Degree Type
Honors Capstone Project
Date of Submission
Spring 5-1-2006
Capstone Advisor
Dr. Dale Hudson, Jr.
Honors Reader
Thomas Friedmann
Capstone Major
Art
Capstone College
Visual and Performing Arts
Audio/Visual Component
no
Capstone Prize Winner
no
Won Capstone Funding
no
Honors Categories
Creative
Subject Categories
Art and Design | Film and Media Studies
Abstract
What is children’s cinema? This thesis explores this question by identifying three codes of children’s film and illuminating them through a short film entitled “Pirate Story.” The film is about a boy and his grandfather, and the pirates that inhabit a bedtime story. The pirates compete with the grandfather to have narrative authority over their own existence. This film examines the role of the narrator, use of animation, and absence of the parental figures as elements that are signifiers of children’s cinema. It was shot on HD video, with animation created in After Effects. Production also involved creation of a life-size pirate ship set, costumes, and musical score. This film serves to show that children’s cinema contains unique codes that inform the audience’s viewing experience and are important in the development of spectatorship into adulthood.
Recommended Citation
Powell, Jake T., "Pirate Story" (2006). Honors Capstone Projects - All. 601.
https://surface.syr.edu/honors_capstone/601
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