Category: MediAsia FIlmAsia 2016

From the Nightmarish to a Dreamy State of Being: The Troubling Present in Thai Independent Cinema after the Coups D’État 2014
From ApichatpongWeerasethakul’s debut film, Mysterious Objects at Noon, to Blissfully Yours and on to Tropical Malady, the subjects, forms, and …

From” Morning Sun” to” Though I Was Dead”: The Image of Song Binbin in the “August Fifth Incident”
This year is the fiftieth anniversary of the outbreak of the Chinese Cultural Revolution.On August 5, 1966, Bian Zhongyun, …

Multi-Layered Structure of Documentary Narration and the Blurring Lines
“Reality” has always been on the focus within the documentary narration and in order to come closer to reality, search …

Origin, Transformation and Era Significance of the Traditional Photography Studio of Taiwan: A Documentary Study of the John Photography Studio
The first landscape photograph of Taiwan might be taken by Saint-Julien Edwards in 1865. In the early 1870s, Rev. Dr. …

The Construction of Justice in John Woo’s Films: Culturally Specific or Ethically Universal?
2016 marks the 30th anniversary of John Woo’s 1986 classic A Better Tomorrow, a gangster film which not only cemented …

The Perspective of a Student Film: Using Experimental Techniques to Edit Frames in a Repeated Array
This article discusses a story of heartbreak, produced from the perspective of a student film, inspired by philosopher Barthes Rolands …

The Study of Rotational Motion Perception on the Dynamical Sphere of the Surface Spiral Pattern from the Angle of Line
The research is based on the basic design and art to explore the characteristic of a dynamical sphere. And because …

Combining Interactive Technology with Perceptual Training to Design an Interactive Installation for Elderly
As they grow older, seniors face many problems of physical and mental degradation, and lead to difficulties in the elderly …

Verbal-, Textual-, Image- Traditional and New Media- Based Methodologies Adopted for the Study of Social Representations: The Integrative Perspective of the “Modelling Paradigmatic Approach”
Introduction: The communicative process through interaction and media has been one of the genetic dimensions of the Social Representation theory …

An Investigation of User Perception and Behavior for a Robotic Exercise Coach on Different Age Groups
As robot technology moves forwards, service type robot for home use has gradually entered people’s daily life. However, what is …

A pilot study of Mobile Media Engagement: The Effect of Context on Consumer Response to Advertising
The arrival of content rich media has changed the way that people consume news and interact with it. Smartphones features …

Are Descriptive Writing Patterns Still Relevant in News Elections Reporting in Malaysia?
This paper discusses the journalist writing patterns from the perspective of a journalist in presenting information primarily in political issue. …

The Off-Screen Space and the Silent Fragments in Andrei Tarkovsky’s Films
This paper discusses two major films by the Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky, Ivan’s Childhood (1962) and Andrei Rublev (1966). Both …

The Party-State’s Policy on the Critical Press in China: From the State-Society Relation Perspective
The main purpose of this study is to reconsider the states role in promoting the media's social expression which means …

Thoughts of University Students About the Organizations That Undertake Environment Sponsorship
Sponsorship is one of the most important subjects in the public relations discipline. There are various sponsorship areas. One of …

Teenagers’ Media Use Pattern: Focusing the Usefulness and Consumption of News
The study emphasize changed behavior pattern of media on teenagers after arrival of smart media era. Focusing more on the …