Essays

This portfolio showcases various projects created throughout my time studying BA Film Studies at the University of Southampton. If you would like to discuss my work, please see my contact information below and get in touch.

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Dissertation

Catching Fire: Katniss Everdeen’s Impact on the Representation of Female Action Hero in Science-Fiction Cinema

Third Year

Animation: Genre or Wider Hollywood Practice?

Contrasts and Continuities in the Depiction of Titanic in A Night To Remember (1958) and Titanic (1997)

I’m A Real Boy! A Comparison of Masculinity in Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991) and Pixar’s WALL-E (2008)

There and Back Again: An Immigrant’s Tale: The Impact of Notions of Nationality and Sexuality on Greta Garbo’s Star Image

‘Who are we gonna find in there when she wakes up? The girl, or the weapon?’ Considerations on Joss Whedon’s treatment of femininity in Serenity (2005) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

Second Year

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin: Hollywood’s Canine Superstar

Capturing Reality: An exploration of the use of Cinematography and Lighting in Christopher Nolan’s Memento (2000) corresponding to the Aesthetic and Thematic concerns of Film Noir

Cheese, Gromit!: A Discussion of Nick Park as an Auteur Filmmaker

Cinema of Attractions: A Discussion of Tom Gunning’s conception of ‘synthesis attractions of narrative’

Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes? Assessing the disruption of the Male Gaze in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) through the application of Mary Ann Doane’s theory of the Female Masquerade

Girls Just Want to have Fun: Female Friendship in Nine to Five (1980) and Thelma & Louise (1991)

‘I’m fed up with the pair of you!’: Depiction of Family in Ken Loach’s Kes (1969)

Scarlet Street (1945): Defining Film Noir Genre

First Year

Please bare with me while I try and figure out how much of my first year is worth sharing. It was quite the learning curve, and no one likes looking back at old work that much!

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