MA film thesis titles 2015-16

Student Thesis Title
   
Nicole Akkermans Music for Happiness
Rachel van Bruggen Mocro Movies: The Representation of Dutch Moroccans
Sarah Chovanec Female Representation in Contemporary Japanese Cinema: Challenging a Patriarchal System of Rewards and Punishment
Neven Devies Enter the Void: Exploring the Subjective/Objective Collapse in the Comtempary Horror Film Aesthetic
Jorge Duarte Ecology’s Princesses: Ecofeminism in Princess Mononoke, Panyo ans Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Martino Dugheri Horror, Humour and Their Coexistence in David Lynch’s Cinema
Sam Duijf Alone in the Crowd: The figure of the flâneur in the work of Wim Wenders
Maurita Dumbill Through the Post 9/11 lens: Reconfiguring Masculinity and Identity in Neo Westerns
Johanna Fuhler The River, the Desert and the Mountains: The Narrative Function of Landscape in Cinema
Lisa de Gelder 007 shaken ánd stirred: a female touch in the characterization of James Bond
Jolijn van Ginkel Girls on Fire: An examination of the agency of the heroine in the modern day action movie
Leon Go Hollywood High: Class Society and the Ideology of Conformity in High School Film
Andrew Gordon Transmitting Fear through the Screen. Aesthetics, Narratives and Media in Contemporary Horror Films
Dominique van Helvert Intimate Technology through Mind, Soul & Body: Exploring the Intertwine of Human and Technology on an Individual Level in Spike Jonze’s Her
Gregory Hilton Doing Pornography Publicly: How pornography is debated in Dutch mainstream media and why it is important to include alternative pornographies
Marlieke Hoepman De stijl van Heddy Honigmann. Een onderzoek naar de documentaires Metaal en Melancholie, Crazy en Forever
Christopher Houle The Power of the Creative Dark Child: An archetypal analysis of the Tim Burton films Alice in Wonderland, Dark Shadows and Frankenweenie and how they can be recognised and experienced by the adolescent viewer
Lisanne van Ingen Muted Horror. Geluid en the uncanny in Inland Empire
Tessa Jonkers Taking Care of KAUWBOY’s Nest: Blurring the Line Between the Reputations of Dutch Commercial Films and Dutch Art House Films
Lorraine Joore Hany Abu-Assad’s Historical Testimonies. History and Identity in Palestinian Cinema of the Everyday
Fey Yen van Kolfschoten Rethinking the Film Star Definition: the Transition of Italian Male Actors from National to International Stars
Nina Krijger Super Citizens: How Superheroes Represent Ideal American Citizenship and Reproduce National Rhetoric
Reena Leek Demarcating the Neurothriller: Reading Film as an Exploration of Patricia Pisters’ Concept

Sebastiaan Leeman
Gender Matters and Cinematic Imagery: Challenging Heteronormativity and Normalizing Gender Variance through Trans* Cinema

Jesse van der Mark
Gender Matters and Cinematic Imagery: Challenging Heteronormativity and Normalizing Gender Variance through Trans* Cinema

Dimitar “Mix”Mihov
Gender Matters and Cinematic Imagery: Challenging Heteronormativity and Normalizing Gender Variance through Trans* Cinema

Jos Motshagen
Gender Matters and Cinematic Imagery: Challenging Heteronormativity and Normalizing Gender Variance through Trans* Cinema

Sofia Murell
Gender Matters and Cinematic Imagery: Challenging Heteronormativity and Normalizing Gender Variance through Trans* Cinema

Pam van Nieuwenhuize
Gender Matters and Cinematic Imagery: Challenging Heteronormativity and Normalizing Gender Variance through Trans* Cinema

Sarah Oortgijsen
Gender Matters and Cinematic Imagery: Challenging Heteronormativity and Normalizing Gender Variance through Trans* Cinema

Roos Philipsen
Gender Matters and Cinematic Imagery: Challenging Heteronormativity and Normalizing Gender Variance through Trans* Cinema

Josefien van Poppel
Gender Matters and Cinematic Imagery: Challenging Heteronormativity and Normalizing Gender Variance through Trans* Cinema

Dimitris Poteas
Gender Matters and Cinematic Imagery: Challenging Heteronormativity and Normalizing Gender Variance through Trans* Cinema

Jael Ragowan
Gender Matters and Cinematic Imagery: Challenging Heteronormativity and Normalizing Gender Variance through Trans* Cinema

Maite Regout
Gender Matters and Cinematic Imagery: Challenging Heteronormativity and Normalizing Gender Variance through Trans* Cinema

Sanne van Rijswijk
Gender Matters and Cinematic Imagery: Challenging Heteronormativity and Normalizing Gender Variance through Trans* Cinema

Donny van Sas
Gender Matters and Cinematic Imagery: Challenging Heteronormativity and Normalizing Gender Variance through Trans* Cinema
Emma Sienlink
Gender Matters and Cinematic Imagery: Challenging Heteronormativity and Normalizing Gender Variance through Trans* Cinema
Ivo Stoop
Gender Matters and Cinematic Imagery: Challenging Heteronormativity and Normalizing Gender Variance through Trans* Cinema
Caitlin Veen
Gender Matters and Cinematic Imagery: Challenging Heteronormativity and Normalizing Gender Variance through Trans* Cinema
Tom Veldman
Gender Matters and Cinematic Imagery: Challenging Heteronormativity and Normalizing Gender Variance through Trans* Cinema
Elio Wehbe
Phenomenology of Cinematic Emotional Expereinces: Intentionality, Multi-Realizability and Philosophy
Merel Wijnen
Open en verborgen filmvertoning in de stad: Een bioscoopgeschiedenis over film in de verenigingsgebouwen en commerciële bioscopen van Deventen en Zutphen

 

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