic and military goverment decisions (Inside Job, Gasland, Restrepo, etc), is changing the people perception about the real reasons of these global rules.

Thanks in advance.

If so, you may want to see this:

A blog post about "the new/different Film RoI numbers" at The-Numbers.com: http://storyality.wordpress.com/2013/11/15/storyality-76-the-new-film-roi-numbers-at-the-numbers-com/ (this affects some published research).

Tom Shadyac has come up with a new book, a spinoff from his recent film - its title is "Life's Operating Manual": http://www.amazon.com/Lifes-Operating-Manual-Truth-Dialogues/dp/1401943098/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1377622529&sr=8-1&keywords=shadyac

Long Memory for movies.

Why are most English documentaries in a British acccent although producers/channels are American? Does it sound more scientific?