CINEMA
Bou, Núria: Nocturnal portrait of the femme fatale
The devastating power of the female universe in classic genre cinema. The archetype of the "spider woman" as paradigm.
Pérez, Xavier: Arousing curiosity in Them!
A hypothesis of audience tension and expectations in one of the masterpieces of 50s Hollywood science fiction.
Quintana, Àngel (Universitat de Girona): The film-maker's ethic in the face of the inevidence of the times
Point of view and practice in film. The attitude of the cinema towards history.
Font, Domènec: Masculin/Femenin. Notes on the modern actor's body
The presence, body and gestures of actors are among the keys to interpretation in the modern cinema. Their confrontation with the camera and particular accommodation in the shot convey an aesthetics and a construction of meaning.
TELEVISION
Baget Herms, Josep Mª: The legacy of Franco's television
The influence of Franco's television on the future of TVE (Spanish television) and the audiovisual scene as a whole.
Pericot, Jordi; Capdevila, Arantxa: The evolution of persuasive election discourse on television
Communication strategies in political campaigns. The analytical apparatus of election propaganda.
Terribas, Mònica; Puig, Carmina: The theatricalisation of the private domain and the hybridisation of television genres. The case of Big Brother
The formats of television programming as a framework of representativeness for the private domain. The case of Big Brother in television genres.
Casero, Andreu: European-wide television and the construction of european identity. The case of Euronews
Critical analysis and questioning of the European-wide television model. Genesis, evolution and objectives of Euronews channel.
ART
Ibarz, Mercè: Wounds and cures. photography, artistic expression, and the documentary eye
The clinical eye. Artistic and political reflexion in documentary photography from the thirties to the present day.
Corominas, Aurora: The Artist's Gesture. An initial approach to the cinematic representation of Vincent van Gogh's pictorial practice
Representation of the gesture in pictorial creation. The case of Van Gogh in the cinema.
Català Domènech, Josep Mª (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona): Our ability to look rebels. An introduction to a phenomenology of interfaces
Reality and simulation. The concept of the interface as virtual space and model of the mind configuring a new imaginary.
Pintor, Ivan: About the imaginary
Hermeneutic tradition, interpretation and historical status of the image. Revision of the works about the imaginary after Gilbert Durand, Gaston Bachelard and Henry Corbin.
Codina, Lluís; Palma, María del Valle: Web and cinema
Comparative analysis of two data bases for on-line research.
