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| Personal Name | Fabonan, Miles Dylan M. |
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| Resource Title | Framing the Absurd in Broadcast News: Exploring the Coexistence of Safety and Danger through Animation and Installation |
| Date Issued | June 2026 |
| Abstract | This thesis explored the medium of animation and installation art to depict the tonal shifts found in broadcast news, which are the constant changing of intended emotions per news report. In particular, how serious news reports regarding natural disasters, crime scenes, and government corruption are then followed by lighter more positive stories such as celebrity drama, and local festivals. The thesis is an exploration and critique on this specific element of broadcast news and how this relates to our common understanding of safety and danger in everyday life. As the primary conduit of these broadcasts, the television became key in understanding the narrative frameworks constructed and broadcasted by these news programs, specifically the local news programs. Furthermore, the widespread accessibility of televisions resulted in mainstream audiences passively consuming the curated media displayed on screen. The work centered on the reinterpretation and transformation of the passive television unit into a device that actively disrupts. Additionally, the animation presented on screen employed a gaudy and exaggerated visual style. Through this interpretation, the domestic familiarity and passive consumptive experience of broadcast television, its constructed narratives found in televised news, and the mainstream conventions of animation are challenged. The study employed a free-form visual style that playfully reinterpreted the chaotic information overload of news programs. The expansive digital landscape within the animation acted as a surreal microcosm of a world filtered through the news, another reiteration of this microcosm was done through an installation that consisted of a revolving miniature house covered in reflective tiles. The thesis animation was then casted onto the revolving house through a projector, which bounced off of the house’s reflective surface, scattering the animation into abstract streaks of lig |
| Degree Course | BFA (Bachelor of Fine Arts) |
| Language | English |
| Keyword | Television, News Broadcasts, Video Art, Experimental Animation, Microcosm, Tonal Shifts, Perception, Blurring of Truth, Disruption |
| Material Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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