Anime Music Video (AMV), multi and new literacies : the remix in the otaku culture

Orientador: Roxane Helena Rodrigues RojoTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Estudos da LinguagemResumo: Este projeto de Doutorado, vinculado à área de concentração Linguagem e Educação, do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Linguística Aplicada (PPGLA/IEL/UNICAMP), centra-se na cultura otaku em contexto digital, focando, principalmente, nas produções audiovisuais pertencentes ao portal animemusicvideos.org (the org), comunidade cujo objetivo é a elaboração, distribuição e apreciação de remixes de imagens em movimento produzidos a partir de animações japonesas, os Anime Music Videos (AMVs). Buscamos, primeiramente, descrever, segundo as teorias de Bakhtin e seu Círculo, os enunciados produzidos nesse contexto e, com isso, esboçar um quadro geral bakhtiniano de análise para remix de imagem em movimento que possa fornecer direcionamentos para construção de parâmetros de didatização centrados na concepção da Pedagogia dos Novos e Multiletramentos. Para tanto, propomos integrar perspectiva enunciativo-discursiva formulada para a linguagem verbal com método objetivo de análise de objetos multimodais, por meio de um desenho de pesquisa misto, quantitativo-qualitativo, baseado em distribuições estatísticas de escolhas formais e estilísticas, em que o corpus de pesquisa será preparado para descrição e análise a partir de técnicas de visualização de dados denominadas de media visualization (principalmente, Manovich), as quais nos permitirão criar imagens e gráficos, com intuito de revelar relações e padrões existentes em nosso conjunto de dados audiovisuais, de maneira a propiciar transições produtivas entre os conceitos propostos por Bakhtin e seu Círculo (principalmente o de arquitetônica) e ferramentas de análise de edição e montagem de vídeo (principalmente, Amiel e Horwatt)Abstract: This PhD project, linked to the area of concentration Language and Education in Applied Linguistics Program (PPG-LA/IEL/UNICAMP) focus on otaku culture, mainly on the audiovisual productions belonging to the portal animemusicvideos.org (the org), community whose goal is the elaboration and distribution of Japanese animations remixes called Anime Music Videos (AMVs). We seek to describe the AMVs produced in this context according to the theories of Bakhtin and his Circle and thereby outline a Bakhtinian framework of analysis for remix videos that can provide directions for the construction of pedagogical parameters centered on the conception of New Literacies and Pedagogy of Multiliteracies. To do so, we propose to integrate an enunciative-discursive perspective formulated for the verbal language with an analysis objective method of multimodal objects through a mixed research design, quantitative and qualitative, based on statistical distributions of formal choices and stylistic. The corpus prepared for description and analysis from data visualization techniques (mostly, Manovich and Navas), will allow us to create images and graphics to reveal relationships and patterns in our collection of audiovisual data. Therefore, this methodological approach aims to provide productive transitions between the concepts proposed by Bakhtin and his Circle (mostly, architectonic) and analysis of editing and video editing tools (mostly, Amiel and Horwatt)DoutoradoLinguagem e EducaçãoDoutor em Linguística Aplicada2015/22567-8, 2017/08441-7FAPES

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Mosaic narrative a poetics of cinematic new media narrative

This thesis proposes the Poetics of Mosaic Narrative as a tool for theorising the creation and telling of cinematic stories in a digital environment. As such the Poetics of Mosaic Narrative is designed to assist creators of new media narrative to design dramatically compelling screen based stories by drawing from established theories of cinema and emerging theories of new media. In doing so it validates the crucial element of cinematic storytelling in the digital medium, which due to its fragmentary, variable and re-combinatory nature, affords the opportunity for audience interaction. The Poetics of Mosaic Narrative re-asserts the dramatic and cinematic nature of narrative in new media by drawing upon the dramatic theory of Aristotle’s Poetics, the cinematic theories of the 1920s Russian Film Theorists and contemporary Neo-Formalists, the narrative theories of the 1960s French Structuralists, and the scriptwriting theories of contemporary cinema. In particular it focuses on the theory and practice of the prominent new media theorist, Lev Manovich, as a means of investigating and creating a practical poetics. The key element of the Poetics of Mosaic Narrative is the expansion of the previously forgotten and undeveloped Russian Formalist concept of cinematurgy which is vital to the successful development of new media storytelling theory and practice. This concept, as originally proposed but not elaborated by Kazansky, encompasses the notion of the creation of cinematic new media narrative as a mosaic – integrally driven by the narrative systems of plot, as well as the cinematic systems of visual style created by the techniques of cinema- montage, cinematography and mise-en-scene

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Euro-American (Western) popular music has been imported, performed and adapted to Japanese musical sensibilities since 1854. It influenced Japanese popular music throughout the 20th century and can be heard everywhere these days in shops, on university campuses, at school festivals, on the radio and television, and at the live shows of touring artists. Although record sales indicate the dominance of the domestic industry, especially the J-pop market, young Japanese people are actively consuming Western music through YouTube. This study demonstrates the eclectic musical tastes of young Japanese people today and the role of YouTube as a music platform. Using a mixed methods approach that combines a survey of over 500 university undergraduates with interviews and focus group work with 82 students, a rich description is presented of the ways in which music videos on YouTube are consumed mainly through mobile digital devices. The data show that the music videos themselves are watched with varying levels of engagement because music provides a background accompaniment to other activities much of the time. Nevertheless, certain types of music video, such as those with skilful dancing, great originality, or a dramatic storyline, tend to attract higher levels of engagement and repeated viewings. The role of English-language lyrics and the priority given to melody and rhythm are also explored. Although many of the YouTube viewing practices of young Japanese audiences resemble those of their Western counterparts, this study highlights attitudes, values and expectations of Japanese and non-Japanese artists that are unique to Japanese audiences. In doing so, it underscores the need for investigating global phenomena in local (non-Western) contexts and sharing those findings to build a more accurate understanding of music video consumption through YouTube worldwide