RESEARCH
research title
Design
This research project focuses on the evolution of society’s judgement on societal gender roles, where it forces us to adapt and maintain an expected yet unattainable image. This paper highlights the notions of women during the 1940s and 1950s and their representation in film. It examines how the femme fatale embodies the advancements of First Wave Feminism and foreshadows the activism seen in Second Wave Feminism post Wold War II. Using Orson Welles’s film, The Lady from Shanghai (1947), the project display’s Elsa Bannister’s character as the feminine power and representation of femme fatale through the male gaze.
Development
Written and created independently with the supervision of Kevin Smith (Masters in film production from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts) throughout the Fall 2024 semester.
This project included a 25 minute Powerpoint presentation explaining the topic of choice, historical significance, and its application to societies in varying eras.
Below are excerpts of the outline and presentation that was used, respectively, for this term project.
This outline was written on Google Docs and the presentation was designed through Google Slides.
research title
Design
A research paper that focuses on the wonders of the Japanese waters and the beauty of the landscapes in the city of Fukuyama. This paper discusses a magical journey through the relationship between man and nature by showing the connection between Ponyo and Sosuke, the importance of nature in a cultural sense, and the opposing worlds of water and land.
Development
Written and created independently with the supervision of Tanya Stadelmann (MFA in Media Arts Production from SUNY Buffalo) throughout the Spring 2024 semester.
This project included a 10-minute Powerpoint presentation that outlined the thesis argument/interpretation for the research paper and 2 scene analyses that explained its pertinence to the thesis argument.
The focus of my presentation was to explain my thesis and included historical, cultural, and environmental significance in the film and its correlation to Japan and their society.
Below are excerpts of the outline and presentation that was used, respectively, for this term project.
This outline was written on Google Docs and the presentation was designed through Google Slides.
Design
A research project based on Confucianism and how it was able to revolutionize the West. Being China’s fundamental aspect of Chinese government and philosophy, England was able to use Confucius in Chinoiserie, where this art aesthetic thrived in the West. Through the Jesuit missionary, Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, he was able to be the bridge between these two differing cultures by providing sources of Chinese music, art, philosophy, and translations.
Development
Written and created independently with the supervision of Xin Conan-Wu (Margaret Hamilton associate professor of Art History at William & Mary) throughout the Fall 2022 semester.
This project included:
Proposal
Annotated bibliography
10-minute meeting with the supervisor
Improved thesis statement
Questions to answer in the research project
Analyzed sources and artifacts to use in the research project
A 10-minute Powerpoint presentation explaining the topic of choice and historical, cultural, philosophical significance behind the art used whilst displaying the ideological exchanges between the East and the West.
Below are the images of the artifacts and its respective captions used in the final paper.
Final research paper was written in Microsoft Word.
Proposal and annotated bibliography was written in Google Docs.
Presentation was designed in Google Slides.
