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COLLECTION NAME:
Graduate Thesis Collection
Record
Title:
Trauma @ 24fps: Understanding the Broken Character in Cinema: An Attempt to Understand the Psycho-emotional Journey of Traumatized Characters, and Its Connection to Gestalt Therapy Theory
Creator:
Huahua Luzuriaga, Ivo Lev
Subject:
Thesis (M.F.A.) -- Film and Television
Subject:
Savannah College of Art and Design -- Department of Film and Television
Rights:
Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Abstract:
"The focus of this paper is to analyze the depictions of traumatized protagonists of the indie films You Were Never Really There, Sound of Metal, and Honey Boy, on the premise that these portrayals are more authentic than the iconic Hollywood depiction of the 2019 film Joker and Casualties of War. This work addresses the Character Study as a vital paradigm of Cinema. It then argues the concept of 'brokenness' in relation to Character. Additionally, it provides a brief overview of fundamental historical and conceptual aspects that build the rhetoric of trauma. This paper finally proposes an approach to the main concepts of Gestalt Therapy, as a model for character development in Screenwriting and Directing." -- Abstract

Keywords: trauma, Indie, You Were Never Really Here, Sound of Metal, Honey Boy, realism, Joker, Casualties of war, character study paradigm, cinema, brokenness, rhetoric, Gestalt therapy, Sigmund Freud, awareness, psycho-narrative model, screenwriting, directing
Publisher:
Savannah, Georgia : Savannah College of Art and Design (Atlanta)
Date:
2021-11
Format:
2 online resources: 1 PDF (Thesis, 38 pages, color illustrations) + 1 mp4 film (Studio component, approximately 17 min., sound, color)

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