Original title: Více prostoru u stolu: Jak The New Yorker zobrazuje rodinnou dynamiku ve svém audiovizuálním obsahu
Translated title: Making more space at the table: how The New Yorker portrays family dynamics in its audiovisual content
Authors: Novaes Buffa, Fernanda ; Miessler, Jan (advisor) ; Géla, František (referee)
Document type: Master’s theses
Year: 2022
Language: eng
Abstract: The purpose of this study is to generate a debate about the portrayal of immigrant families in The New Yorker documentaries. The general objective is to understand how visual framing and the use of mise-en-scène elements such as set design, lighting and space, play a crucial role in communicating the representations of immigrant families and influencing the viewer's perception towards this group. In this study, the method used is close textual analysis on shots where family dynamics unraveled in seven documentaries featured in The New Yorker: Ale Libre; Guanajuato Norte; Seasons; Sing Me a Lullaby; Team Meryland; The Prince of Luna Park; and Yves & Variation. Findings indicate that immigrant families are, mainly, shown: 1) indoors, during the day; 2) with high-key lighting; and 3) with positive, closed, and deep space settings. The camera distance that appeared the most is "medium close-up". The findings advance how immigrant families are framed through mise-en-scène. This study contributes to the understanding that the portrayal of immigrant families in documentaries is a result of not only economic, social, political, and cultural tendencies and shifts, but also of elaborated constructions through mise-en-scène elements in a frame. This study has implications for research on film studies,...
Keywords: content analysis; documentary film; framing; immigrant family; mise-en-scène; The New Yorker; analýza obsahu; dokumentární film; mise-en-scène; rodina imigrantů; rámování; The New Yorker

Institution: Charles University Faculties (theses) (web)
Document availability information: Available in the Charles University Digital Repository.
Original record: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/176362

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