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    Fidelity of the film adaptation of the novel "Fifty shades of grey"
    Billones, Toni Rose D.; Tumbagahan, Angelique S. (Division of Humanities, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Visayas, 2016-05)
    This undergraduate thesis is a critical analysis of film adaptation Fifty Shades of Grey to find out its fidelity to the novel in terms of character, setting, and plot using the Theory of Adaptation by Linda Hutcheon and the interpretation of film adaptations by John Desmond and Peter Hawkes. This study highlights the characteristics of the film as a medium especially when it is adapted from a literary work and selves as a guide for filmmakers in adapting literary works. It recommends that film producers should work with the author to create a more faithful adaptation especially to novel series like Fifty Shades. The analysis uses a codebook designed to allow cues to be counted and tallied to determine the elements carried over in the film adaptation. The researchers conclude that the film Fifty Shades of Grey is an intermediate adaptation of the novel with certain narrative elements specifically the character, setting and plot, undergoing addition or deletion in the adaptation process. The dropping of some characters caused a domino-effect on the other elements such as the setting and plot events. The film adaptation changed the mood of the story, from a very explicit into a more subtle form, by adding scenes that can be categorized as romantic rather than sensual
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    Masculinity in Kinesics: The relationship between level of exposure to a film and judgment of masculinity
    Al-amin, Ibrahim Mohd T.; Bito-onon, Novelyn Anne A.; Villaruel, Adrienne B. (Division of Humanities, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Visayas, 2015-06)
    This study looks into men’s non-verbal communication particularly kinesics or body language as people’s basis for their judgement of masculinity. The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between the level of exposure to a film and people’s judgement of masculinity. With the mere exposure effect stating that repeated exposure increases familiarity, the researchers have come up with the assumption that repeated exposure to a film will lead people to judge masculinity through kinesic cues. A short independent film produced by the researchers showing two actors executing men’s kinesic cues particularly posture, smiling, nodding, eye contact and hand gestures were shown to 90 respondents assigned to different levels of exposure namely low, medium and high. A questionnaire was administered soon after. Results of the study revealed no significant relationship between the level of exposure to the film and people’s judgement of masculinity. Results have also shown that of the five kinesic cues used by this study, posture is the most observed and used to judge men’s masculinity. This is consistent with the findings of researchers like Vrugt and Luyerink (2000) On the other hand, results have also revealed that contrary to past studies like that of Kawamura Et. Al (2008), smiling is the least used to judge masculinity. The researchers have concluded that factors such as pre-conceived notions and stereotypes as well as culture may have affected such results. Overall, this study has proven that the kinesic cues of men however big or minimal have a bearing on people’s judgement of masculinity.