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Audissino, Emilio. "Film music as a film device : a neoformalist approach to the analysis of music in films." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2017. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/414097/.
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In the last ten years there has been a significant shift of interest in film music from Film departments to Music departments. This study seeks to balance the situation and bring film music back into the sphere of action of Film Studies. Film scholars can still give an important specialistic contribution by tackling the music as one of the cinematic devices, and focussing on the analysis of its interplay with the other formal elements of film. In this view, the scope of this study is to develop an approach and a set of analytical tools that serve as a guidance to film scholars to address music in film from their discipline-specific perspective. The analytical approach here offered stems from a mix of Neoformalism – from Film Studies – and concepts drawn from Leonard Meyer's music theories. Neoformalism describes and explains the filmic system focussing on the overall form and style, not only on the interpretation of the film's contents and meanings. In particular, the analysis concentrates on the function(s) and motivation(s) of a series of devices, whose interplay is at the basis of the film's formal system. Being one of the film's devices, music carries out specific functions and responds to specific motivations. Yet, film music is also music. Hence, Neoformalism is coupled with Leonard B. Meyer's theories. According to Meyer the meaning and emotional effect of a tonal piece of music derives from the way in which the composition plays with the listener’s expectations and anticipations, which are based on a shared knowledge of norms and conventions. This interest in norms and conventions and in the psychology of perception links Meyer's studies to Neoformalism. And their common interest in the 'whole,' in formal stabilisation, and closure makes Gestalt Psychology a fitting overarching theoretical framework to integrate Neoformalism with Meyer's musicology. The combination of the micro-configuration of the music and that of the visuals produces a macro-configuration in which the whole is something different from the sum of its parts. In this audiovisual interaction, three areas of musical agency are identified in the film: music can have a perceptive function; an emotive function; a cognitive function. The findings are valuable for both the disciplines involved. To film scholars, it presents film music as a topic that can be handled with more confidence and breadth, because the musicological analysis of the musical text (the score) is not required in this approach. To musicologists, it provides a way to deepen their understanding of and insights into the formal and stylistic ways in which music interacts and combines with the other cinematic components.
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Bennett, James Cameron, and james bennett@student rmit edu au. "Mathematical Analysis of Film Blowing." RMIT University. Mathematical and Geospatial Sciences, 2008. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20081128.115021.
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Film blowing is a highly complex industrial process used to manufacture thin plastic films for uses in a wide range of applications; for example, plastic bags. The mathematical modelling of this process involves the analysis of highly nonlinear differential equations describing the complex phenomena arising in the film blowing process, and requires a sophisticated mathematical approach. This dissertation applies an innovative combination of tools, namely analytic, numerical and heuristic mathematical techniques to the analysis of the film blowing process. The research undertaken examines, in particular, a two-point boundary value problem arising from the modelling of the radial profile of the polymer film. For even the simplest modelling of this process, namely the isothermal Newtonian model, the resulting differential equation is a highly nonlinear, second order one, with an extra degree of difficulty due to the presence of a small parameter multiplying the highest derivative. Thus, the problem falls into the category of a nonlinear singular perturbation problem. Analytic techniques are applied to the isothermal Newtonian blown film model to obtain a closed form explicit approximation to the film bubble radius. This is then used as a base approximation for an iterative numerical scheme to obtain an improved numerical solution of the problem. The process is extended to include temperature variations, varying viscosity (Power law model) and viscoelastic effects (Maxwell model). As before, closed form approximations are constructed for these models which are used to launch numerical schemes, whose solutions display good accuracy. The results compare well with results obtained by purely numerical solutions in the literature.
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Erickson, Mary P. A. 1977. "Independent Filmmaking in the Pacific Northwest: A Critical Analysis of the Regional Film Landscape." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/11527.
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xvii, 397 p. : ill., maps.Thousands of films are produced every year in the United States, and only a fraction of these is made by mainstream Hollywood film studios. Independent filmmakers working in regional locations produce the majority of these films, retaining financial, creative and distribution control and working with locally-based cast and crew members. This film activity must be acknowledged in order to fully understand the American film industry. This study examines regional independent filmmaking through case studies of two film communities: Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington. Using political economy of communication as the primary theoretical foundation, this study focuses on the infrastructure (systems, policies, resources and practices) that supports and/or limits the production and distribution of independent films. The research utilizes extensive document analysis of historical materials and contemporary documents produced by organizations and individuals, as well as a survey of 60 film professionals and interviews with over 40 film professionals. A central challenge to independent filmmaking is the term "independent," which has been contested by film professionals and scholars; therefore, this study analyzes and offers a new definition of "independent filmmaking." The history of filmmaking activity in Portland and Seattle is presented, as well as an extensive discussion of the contemporary landscape of regional independent filmmaking in these two communities. The study finds that there are a multitude of contradictions pertaining to financing, distribution, labor and myths of independent filmmaking. These contradictions present a range of opportunities and challenges that often simultaneously conflict with each other. The filmmaking communities in Portland and Seattle have notable networks of support, including professional and educational organizations, film festivals, government initiatives and a few locally-operated distributors. However, filmmakers in both cities also share challenges in financing, distribution and labor. The study argues that regional independent filmmaking has made a dynamic and influential contribution to the American film industry and cultural production but has been under-explored in academic scholarship. The research also points to the need to examine and understand the contradictions of independent filmmaking to improve the circumstances and infrastructure that support regional independent filmmaking.
Committee in charge: Dr. Janet Wasko, Chairperson; Dr. Gabriela Martinez, Member; Dr. H. Leslie Steeves, Member; Dr. Michael Aronson, Outside Member
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Severtson, Yuan C. "Stability analysis of thin film coating systems." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/17965.
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Craib, Glenn R. G. "Thin film structural determination and surface analysis." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.320771.
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A combined approach to the use of surface analysis techniques and X-ray diffraction has been introduced. In particular the development of the microstructure of UHV evaporated thin metallic films has been investigated with a view to clarifying influences on microstructure (particularly texture). This study has shown the wide range of experimental parameters which affect the final film structure, such as temperature, oblique incidence and substrate roughness. An automated energy dispersive X-ray diffractometer has been developed for the study of thin film texture. The required corrections for loss of intensity due to sample positioning have been developed and verified. Pole figures have been collected for erbium and nickel thin films (thickness 200-1200 nm) grown on molybdenum or glass substrates. Results for the erbium films show a substantial effect on the texture of the film, contributed by the temperature of the substrate during deposition. The texture varies from mixed fiber at low temperature, to a strong single fiber orientation at around 663 K, to mixed fiber at higher temperatures. The strong orientation at 663 K has been shown to vary from either (002) to (101) depending on as yet unknown experimental conditions. The effect of substrate roughness appears to be only in the degree of orientation and it does not affect the overall nature of the texture of the film. The texture of the nickel films shows a form of "granular epitaxy" at substrate temperatures above 300 K. The presence of tensile stress within one of these nickel thin film samples has been determined and is interpreted to give support to a proposed mode of granular epitaxy.
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Parshall, Elaine Ruth 1962. "Phase-conjugate interferometry for thin film analysis." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291358.
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A phase-conjugate interferometric method of thin film analysis obtains three independent parameters with which to determine a film's refractive index n, absorption coefficient kappa, and thickness d. Because dimensionless intensity ratios are used, this method is self-calibrating except for light source polarization and incident angle. The use of self-pumped phase-conjugate reflectors makes the interferometer self-aligning and results in infinite spacing of fringes of equal thickness. A single layer thin film sample was analyzed by this technique, and the results compared to those of ellipsometry.
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Pottage, John Mark. "Analysis of thin-film photonic crystal microstructures." Thesis, University of Bath, 2003. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.269994.
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Xu, Shuo. "The Curious case of Chinese film Censorship: An analysis of the film administration regulations." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/23166.
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The commercialization and global transformation of the Chinese film industry demonstrates that this industry has been experiencing drastic changes within the new social and economic environment of China in which film has become a commodity generating high revenues. However, the Chinese government still exerts control over the industry which is perceived as an ideological tool. They believe that the films display and contain beliefs and values of certain social groups as well as external constraints of politics, economy, culture, and ideology. And, ironically, the films censored in China often gain great fame outside of China becoming worldwide blockbusters. This study will look at how those films are banned by the Chinese film censorship system through analyzing their essential cinematic elements, including narrative, filming, editing, sound, color, and sponsor and publisher. The study will also analyze how the combination of government control and market forces influence the Chinese film industry and its production.
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Tei, Chiew Siah. "Chinese texts, Western analysis : from film to novel." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2007. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/3992/.
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This study explores perceptions of Chinese texts by Western audiences while looking into the interrelation between film and literature. This is done by two means: firstly, through a detailed discussion of film adaptations with the focus on Chinese cinema, and secondly, through a practical demonstration of a filmic style in prose fiction in the form of an original book-length piece of fiction. Using Bakhtin’s ‘dialogism’ as the point of departure, the research on adaptations adopts an intertextual approach of adaptation theory as developed by Robert Stam, looking into the intertextual relationship between a hypotext (a source text) and a hypertext (film adaptation). The analysis of Raise the Red Lantern by Zhang Yimou (1991) and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon by Ang Lee (2001) concludes that both films contain elements of familiarity and strangeness for Western audiences, an uneasy mix of intimacy and exoticism which underpins their appeal. However, this phenomenon is unintended by the filmmakers themselves, chiefly because, firstly, the directors’ exposure to Western film art has contributed to the use of techniques that are familiar to Western audiences in the making of their films, and, secondly, the elements of strangeness are related to the natures of the films, the cultural elements involved and the locations in which the films are made, which are unfamiliar to a Western audience. The writing of the novel, Little Hut of Leaping Fishes, reveals the necessity of incorporating cultural elements into a narrative that is set in a time and place where the culture is deeply rooted. My background as a fourth-generation Chinese in Malaysia informs my urge as an artist and critic to explore aspects of my own cultural identity. The main concern, which is the key discovery of this experiment, is that once a writer understands the shared creative mechanism between film and literature, he can place a camera before his pages to capture the scenes he carefully arranged, making the page a screen onto which images as well as words can be projected.
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Ramesh, Sridharan. "Analysis of film cooling performance of tripod hole." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/72912.
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The thermal efficiency of a gas turbine directly depends on the rotor inlet temperature. The ever increasing demand for more power and advances in the field of engineering enabled this temperature to be pushed higher. But the material strength of the blades and vanes can often impose restrictions on the thermal load it can bear. This is where gas turbine cooling becomes very critical and a better cooling design has the potential to extend the blade life span, enables higher rotor inlet temperatures, conserves compressor bleed air. Among various kinds of cooling involved in gas turbines, film cooling will be the subject of this study.
A novel concept for film cooling holes referred to as anti-vortex design proposed in 2007 is explored in this study. Coolant exits through two bifurcated cylindrical holes that branched out on either side of the central hole resulting in a tripod-like arrangement. Coolant from the side holes interacted with the mainstream and produced vortices that countered the main central rotating vortex pairs, weakening it and pushing the coolant jet towards the surface. In order to understand the performance of this anti-vortex tripod film cooling, a flat plate test setup and a low speed subsonic wind tunnel linear cascade were built.
Transient heat transfer experiments were carried out in the flat plate test setup using Infrared thermography. Film cooling performance was quantified by measuring adiabatic effectiveness and heat transfer coefficient ratio. In order to gauge the performance, other standard hole geometries were also tested and compared with. Following the results from the flat plate test rig, film cooling performance was also evaluated on the surface of an airfoil. Adiabatic effectiveness was measured at different coolant mass flow rates. The tripod hole consistently provided better cooling compared to the standard cylindrical hole in both the flat plate and cascade experiments.
In order to understand the anti-vortex concept which is one of the primary reason behind better performance of the tripod film cooling hole geometry, numerical simulations (CFD) were carried out at steady state using RANS turbulence models. The interaction of the coolant from the side holes with the mainstream forms vortices that tries to suppress the vortex formed by the central hole. This causes the coolant jet from the central to stay close to the surface and increases its coverage. Additionally, the coolant getting distributed into three individual units reduces the exit momentum ratio. Tripod holes were found to be capable of providing better effectiveness even while consuming almost half the coolant used by the standard cylindrical holes.Ph. D.
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Krus, David Jr. "Finite element analysis of thin film mechanical properties." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 1992. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1059745475.
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Farro, Naveed. "Grid Face: An analysis of architecture and film." Thesis, Farro, Naveed (2016) Grid Face: An analysis of architecture and film. Honours thesis, Murdoch University, 2016. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/34141/.
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Film is linked to architecture in the way that we perceive space. When we travel the walkway of a city promenade we are experiencing the significance of the space through our visual and spatial awareness, while creating movement through our feet. The renowned architect and theatrical set designer-turned-filmmaker, Sergei Eisenstein, believed that the journey through any architectural space is comparable to montage and movement in films, where our eye is similar to the camera (Eisenstein 1938, 116).
This Honours dissertation is an analysis of how architecture has been used in my short dramatic film, Grid Face (Farro 2016), to symbolically represent underlying notions of the narrative as well to support the mood and feel of the story. Within this dissertation I describe Graham Cairns’s ‘cinematographic space’ as a mechanism to understand the impact architecture has on film, and in particular within my film Grid Face. I will also detail how Eisenstein’s paper “Montage and Architecture” (1938) affected specific directorial decisions throughout all stages of production, as well as my overall approach in designing and creating my film to accentuate architectural spaces to maximise narrative and metaphorical impact.
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Sriram, K. "A Finite Element Investigation Of Brittle Fracture During Spherical Nanoindentation Of Thin Hard Films." Thesis, Indian Institute of Science, 2001. https://etd.iisc.ac.in/handle/2005/252.
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Hard ceramic films of micrometric thickness deposited on a soft metallic substrate have ushered in a new era in the fabrication of structural, tribological, microelectronic and optical components. The mechanical performance of these components is however critically dependent on the strength and toughness of these films as well as on those of the film-substrate interface. Recent studies have shown that cylindrical and radial cracks can propagate through the film during nanoindentation tests with spherically tipped and pointed indenters, resulting in steps in the load versus displacement curve. In this thesis, the mechanics of fracture of thin hard films bonded to soft substrates, during nanoindentation is studied by carrying out finite element analyses. The role of plastic yielding in the substrate on the above issue is examined. Another important objective of this work is to propose a method by which finite element simulations can be employed to interpret nanoindentation test results and yield information related to the fracture behaviour of hard films.
To this end, axisymmetric finite element analyses of spherical nanoindentation of a TiN film of thickness t = 1 //m, on a steel substrate are carried out. Numerical algorithms for large deformation, contact simulation and computation of energy release rate are employed in the analyses. The film is assumed to be linear elastic, whereas, an elastic-plastic constitutive model is used for the substrate.
A nanoindentation analysis of the uncracked film is first carried out. The development of plastic yielding in the substrate and its influence on the load P versus penetration h characteristics is examined. The stress fields around the indenter for different depths of indentation are studied. The results show that the radial stress attains a tensile peak at the film surface, just outside the indented zone. However, it becomes compressive with increasing distance below the surface. Interestingly, a tensile radial stress prevails at the film-substrate interface at large indentation depth. The shear stress increases to a peak value at a distance of 0.052 to OAt below the film surface depending upon the radial location and then reduces.
Next, circumferential cracks extending downwards from the film surface are introduced at different radial distances R from the axis of symmetry. Finite element analyses are carried out till the indented zone extends almost up to the crack surface. The energy release rate J is computed as a function of indentation depth for different
crack lengths c (in the range from O.lt to 0.9t). The results show that shallow cracks are essentially under Mode II loading with closure of crack faces caused by compressive radial stresses. However, a mixed-mode state prevails if the crack length is large (c > 0.62), with crack faces opening out due to tensile radial stress near the film-substrate interface. The variation of J with c/t for cracks located at different radial distances R is examined. It is found that for small R, there is a decreasing branch in the J versus c variation between c = 0.2i to 0.75£ which indicates that crack extension in this range will be stable. On the other hand, for large R, J increases monotonically with c/t which implies that unstable fracture of the full film thickness will occur following crack initiation.
A composite nomogram is generated in the P — h plane where constant J lines are plotted along with load-displacement curves for different crack lengths. If now a nanoindentation (experimental) load-displacement behaviour is superimposed on this nomogram, the initial crack length (of a pre-existing flaw), the final crack length and fracture energy of the film can be inferred.
In the last part of the thesis, the effect of the substrate yield strength on the indentation mechanics is studied. It is found that upon decreasing the yield strength, the load at a given indentation depth decreases while the residual depth at unloading increases. Also, the energy release rate for a given radial location and crack length reduces considerably at large depths of indentation.
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Sriram, K. "A Finite Element Investigation Of Brittle Fracture During Spherical Nanoindentation Of Thin Hard Films." Thesis, Indian Institute of Science, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/2005/252.
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Hard ceramic films of micrometric thickness deposited on a soft metallic substrate have ushered in a new era in the fabrication of structural, tribological, microelectronic and optical components. The mechanical performance of these components is however critically dependent on the strength and toughness of these films as well as on those of the film-substrate interface. Recent studies have shown that cylindrical and radial cracks can propagate through the film during nanoindentation tests with spherically tipped and pointed indenters, resulting in steps in the load versus displacement curve. In this thesis, the mechanics of fracture of thin hard films bonded to soft substrates, during nanoindentation is studied by carrying out finite element analyses. The role of plastic yielding in the substrate on the above issue is examined. Another important objective of this work is to propose a method by which finite element simulations can be employed to interpret nanoindentation test results and yield information related to the fracture behaviour of hard films.
To this end, axisymmetric finite element analyses of spherical nanoindentation of a TiN film of thickness t = 1 //m, on a steel substrate are carried out. Numerical algorithms for large deformation, contact simulation and computation of energy release rate are employed in the analyses. The film is assumed to be linear elastic, whereas, an elastic-plastic constitutive model is used for the substrate.
A nanoindentation analysis of the uncracked film is first carried out. The development of plastic yielding in the substrate and its influence on the load P versus penetration h characteristics is examined. The stress fields around the indenter for different depths of indentation are studied. The results show that the radial stress attains a tensile peak at the film surface, just outside the indented zone. However, it becomes compressive with increasing distance below the surface. Interestingly, a tensile radial stress prevails at the film-substrate interface at large indentation depth. The shear stress increases to a peak value at a distance of 0.052 to OAt below the film surface depending upon the radial location and then reduces.
Next, circumferential cracks extending downwards from the film surface are introduced at different radial distances R from the axis of symmetry. Finite element analyses are carried out till the indented zone extends almost up to the crack surface. The energy release rate J is computed as a function of indentation depth for different
crack lengths c (in the range from O.lt to 0.9t). The results show that shallow cracks are essentially under Mode II loading with closure of crack faces caused by compressive radial stresses. However, a mixed-mode state prevails if the crack length is large (c > 0.62), with crack faces opening out due to tensile radial stress near the film-substrate interface. The variation of J with c/t for cracks located at different radial distances R is examined. It is found that for small R, there is a decreasing branch in the J versus c variation between c = 0.2i to 0.75£ which indicates that crack extension in this range will be stable. On the other hand, for large R, J increases monotonically with c/t which implies that unstable fracture of the full film thickness will occur following crack initiation.
A composite nomogram is generated in the P — h plane where constant J lines are plotted along with load-displacement curves for different crack lengths. If now a nanoindentation (experimental) load-displacement behaviour is superimposed on this nomogram, the initial crack length (of a pre-existing flaw), the final crack length and fracture energy of the film can be inferred.
In the last part of the thesis, the effect of the substrate yield strength on the indentation mechanics is studied. It is found that upon decreasing the yield strength, the load at a given indentation depth decreases while the residual depth at unloading increases. Also, the energy release rate for a given radial location and crack length reduces considerably at large depths of indentation.
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Mayavaram, Ravisankar S. "Modeling and simulation of film blowing process." Texas A&M University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/2454.
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Film blowing process is a flexible mass production technology used for manufacturing
thin polymeric films. Its flexibility in using an existing die to produce films
of different width and thickness, just by controlling process conditions such as, extrudate
velocity, excess pressure, and line speed, makes it an attractive process with
less capital investment. Controlling the process conditions to obtain a stable bubble,
however, is not a trivial task. It is a costly trial and error procedure, which could
result is a large wastage of material and other resources. Hence, it is necessary to
develop methods to simulate the process and design it using numerical experiments.
This important need of the industry defines the objective of this work. In this dissertation,
a transient, axisymmetric, nonisothermal, viscoelastic model is developed
to simulate the process, and it is solved using finite element method. Material behavior
of polymer melt is described using a modified Phan-Thien-Tanner model in
the liquid??like region, and anisotropic Kelvin??Voight model in the solid zone, and
the transition is modeled using a simple mixture theory. Crystallization kinetics is
described using a modified Avrami model with factors to account for the influence
of temperature and strain. Results obtained are compared with available experimental
results and the model is used to explore stability issues and the role of different
parameters. Software developed using this model comes with a GUI based pre- and
post-processor, and it can be easily adapted to use other constitutive models.
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Wang, Chen. "Film Diplomacy Under the Bush and Obama Administration: A Film Analysis of the American Film Institute’s Project: 20/20 and the Sundance Institute’s Film Forward Program." The Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1436834287.
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Kumar, Shreyas. "Simulations of Surfactant Driven Thin Film Flow." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2013. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/hmc_theses/63.
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This thesis is intended to fulfill the requirements of the Math and Physics departments at Harvey Mudd College. We begin with a brief introduction to the study of surfactant dynamics followed by some background on the experimental framework our work is related to. We then go through a derivation of the model we use, and explore in depth the nature of the Equation of State (EoS), the relationship between the surface tension on a fluid and the surfactant concentration. We consider the effect of using an empirical equation of state on the results of the simulations and compare the new results against the results produced using a multilayer (EoS) as well as experimental observations. We find that the empirical EoS leads to two new behaviors - preserving of large gradients of surfactant concentration and the occurrence of dynamics in distinct regimes. These behaviors suggest that the empirical EoS improves the agreement of the model’s prediction with experiment.
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McWilliams, Stephen Thomas. "Exercise and Behavior Change in Adult Women Transitioning into Society: A Documentary Film Analysis." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2014. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/281081.
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KinesiologyPh.D.
The Role of Film as Persuasive Tool of Social Change: Since the introduction of cinema, both non-fiction and fictional films have been used by film makers, artists, and interest groups to change minds and mold opinions. Documentary films in particular, have a history of being used in a variety of ways to further political causes, raise social or patriotic awareness, or as a call to personal activism. In this project, the use of well designed, aesthetically pleasing documentaries have been advocated for potential use in the field of sport psychology to create awareness of the work of practitioners in order to promote healthy behaviors. Filmmaking can serve the field in a number of creative ways. A recent film is submitted as a demonstration of how a well crafted film can be utilized within the field as both a advocacy piece and an educational resource. There has been a long, historical relationship between sports and film. Throughout cinematic history there have been numerous films, both narrative and documentaries, both about sports or subjects that included sports in their story. Sports lend themselves to narrative and documentary storytelling. As a filmmaker, I was drawn to a story about a non-profit organization, "Gearing Up," which uses a bicycle exercise program to help women in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. The film explores the effectiveness of a therapeutic model developed by "Gearing Up" founder, Kristin Gavin. The production of the film, and my involvement as the producer and director, inspired me to explore the further use of documentary film as both a classroom teaching tool and a vehicle that can inspire behavioral change.
Temple University--Theses
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Otis, Evan T. "An Analysis of the Film Industry's Collapsing Video Window." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2012. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/533.
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The collapse of the video window is disrupting the economic framework between exhibitors and distributors in the film industry. This study analyzes the collapse from several angles and provides a detailed description as to why the collapse has, and will continue to be, disruptive. I first examine the impact various technologies have had on the collapse of the video window – the time between a motion picture’s theatrical release and video release – during 1997 – 2012. The average video window has declined from 5 months 22days in 1997 to 3 months 29 days in 2012. Differences of means tests were used to inspect the average video window at the time of each technology’s introduction. Then in order to reveal how the length of the video window affects box office profit, I use an ordinary least squares regression to examine the determinants of gross domestic box office profit for a sample of 294 top earning U.S. films during 1999-2012.
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Zhang, Huiping. "An analysis of the Chinese Fifth Generation film makers based on the theory of film movements." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0011/MQ52495.pdf.
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Nogueira, Julia C. "Film and video festivals in South America a contemporary analysis of flourishing cultural phenomena /." Ohio : Ohio University, 2009. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1230612139.
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Phillips, Nicola Jane. "Audio-visual scene analysis : attending to music in film." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2000. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/251745.
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Broodryk, Chris Willem. "The moving image Contemporary film analysis and analytical psychology /." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2006. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08212007-125813.
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GIANNINI, ROBERTA. "A TRANSCREATION FILM ANALYSIS FROM JULIO CORTÁZAR´S LITERATURE." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2008. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=13912@1.
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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIROEste trabalho trata da adaptação cinematográfica enquanto uma transcriação, ou seja, como uma interpretação criativa por parte dos roteiristas/diretores a partir do texto-fonte dos escritos de Julio Cortázar. Segue a análise sobre linguagem e narrativa literária e cinematográfica e como o cinema moderno criou uma nova forma de contar histórias através do meio visual. É abordada também a literatura e o cinema modernos em diálogo, com a análise de mimese e simulacro através de uma interpretação criativa, e da adaptação como uma intertextualidade palimpsestuosa. Por fim realizamos a análise dos contos que serviram de inspiração aos diretores que fizeram de suas obras uma adaptação transcriativa de Cortázar e dos filmes propriamente.
This work deals with the film adaptation as a transcreation, ie., as a creative interpretation on the part of screenwriter/directors from the source text of Julio Cortázar’s writings. It follows the analysis of literacy’s and film’s language and narrative and how the modern cinema has created a new way of telling stories through visual means. It also addressed the modern literature and cinema in dialogue with the analysis of simulation and mimese through a creative interpretation, and the adaptation as an intertextual palimpsest. Finally we conducted an analysis of the stories that served as inspiration to the directors who made a transcreative adaptation from Cortázar’s works and the films properly.
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Deutsch, Eric J. (Eric Joseph). "Piston ring friction analysis from oil film thickness measurements." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/36435.
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Leung, Ho Sze Louisa. "A functional analysis of the language of film reviews." HKBU Institutional Repository, 1998. http://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/107.
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黃莉媚. "= Analysis on film casting processes." Thesis, 1998. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/20898530411968582538.
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Smoljaková, Natálie. "Specifika českého filmového vkusu v sociologické perspektivě." Master's thesis, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-333500.
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The aim of this work is to find specific preferences of Czech film consumers. By these specific preferences it is meant the type of stories, heroes or genres which does Czech film audience prefer. The analysis is made on the most popular films (i.e. with the biggest attendance) in last twenty years using the theory of Erving Goffman, especially his concept of frame analysis. By using the terms of frame analysis the content of the selected films is compared with the same amount of the most popular films in USA. This comparison is then used to find the differences or similarities among these two different areas, but in particular it is done to underline the specifics of Czech film audience. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Ong, Hwee Lian, and 王惠蓮. "Film Analysis of A Life Dream." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/9eb77b.
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碩士國立政治大學
傳播學院傳播碩士學位學程
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A Life Dream is a twenty-seven minute short film, which is based on a true story in Brisbane, Australia. The general aim of this filmmaking is to present the process and hardship faced by the young international students whose dreams are to migrate for a better life. Furthermore, the aspects of culture differences, discrimination, and language barrier are discussed and revealed along with the journey to pursue their dreams. In the film analysis, the principals that are adopted from the case studies - Grey Garden (1975) and Grey Garden (2009) are explained and interlinked with the making of this docudrama.
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Wang, Xueyan. "Globalizing genre, hybrid film discourse analysis of reviews of Chinese film Hero /." 2005. http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/uga%5Fetd/wang%5Fxueyan%5F200505%5Fma.
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Li-Guo, Wu. "Analysis of silicon thin film and fabrication of heterostructure thin film solar cell." 2006. http://www.cetd.com.tw/ec/thesisdetail.aspx?etdun=U0016-1303200709270092.
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Wu, Li-Guo, and 吳立國. "Analysis of silicon thin film and fabrication of heterostructure thin film solar cell." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/72892260978873909348.
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碩士國立清華大學
電子工程研究所
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Research work, we grew the silicon thin films with different hydrogen dilution ratio by electron cyclotron resonance chemical vapor deposition (ECR-CVD). The crystalline fraction, bonding configurations, crystalline orientation and grain size, film thickness, dark and light conductivities of the silicon thin films were measured and analyzed by the Raman spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray Diffraction (XRD), α-STEP and I-V measurement respectively. In the experiment, we fixed the substrate temperature at 250oC, the process pressure at 20mtorr, the microwave power at 1150W, the Top/ Middle/ Bottom magnetic current at 170/170/30A and varied the hydrogen dilution ratio from 40% to 98%. Beside, we also doped the films using phosphine (PH3) and diborance(B2H6) to form the n-type and p-type silicon thin film. The four point probe was used to analyze the resistivity. From the experimental results, we find the fact that the maximum grain size was found to be about 251Ǻ and the maximum crystalline fraction was about 91% when the hydrogen dilution ratio was 92%. AFORE-HET was used to simulate the optimum thickness of the device structure and followd the simulated result to fabricate the silicon thin film solar cell. The P-type amorphous silicon was used as a window layer and microcrystalline silicon as I and N layer. From I-V characteristics of the device, the open circuit voltage obtained is 0.112mA/cm2, the short circuit current is 0.4V and the fill factor is 21.35%. The device characteristics can be improved by improving the quality of the material.
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He, Minhui. "Thermoelastohydrodynamic analysis of fluid film journal bearings /." 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/fullcit/3083129.
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HUANG, JI-CHUAN, and 黃吉川. "Nonlinear hydrodynamic stability analysis of film flow." Thesis, 1987. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/47545267465183822024.
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LIN, WEN-JUNG, and 林文中. "The Stress Analysis of Optical Thin Film." Thesis, 2000. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/wuz67u.
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碩士國立成功大學
機械工程學系
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Mechanical property in thin film structures has attracted great interest issues. The primary concern is the deleterious effects induced by stress in films. Therefore, to minimize and control the stress it is important to understand the type, magnitude and origin of various stress. The second important concern is to enhance the mechanical properties of hardness and wear resistance. The topic of stress in film is the major interest in this thesis. Essentially all films are in a state of stress after vacuum deposition. Stress of most sputtered film is compressive. In many cases, the stress is high enough that it can cause the film to fail mechanically. For example, peeling, generation of crystalline defects and formation of film surface growths such as hillocks whiskers are the typically consequence of excessive stress. Normally, the total stress of a thin film may be composed of intrinsic stress, thermal stress and water absorption induced stress. For single thin film, residual stress can be measured with a X-ray diffraction or mechanical “bending plate method”. But for multilayer, it is very important to establish a model to calculate the residual stress. In this thesis, a mathematics model is used to evaluate the distribution of stress in multilayer.
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LIN, XIU-WEI, and 林修瑋. "Simulation and Analysis of Thin-film Capacitors." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/6en3hj.
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碩士逢甲大學
自動控制工程學系
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MEMS thin film capacitor structure, often used in a variety of different aspects, is now in the nano world view, the capacitance components are miniaturized, same size can be placed under the larger capacity, the function can be more, However, the structure of the film is different, in different circumstances will require different capacitance capacity, according to the different bearing capacity of the thin film structure will have a different process, with a smaller volume to achieve the required capacity, the tiny capacitor components market needs to grow, in this regard to the typical four kinds of thin film capacitor structure for discussion. This study presents a typical thin film capacitor element analysis, divided into three kinds of analysis, the first: four typical thin film structure, in the same conditions under which the structure of the largest capacity, the second: the same kind of film structure, there are three different electrode spacing variations in the three fixed areas, a thin film structure will have nine capacitance results, according to these data to analyze the capacitance of the thin film capacitance and capacitance growth rate, The third: to explore the reality with the simulation of the difference in capacitance, the difference in the capacitance value lies in the fringing effect of the electrode edge, which determines the effective increase in the edge length and can increase the total capacitance value per unit area. The thickness of the deep trenches in the four thin film structures is the largest, but there is a problem with high aspect ratio, step coverage process, serpentine capacitance is second only to deep trenches, but it also has drawbacks, as long as part of the damage will be the whole can not operate, relative to the cost of the risk of interdigital structure will be more suitable, because the process is relatively simple part of the structural damage, but also to maintain a large part of the capacity. Finally, the parallel plate electrode is divided into equal blocks, the more the electrode segmentation, the fringing effect increases, capacitance is also relatively increased, but there are limits, today's technology and process limits with the original area of the cutting line of the loss of capacity, to a certain extent will be with the edge effect of the increase in capacitance to eliminate.
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Chen, Bao-Ru, and 陳寶如. "Competitive Advantage Analysis of Korean Film Industry." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/93178414518499236141.
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碩士國立臺灣大學
國際企業學研究所
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The purpose of this thesis is to find out where is the origin of the competitive advantages of Korean film industry from. This thesis tries to analyze the issue in more diversified points of view rather than only in government policy side. After analyzing a lot of Chinese, English, and Korean data, the thesis simulated the competitive advantage interacted system of Korean film industry and how the competitive advantage changed. The article is based on Porter ''s diamond model to analyze the demand conditions, factor conditions, firm strategy, structure and rivalry, related and supporting industries and government factor of Korean film industry in the history frame. The analyses of these key factors are as followed. 1.Demand conditions The market share was 39.7% in 1999; and in 2005 was almost 60%. In other countries, export amount of Korean films also increased. 2.Factor conditions Korean film industry had abundant capital, human resource, and industry knowledge. 3.Firm strategy, structure and rivalry Firms had clear objectives and strategies. Firms competed intensely in well environment. 4.Related and supporting industries There was a strong linkage between film production, distribution, and exhibition. Moreover, film industry leverages the sources with other related industries. 5.Government Funding the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), the screen quota system and the supporting policies were important events. Korean film industry has developed self-strengthen system. Besides the support of government, all environment factors interacting was the most important reason of the success today.
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廖凱珺. "Paten analysis of thin film solar cell." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/13633648141263265153.
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lin, minco, and 林明正. "The characteristic analysis of CuInGaSe2 thin film." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/31361017546198368057.
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碩士中華技術學院
電子工程研究所碩士班
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With global energy crisis, the rising of environmental awareness, surging of oil prices, and the signing of Kyoto Protocol, as well as the subsidized use of solar energy in the U.S. and EU, the adoption and the research of solar cells have become increasingly important. Experiment One – The objective of this thesis is to use DC Sputter to deposite copper indium gallium diselenide (also known as CIGS) thin film on plastics, P-SI and glass substrates. As a I-III-VI2 quaternary compound, CIGS possesses the advantages of high absorbance, low cost and easy processing. The lattice direction of an excellent CIGS thin film should contain 112 facets. In this experiment we use X-ray diffraction (XRD) to analyze, and then choose substrate with 112 facets for further experimental analysis. Furthermore, We use DC Sputter to deposit copper indium gallium diselenide thin film onto plastic substrate, then conduct Hall Measurement with parameters of difference processes to analyze whether the CIGS thin film possesses good majority carrier content, low resistance, P/N type and majority carrier mobility. Next, we measure the thickness of the thin film with the Spectra Thick Series, analyze the thin film with spectroscope, convert and calculate the energy gap and then observe the crystalline facet structure with XRD. Combining results from all the analysis and measurements described above, we can then analyze and study the deposition time, thin film thickness, and the electrical property to determine whether the deposited CIGS thin film can act as an excellent main absorbing layer of the solar cells
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Chou, Cheng-Han, and 周政翰. "Finite Element Analysis of Thin Film Stress." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/85269848723873842334.
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碩士國立成功大學
土木工程學系碩博士班
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In this work we employ the finite element software, ABAQUS, to simulate the stress evolution in film-substrate system subject to intrinsic mismatch strains. The mismatch strain could be origined from surface stress, different thermal expansion coefficients, and others. In pratical situations it is difficult to measure the stress in situ. The renowned Stoney formula provides a simple analytical connection between the internal stress and the curvature of the substrate, and thus could serve as a convenient tool to estimate stress through the measured curvature. However, the derivation of the Stoney formula was based on classical plate assumptions. In addition, the energy terms associated with the film deformation are all neglected. Naturally, this formula, though simple, could only be valid under certain conditions. Here we employ the finite element analysis to examine the range of validity of Stoney formula.
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Wu, Tung-Jun, and 吳同鈞. "Analysis of the Mainland China’s film industry." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/48028495172658934969.
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碩士中國文化大學
新聞研究所
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There is no denying that the development of movie industry in mainland China is extremely important to Chinese market. Through the administration by the government of mainland China, the transformation of the movie industry system in mainland China has caused the transition between its system and its marketing structure. Due to the previous studies which are lack of discussions on the structure of the movie industry, the system of the movie policies and social background, we can realize the basic circumstances, market structure, strategies and establishment of movie system in the movie market by analyzing studies on movies in mainland China. Therefore, the study integrates “media economics” and “institutional changes” theories to discuss reasons for policy transition in mainland China’s movie industry, processes as well as interactions among circumstances, market structure and market performance. The study uses historical method approach to analyze systematically the development of movie industry in mainland China since 1979. The thesis focuses on three periods of the movie system change in mainland China: 1979 to 1991, 1992 to 2001 and 2002 to present. The thesis analyzes the market concentration rate of movie production, issues and players. Based on the volume of movie production, the study shows that the market concentration rates of the top four-firm during three periods were high (≥50%）in 1979, moderate（34%~49%）in 1983 and low（≤33%）in 2005. By viewing the earnings from the box office, the top four-firm ratio is 67% while the top eight-firm ratio is 84%. The movie production market in mainland China is mainly produced by domestic film producers that are considered as “highly concentrated”. According to the analysis of movie issuing firms, the top four-firm is 63.6% and top eight-firm ratio is 73.6%. Moreover, HHI (Herfindahl Index) is 1310, which is seen as moderately concentrated. The changes of concentration in box office from 2002 to 2006 in mainland China have declined gradually. The major box office was concentrated among Shanghai, Beijing and Canton. By now, there are six leading state-operated movie groups in mainland China. The government controls the concentration of ownership. However, the movie industry in mainland China is transforming state-owned enterprises to stock companies. Thus, the investment in the movie industry has become more diverse. The government used to control the price of movie tickets, but it no longer limited movie ticket prices until 1993, which caused movie ticket prices to increase. Nowadays, the movie industry focuses on converging movies and television. Television movie channels have become one of the important incomes in the movie industry. In the aspect of movie studio development, it leads to regional competition. Cross- province was the minority in the past, while regional monopoly in movie studios still exists. The regulations and censorship of movie productions in mainland China have become less strict. In order to protect the domestic film industry, there should be at least 2/3 local movies played time in movie theaters. The thesis also discusses consumer demand and movie supply. The leading consumers are teenagers. Furthermore, the types of movie supply include rural, commercial, propaganda and art films. Lastly, the development of mainland China’s movie industry is also facing problems, such as, establishing an appropriate movie rating system, protecting copyright systems and movie piracy, as well as downloading films from the Internet. Due to insufficient for studying materials, this research has not probed into the performance of film market in mainland China. In terms of commercial films, it’s not easy to make profits. Thus, I strongly suggest that the following researchers should utilize case study in order to analyze the profit rate of a certain film firm and movie. In the use of the research approach, the following researchers can use in-depth interview that they can realize how a movie market operates. As for the data on movie issuing and the concentration of box office, the following researchers should try to obtain firsthand data materials.
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Szu-Yun, Chen, and 陳思勻. "Analysis on Taiwanese Film Industry Competitive Strategies." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/75610444910353660488.
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碩士國立臺灣藝術大學
電影學系
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Abstract The Taiwan film industry over the past decade, the average share of the total annual box office does not exceed 2.6%, it was considered so low at the box office share, one of the reasons is now rapid information dissemination network, the number of illegal downloading and piracy continue to increase, as into the movie theater to replace the most convenient channels. However, apart from the external impact of scientific and technological progress, the Taiwan film makers should think whether the core values of Taiwan's film meet consumer demand. Another point, as compared to Taiwan's population in the United States, India, China and other places it is much, viewing films from the population unable to support the normal operation of the market, so the whole film industry is not the way to large-scale operation, there is not enough consumer, financial, human resources, etc., in such circumstances, Taiwan's film production company has only to be in the form of small business operators, and even there are many personal studio. This study will affect the possibility of Taiwan's film industry is divided into first, the external environment and internal factors, external environment includes policies and regulations, general economic conditions as well as entertainment, culture, consumer habits, in addition to the financial crisis in 2008 because of factors which fall shown in this part of the overall situation in Taiwan have shown growth trend, while the internal factors are the source of funds, production processes, video quality, it can be seen in this part, due to lack of proper financing, resulting in many movies production side cannot move forward, yet the film does not take advantage of this development stage, that is, to modify the script and market research, the associated video quality suffered and not just poor box office, also contributed to the rampant illegal viewing. In view of Taiwan, the external environment, through the value chain analysis of the lack of film production in Taiwan part of them, and use of SWOT and Five Forces analysis to find internal and external have the ability and competitiveness, was found by its own film industry in Taiwan instability is therefore in a weak state, not competitive, and therefore cannot in general competitive strategy and other film industry to confront, however, there is indeed a Taiwan film industry is changing, though the film directors raising money by themselves to produce a film still exist. But more and more film production methods form producers’ point of view, production companies are willing to try to invest the new generation directors, directors and producers try to cooperate, the case of international co-production appears, which means Taiwan film industry is in a slow progress toward the new production style. Taiwan film industry because of continued strong foreign films are the reasons for the invasion, making the box-office market for nearly 20 years, are occupied by foreign films, particularly the cost of making Hollywood films, Taiwan film cannot compete with, the lack of needed resources such as funding, the link between human and departments, there is no way to shape the film's core competencies in Taiwan, so urgent, is the first Taiwanese film cultivate their own constitution, change the production aspects of a fracture, and the ability of producers attention to the provision of appropriate respect, in addition to self-financing grants and directors, we also learn to use different financing tools, such as Completion Bond, auxiliary production companies looking for funding. By co-product with China, Hong Kong and other places, expanding Chinese regional market, so that Taiwan has the opportunity to develop the film and space.
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Pandey, Ashok Kumar. "Analysis Of Squeeze Film Damping In Microdevices." Thesis, 2003. https://etd.iisc.ac.in/handle/2005/1867.
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There are various energy dissipation mechanisms that affect the dynamic response of microstructures used in MEMS devices. A cumulative effect of such losses is captured by an important characteristic of the structure called Quality factor or Q-factor. Estimating Q-factor at the design stage is crucial in all applications that use dynamics as their principle mode of operation. A high Q-factor indicates sharp resonance that, in turn, can indicate a broad flat response region of the structure. In addition, a high Q-factor typically indicates a high sensitivity. Microstructures used in MEMS are generally required to have much higher Q-factors than their macro counterparts. However some damping mechanisms present in microstructures can reduce the Q-factor of the structure significantly. In the present work, we investigate the dependence of Q-factor on the squeeze film damping an energy dissipation mechanism that dominates by a couple of orders of magnitude over other losses when a fluid (e.g., air) is squeezed through gaps due to vibrations of a microstructure. In particular, we show the effect of nonlinear terms in the analysis of squeeze film damping on the Q-factor of a structure. We also show the effect of rarefaction, surface roughness along with their coupled effect and with different boundary conditions such as open border effect, blocked boundary effect on the squeeze film damping. Finally, we develop similitude laws for calculating squeeze film damping force in up-scaled structures. We illustrate the effects by studying various type of microstructures including parallel plates, beams, plate and beam assemblies such as MEMS microphone, vibratory gyroscope etc. We view the contributions of this work as a significant in investigating and integrating all important effects altogether on the squeeze film damping, which is a significant factor in the design and analysis of MEMS devices.
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Pandey, Ashok Kumar. "Analysis Of Squeeze Film Damping In Microdevices." Thesis, 2003. http://etd.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2005/1867.
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There are various energy dissipation mechanisms that affect the dynamic response of microstructures used in MEMS devices. A cumulative effect of such losses is captured by an important characteristic of the structure called Quality factor or Q-factor. Estimating Q-factor at the design stage is crucial in all applications that use dynamics as their principle mode of operation. A high Q-factor indicates sharp resonance that, in turn, can indicate a broad flat response region of the structure. In addition, a high Q-factor typically indicates a high sensitivity. Microstructures used in MEMS are generally required to have much higher Q-factors than their macro counterparts. However some damping mechanisms present in microstructures can reduce the Q-factor of the structure significantly. In the present work, we investigate the dependence of Q-factor on the squeeze film damping an energy dissipation mechanism that dominates by a couple of orders of magnitude over other losses when a fluid (e.g., air) is squeezed through gaps due to vibrations of a microstructure. In particular, we show the effect of nonlinear terms in the analysis of squeeze film damping on the Q-factor of a structure. We also show the effect of rarefaction, surface roughness along with their coupled effect and with different boundary conditions such as open border effect, blocked boundary effect on the squeeze film damping. Finally, we develop similitude laws for calculating squeeze film damping force in up-scaled structures. We illustrate the effects by studying various type of microstructures including parallel plates, beams, plate and beam assemblies such as MEMS microphone, vibratory gyroscope etc. We view the contributions of this work as a significant in investigating and integrating all important effects altogether on the squeeze film damping, which is a significant factor in the design and analysis of MEMS devices.
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Qiu, Hai-Tang, and 邱海棠. "Another possibility of film: The Field Analysis of Cultural Production on Chinese Independent Film." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/cbze8b.
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碩士國立交通大學
傳播研究所
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The thesis attempts to analyze the change on Chinese Independent Films from 1990 to 2013 by applying Bourdieu’s study on the field of cultural production. The first part is to find out the objective conditions of the field in different period which especially focuses on the context of China. The second part discusses about each independent director’s subjective responses to each position they are given in the field. The study found that Chinese society is following a special path of capitalism transition which is open in economy but conservative in politics. In this way, the development of economy made the independent production of films be possible. The political power pushed the independent films outside the country where get them higher attention in to the international stage. After 2000, the new technologies like DV and internet lower threshold of film production and more and more nongovernmental films organizations improve the impact of independent films. The practice mode of Chinese independent films can be concluded as three positions. First one is the mode of “positively expanding”, which also included there kinds of strategies: “international united production “,”back to national system” and “individual trying”. Second mode is about “individual expression” that the agent concerning more about “pure art” or “equal right movement”. Last, Most directors took the “work sharing” mode are media-related students who need to get their works exposed. In conclusion, Chinese independent film is always in opposition to mainstream films which served as a tool for entertainment or ideology.
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Chen, Yi-Cheng, and 陳顗丞. "Characteristics and Analysis of Al0.5CoCrFeNi2 High Entropy Alloy Thin Film and its Nitride Film." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/y24555.
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碩士國立臺灣科技大學
機械工程系
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In this study, Al0.5CoCrFeNi2 high-entropy alloy powder was used as the raw material by gas atomization method. The powder was prepared into Al0.5CoCrFeNi2 high-entropy alloy target by vacuum melting method. High-entropy alloy film and its nitride film deposited by DC sputtering. Investigate the effects of working pressure, substrate bias and nitrogen flow on the microstructure and mechanical properties of the film. The experimental results showed that segregation was observed in the sputtering target made by the Al0.5CoCrFeNi2 high-entropy alloy powder. The thickness of Al0.5CoCrFeNi2 film was reduced to 500nm, and the hardness and elastic modulus were reduced 3Gpa and 60Gpa, respectively, while the working pressure was increased from 3 mtorr to 10 mtorr. The film bias was added to the substrate at each working pressure by -0 V increased to -150 V, the hardness increase 2~3 GPa. When the 10 mtorr bias is -150 V, the hardness and elastic modulus were reduced due to excessive ion high-speed impact on the substrate. The best sputtering parameters were defined as 3 mtorr with bias -150 V. The subsequent experiment was carried out to investigate the effect of nitrogen flow on the film. The results show that the properties of the film become more excellent after the nitrogen gas is introduced. The highest hardness is 9.02 GPa when the nitrogen flow rate was 1 sccm. When more nitrogen gas was added, despite the roughness of the film are slightly improved, the film thickness, hardness and modulus of elasticity were all reduced.
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LEE, TZU-HUI, and 李姿慧. "Analysis of Operation Strategy: A Case Study of an ITO Film Firm in Taiwan." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/r53wbx.
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碩士國立中正大學
會計與資訊科技研究所
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Based on both qualitative and quantitative data collected about a case firm’s historical development, the purpose of this study is to provide an analysis framework in order to improve the efficiency of firms to form their market positioning and development strategy. This study adopts the frequently used models such as Five-force and SWOT analysis, examining the key factors that will determine a firm’s future success/failure. The case firm belongs to the Indium Tin Oxide Film Industry, with development background similar to many high-tech SMEs in Taiwan. With limited resources and top-down management style, these SMEs in Taiwan often rely on few key managers’ intuition to form their firms’ operation strategies, without sufficient analysis for decision support. Being ignorant about the importance of analysis about the operation environment they are exposed to, it is getting more difficult to survive in this constant-changing high-tech industry. Therefore, our objective of this study is to develop a systematic analysis framework to improve the efficiency and reduce the uncertainty for firms when formulating their operation strategies. This research is adopting both qualitative and quantitative data and the case study approach, collecting all pertinent data related to case study firm and trying to find out its internal strength/weakness and external opportunity/threat by utilizing Porter five-force analysis and SWOT analysis. Our final analysis also provides several recommendation for the case firm’s future development strategy.
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Chattah, Juan Roque Buchler Michael Howard Shaftel Matthew R. "Semiotics, pragmatics, and metaphor in film music analysis." Diss., 2006. http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-04042006-140957/.
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Dissertation (PhD) Florida State University, 2006.Advisors: Michael Buckler, Matthew Shaftel, Florida State University, College of Music. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed 5-16-2007). Document formatted into pages; contains 171 pages. Includes biographical sketch. Includes bibliographical references.
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Wang, Jing-yau, and 王鏡堯. "Numerical Analysis of Fuel Film Spray and Atomization." Thesis, 1995. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/63469982122860950204.
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碩士國立海洋大學
船舶機械工程學系
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In the present study, the film dynamics model is utilized to simulate the motion of annular liquid films which include swirling hollow-cone shape and non-swirling bell-like shape. The surface wave instability theory is used to analyze the variation of wave growth rates due to film velocity, viscosity, and ambient pressure. The film dynamics model and instability theory are combined to predict the film flow structure and the primary atomization characteristics such as film penetration (e.g. film breakupup length) and film trajectory range (e.g. spray angle). In order to develop the droplet breakup model for further coupling with gas flow model in the combustor chamber, the gas flow fields, including structure of gas flow, pressure and velocity profiles, are also analyzed. The computational results in the present study are validated against the available past experimental data and the comparison demonstrates a good agreement with the data. This shows that the models used in the present study can provide a good basis for predicting fuel atomization characteristics in the gas turbine combustor. At last, recommendations for future study are also proposed.
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wenjun_siao and 蕭文鈞. "Reliability Analysis for Poly-Silicon Thin-Film Transistors." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/74790480904944321523.
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碩士清雲科技大學
電機工程研究所
93
Recently, poly silicon thin film transistors (poly-Si TFTs ) have been applied in many aspects such as such memory, active matrix liquid crystal display (AMLCDs) and so on. Main reason for this because the field effect mobility of poly-Si TFT is almost 100 times higher than that of amorphous silicon thin film transistor. Among different applications, poly Si TFT has been utilized to manufacture pixel switching devices and display-related peripheral driver circuits. It is realized that, with the technology of poly Si TFT, fabrication of large area flat panel liquid crystal display based on glass structure has been a long term trend. Thus, it is very important to focus studies on reliability and electrical characteristic of poly Si TFT. In this thesis, the aim is to study reliability of thin film transistors under different voltage conditions. Measure of reliability is based on performance at various channel dimensions. Since properties of poly Si TFT like threshold voltage, electrical mobility, subthreshold swing etc. will be degraded due to hot carrier effect, it is the main target to investigate the defect energy gap distribution raised from that effect through electricity analysis. The relationship between operation voltage and defect density will be established as well in this research. It is hoped that information resulted from this thesis can be useful for technology and product development in TFT industry.