Funktion of the screenplay in Quentin Tarantinos visual language : A comparative analysis of Reservoir Dogs and Hateful Eight

This essay is a comparative analysis of Quentin Tarantino´s first, Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino, 1992), and his latest screenplay, Hateful Eight (Quentin Tarantino, 2015). Focus of the essay is Tarantino as a screenwriter and investigates the correlation between visual intentions and formation of their effects on film. The starting point of the essay is a theoretical approach where the connection between screenplay and film is discussed as a continuous process. A description of the screenplay and the rules of its format precedes the analysis part of the essay. Focus on the analysis is the visual instructions in screenplay text and correlation between these instructions and the film. Two versions of each script will be used in the essay. The analysis is divided in three parts. First, the two different version of the screenplay will be compared separately; second, each script will be compared with the film and third, the two scripts from each movie will be compared with one and other. The conclusion of the thesis summarizes, the function of the screenplay in Tarantino´s work and discusses the possibilities for the screenplay in the filmmaking process and the complex relationship between script and film as well as the intentions of the script mirrored in the film

American national identity in Avengers : Character analysis of Iron Man, Captain America and Thor

Uppsatsens huvudsakliga syfte är att undersöka hur amerikansk nationell identitet förmedlas i populära filmer. Undersökningen sker genom att analysera tre av de populäraste karaktärerna i de fyra Avengers-filmerna. Karaktärerna som ska analyseras är Iron Man, Captain America och Thor. Benedict Andersons undersökning av hur nationell identitet och nationalism sprids med hjälp av litteratur är förutsättningen för uppsatsen. Utgångspunkten är att populärkultur påverkar tittaren och kan sprida idéer som har verkliga effekter i samhället. I analysen tar effekterna av terrorattacken mot World Trade Center en viktig plats och hur den påverkar uppfattningen av amerikansk nationell identitet i Marvel-filmer narrativt och visuellt. Innan 9/11 var amerikansk nationell identitet stark kopplad till triumfalism och exceptionalism. Trots att terrorattacken påverkar gestaltningen av amerikansk nationell identitet i popkultur så förblir Amerikansk triumfalism och exceptionalism en grundläggande del av amerikansk identitet. Samtidigt undersöks den paradoxala relationen mellan individualism och kollektivism. En gestaltning av gemenskap och individualism präglar filmerna där även regissörers påverkan kan spela roll i det hyperindustrialiserade Marvel-maskineriet

Fabrication and characterization of multifunctional nanoclay and TiO2 embedded polyamide electrospun nanofibers and their applications at indoor air filtration

The multifunctional polyamide-6 (PA-6) electrospun nanofibers were fabricated for indoor air filtration. Nanoclay (NC) was used as nanoadsorbent, and TiO2 was preffered as nanocatalyst for photocatalytic oxidation of toluene. The main responses of study were selected as characterization (fiber diameter, tensile strength, air permeability and water vapor transmission) and performance parameters (adsorption and oxidation of toluene). These parameters of nanofibers ranged from 75.8 to 135.9 nm for fiber diameter, 0.51-3.47 MPa for tensile strength, 11.6-19.0 mm/sn for air permeability, 119.9-309.4 g/m2.h for water vapor permeability, 7.0%-43.7% adsorption efficiency at 15 min, and 7.4-12.6% oxidation efficiency at 66 min. The increase in NC content decreased the air permeability values and increased the tensile strength values of nanofibers. The adsorption efficiencies of nanofibers increased from 7% to 28.9, 35.3 and 43.7% with increasing NC ratios (0.0-0.025-0.05-0.5%). The highest CO2 production was obtained for nanofiber having 0.05% of NC and 1% of TiO2 at low UV light energy and short filtration time