Die Berliner Schule gilt als die wichtigste Strömung im deutschen Kino seit den 1970er Jahren. Gleichzeitig kann sie als wesentlicher Teil der globalen New-Wave-Filme verstanden werden, die an den ...traditionellen Rändern des Weltkinos angesiedelt sind. In 15 Essays setzen die Beiträger*innen des Bandes die Berliner Schule mit Beispielen des globalen Kinos in Verbindung - von Europa über Südostasien und den Nahen Osten bis hin zu Süd- und Nordamerika - und laden dazu ein, sie als zentralen Aspekt des Nachwende-Kinos in einem transnationalen Licht zu betrachten. Damit liefern sie zum ersten Mal eine systematische Untersuchung dieser Gattung und stellen sie als eine der wichtigsten Entwicklungen des gegenwärtigen Arthouse-Kinos heraus.
Der stereoskopische Unterhaltungsfilm, der sogenannte 3D-Film, ist integraler Bestandteil der Filmgeschichte. Luisa Feiersinger verfolgt in einer longue durée die sich wandelnden narrativen, ...technischen und diskursiven Anordnungen am Beispiel ausgewählter Unterhaltungsfilme. Dabei zeigt sie, dass gerade im populären Format diese Anordnungen immer wieder selbstreflexiv in die Narrationen verwoben werden. Filmwissenschaftliche Untersuchungsmethoden zur Beschreibung der nur in der Wahrnehmung existierenden stereoskopischen Bewegt- und Raumbilder dienen als exemplarischer Vorschlag zur Integration von Bewegtbildern in die Kunst- und Bildgeschichte.
Technics gathers leading international media scholars to rethink technology for the contemporary digital era. The volume’s 28 contributors provide cutting-edge theoretical, historiographical, and ...methodological reflections on media and technology. Chapters explore the ideas of Walter Benjamin, Ursula Le Guin, Bernhard Siegert, Gilbert Simondon, and Sylvia Wynter in conjunction with urgent issues such as ableism, algorithms, digital infrastructures, generative AI, and geoengineering. An expansive collection of writings on media technologies in the digital age, Technics is an essential resource for students and scholars of film and media studies, digital humanities, science and technology studies, and the philosophy of technology.
Uniform and adherent cobalt oxide thin films have been deposited on glass substrates from aqueous cobalt chloride solution, using the solution spray pyrolysis technique. Their structural, optical and ...electrical properties were investigated by means of X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron micrograph (SEM), optical absorption and electrical resistivity measurements. Along with this, to propose Co
3O
4 for possible application in energy storage devices, its electrochemical supercapacitor properties have been studied in aqueous KOH electrolyte. The structural analysis from XRD pattern showed the oriented growth of Co
3O
4 of cubic structure. The surface morphological studies from scanning electron micrographs revealed the nanocrystalline grains alongwith some overgrown clusters of cobalt oxide. The optical studies showed direct and indirect band gaps of 2.10 and 1.60
eV, respectively. The electrical resistivity measurement of cobalt oxide films depicted a semiconducting behavior with the room temperature electrical resistivity of the order of 1.5
×
10
3
Ω
cm. The supercapacitor properties depicted that spray-deposited Co
3O
4 film is capable of exhibiting specific capacitance of 74
F/g.
The internal surface of a stainless steel AISI 304 tube, 200 cm in length and 10 cm in diameter, was coated with diamond-like carbon (DLC) using the Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD) ...technique, using two group of experiments for the entry and exit of the gas flow to determine the effect of their position on the quality and thickness of the DLC film. First, the temperature rise along the tube surface was measured during the argon and acetylene plasma phase. Secondly, the PECVD experiments were analyzed to evaluate the coating for all arrangements used. Thus, the tube temperature, the film thickness, the structural changes and the friction coefficient were measured, using optical microscopy, an infrared Thermometer, a Raman Spectrometer and a pin-on-flat tribometer, respectively. Our measurements revealed DLC films with symmetrical and asymmetrical distributions along the tube. Raman and tribological characterization shown that the lowest I(D)/I(G) ratio and lowest friction coefficient were in the regions with thickest DLC films. The study indicates that DLC films may be grown by PECVD inside of long tubes that exhibit excellent thickness and friction characteristics when entry/exit points for the gas flow are placed at both ends of the tube.
•Regions with high temperatures and poor deposition were accompanied by an intense brightness of the plasma;•A reduction in the friction coefficient and tube temperature are ensured with the entry/exit of gas at both ends of the tube;•DLC films grown with the entry/exit of gas at both tube ends proved to be suitable for the internal coating of tubes.
InPixar and the Aesthetic Imagination
,Eric Herhuth draws upon film theory, animation theory, and philosophy to examine how animated films address aesthetic experience within contexts of ...technological, environmental, and sociocultural change. Since producing the first fully computer-animated feature film, Pixar Animation Studios has been a creative force in digital culture and popular entertainment. But, more specifically, its depictions of uncanny toys, technologically sublime worlds, fantastic characters, and meaningful sensations explore aesthetic experience and its relation to developments in global media, creative capitalism, and consumer culture. This investigation finds in Pixar's artificial worlds and transformational stories opportunities for thinking through aesthetics as a contested domain committed to newness and innovation as well as to criticism and pluralistic thought.
Thin film solar cells of CdS/Sb2S3/C-Ag are developed on glass substrates coated with SnO2:F (FTO) by thermal evaporation of Sb2S3 powder. At a thickness of 110nm, Sb2S3 thin film which is heated at ...300°C has an optical band gap Eg of 1.75eV; optical absorption coefficient in the visible region of >105cm−1; and photoconductivity (n-type) of 1.5×10−6Ω−1cm−1. The film with 450nm in thickness is of Eg 1.5eV. A solar cell, FTO/CdS/Sb2S3 (450nm)/C-Ag, prepared with this film has an open circuit voltage, Voc, of 600mV, short circuit current density, Jsc, of 6.1mA/cm2, and a solar energy conversion efficiency of 1.27%.
•Antimony sulfide thin films are prepared by thermal evaporation.•Structural, optical and electrical properties of the films are presented.•CdS/Sb2S3 solar cell has a Voc at 600mV and conversion efficiency at 1.27%.
High-quality Al-doped zinc oxide (AZO) thin films have been deposited on quartz substrates by radio-frequency magnetron sputtering at room temperature for thin film solar cell applications as ...transparent conductive oxide (TCO) electrode layers. Effects of post-deposition annealing treatment in pure nitrogen and nitrogen/hydrogen atmosphere have been investigated. Annealing treatments were carried out from 300
°C to 600
°C for compatibility with typical optoelectronic device fabrication processes. A series of characterization techniques, including X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, Hall, optical transmission, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy has been employed to study these AZO materials. It was found that there were significant changes in crystallinity of the films, resistivity increased from 4.60
×
10
−
4
to 4.66
×
10
−
3
Ω
cm and carrier concentration decreased from 8.68
×
10
20 to 2.77
×
10
20
cm
−
3
when annealing in 400
°C pure nitrogen. Whereas there were no significant changes in electrical and optical properties of the AZO films when annealing in 300–500
°C nitrogen/hydrogen atmosphere, the electrical stability of the AZO films during the hydrogen treatment is attributed to both desorption of adsorbed oxygen from the grain boundaries and production of additional oxygen vacancies that act as donor centers in the films by removal of oxygen from the ZnO matrix. These results demonstrated that the AZO films are stably suited for TCO electrodes in display devices and solar cells.
Psychoanalytic theory has been the subject of attacks from philosophers, cultural critics and scientists who have questioned the cogency of its reasoning as well as the soundness of its premises. ...Nevertheless, when used to shed light on horror cinema, psychoanalysis in its various forms has proven to be a fruitful and provocative interpretative tool. This volume seeks to find the proper place of psychoanalytic thought in critical discussion of cinema in a series of essays that debate its legitimacy, utility and validity as applied to the horror genre. It distinguishes itself from previous work in this area through the self-consciousness with which psychoanalytic concepts are employed and the theorization that coexists with interpretations of particular horror films and subgenres.
