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Production Design and Location in the Danish Television Drama Series The Legacy

13. may 2016. Television fiction is most often referred to as the writer’s medium, whereas feature film is generally perceived as the vision and work of the director. In this article we turn our focus to the role…

Forget About Love - Sex and Detachment in Lars von Trier's 'Nymphomaniac'

11. mar 2015. PEER REVIEWED. In Lars von Trier’s cinematic universe, sexuality only rarely appears as a shared passion between partners who embrace feelings of intimacy and bonding. Trier’s characters wear…

Figures in Landscapes: Cognitive Theater Theory and Expressive Bodies in 1920s Scandinavian Film

02. dec 2014. PEER REVIEWED. This article examines the relationship between the actor and the environment, particularly in 1920s Scandinavian films, with Mauritz Stiller's Johan as the main example. This…

Gentlemen of the Press

27. jun 2014. Since the beginnings of cinema journalists have been amongst the professionals most frequently portrayed on the big screen. This article analyzes the image of journalists and media workers in Billy…

Valdemar Psilander – A World Star in Danish Film

06. mar 2017. Around the world, thousands of women’s hearts throbbed when Valdemar Psilander lit up the darkness of the silent cinema house. He spent six years at the top of the charts before it all ended suddenly…

The National Pomander: Sørensen og Rasmussen

03. jul 2015. Sørensen og Rasmussen (1940), directed by Emanuel Gregers for the production company Nordisk Film, is a recognized minor classic of Danish film comedy. It is not only witty and well-acted, it…

Kosmorama #272: I-Media-Cities – historical city films and digital innovation

Imagine if one day you could access the collections of all European film archives on one web platform. What if this platform was equipped with the digital tools to satisfy any film scholar’s heart…

Following the Swedish Model: The Transnational Nature of Finnish National Cinema in the early 1920s

29. sep 2017. PEER REVIEWED. This article demonstrates why Swedish cinema of the golden age (1916–1924) became an important model for Finnish filmmakers in the early 1920s. In relation to this, the article…

Production Design and the Creation of Story Worlds - Introduction

16. jun 2017. This issue of Kosmorama focuses on production design. A film without design would be a film with no images. Every work of visual fiction relies on the representation of design artifacts; costumes,…

Spies at Home – How the design of the domestic interior in "Tinker Tailor Soldier, Spy" conveys character and narrative

16. jun 2017. The home has traditionally implied a safe place often signifying stability, privacy and comfort. However it can also be used to explore fear, where danger resides in the home itself.

Analysing Production Design: Positions and Approaches

16. jun 2017. PEER REVIEWED. This article discusses the challenges of understanding production design and reviews dominant approaches to production design analysis.

Art Nouveau, Production Design, and the Contemporary Horror Film

16. jun 2017. This article explores the relationship between the contemporary horror film and Art Nouveau design, mise-en-scène, and thematic. In the era of Art Nouveau’s ascendancy, around the turn of the 20th…