226 research outputs found
Nowy wymiar strachu - Blair Witch Project (1999) Daniela Myricka i Eduardo Sáncheza
No full textThe feature-film debut “Blair Witch Project” (1999) by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez was an unexpected box-office hit. In spite of having a very low-budget and no movie stars in the cast, the directors adapted new means through which horror could be compellingly depicted on screen. The author of the article intends to unravel why so many viewers of “Blair Witch Project” believed that it presented a true story. On the one hand, it is connected with a well-prepared marketing campaign conducted by Myrick and Sánchez on the Internet. On the other, they used techniques characteristic of a documentary film, which eventually gave the impression that the film itself is a recording of authentic events. The author of the article has a firm belief the innovative ways in which the directors tried to thrill the American audience were the source of the film’s great success.Fryderyk Kwiatkowsk
The new dimension of fear : "Blair Witch Project" (1999) Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez
No full textThe feature-film debut "Blair Witch Project" (1999) by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez was an unexpected box-office hit. In spite of having a very low-budget and no movie stars in the cast, the directors adapted new means through which horror could be compellingly depicted on screen. The author of the article intends to unravel why so many viewers of "Blair Witch Project" believed that it presented a true story. On the one hand, it is connected with a well-prepared marketing campaign conducted by Myrick and Sánchez on the Internet. On the other, they used techniques characteristic of a documentary film, which eventually gave the impression that the film itself is a recording of authentic events. The author of the article has a firm belief the innovative ways in which the directors tried to thrill the American audience were the source of the film’s great success
加齢マウス造血幹細胞の性状の解析
No full text筑波大学University of Tsukuba博士（医学）Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Sciences2001【要旨】Offprint. Originally published in: Journal of Experimental Medicine, v. 192, no. 9, pp. 1273-1280, 2000Joint authors: Hideo Ema, Yohei Morita, and Hiromitsu Nakauchithesi
Hybris, czyli o przyczynach porażek ambitnych projektów w twórczości mistrzów kina
No full textThe author, by adopting historical-critical method, presents the concept of the „unsuccessful masterpiece” and puts it on the borderline between film studies and film criticism. The point of departure for his analyses comprises a selected group of works by eminent directors which unfortunately did not meet expectations of critics and audience. The main source of the author’s inspiration for establishing the category of unsuccessful masterpiece lies in the remarks written by distinguished film critics, e. g. Roger Ebert. The author also draws on inquiries made by the scholars who tried to grasp the phenomenon of a masterpiece within theoretical borders. Therefore, he depicts the characteristic of an unsuccessful masterpiece based on the above-mentioned assumptions. In the author’s view this notion might be a useful tool for film critics to for evaluating works of specific kind. Moreover, the author’s attempt may contribute to theoretical studies on the phenomenon of masterpiece.Fryderyk Kwiatkowsk
Hybris, or the causes of failure of the ambitious projects in the oeuvre of masters of cinema
No full textAutor, przyjmując perspektywę historyczno-krytyczną, przedstawia pojęcie "nieudanego arcydzieła", umieszczając je na pograniczu filmoznawstwa oraz krytyki filmowej. Punktem wyjścia dla analizy jest wybrana grupa utworów wybitnych reżyserów, które nie spełniły oczekiwań zarówno krytyków, jak i publiczności. Źródłem inspiracji dla stworzenia kategorii nieudanego arcydzieła są z jednej strony opinie uznanych krytyków filmowych, których uwagi autor porządkuje i uogólnia. Z drugiej zaś, czerpie z analiz badaczy, podejmujących teoretyczną refleksję nad zagadnieniem arcydzieła. W oparciu o powyższe założenia, autor przedstawia wyznaczniki nieudanego arcydzieła. Pojęcie to może bowiem służyć krytykom filmowym w ocenie określonego rodzaju utworów. Ponadto, dokonana przez autora próba uzupełnia istotną lukę w badaniach nad pojęciem arcydzieła.The author, by adopting historical-critical method, presents the concept of the "unsuccessful masterpiece" and putts it on the borderline between film studies and film criticism. The point of departure for his analyses is a selected group of works by eminent directors which unfortunately did not meet expectations of critics and audience. The main source of the author’s inspiration for establishing the category of unsuccessful masterpiece lies in the remarks written by distinguished film critics, e. g. Roger Ebert. The author also draws on inquiries made by the scholars who tried to grasp the phenomenon of a masterpiece within theoretical borders. Therefore, he depicts the characteristic of an unsuccessful masterpiece based on the above-mentioned assumptions. In the author’s view this notion might be a useful tool for film critics to for evaluating works of specific kind. Moreover, the author’s attempt may contribute to theoretical studies on the phenomenon of masterpiece
Electroweak vacuum stabilized by moduli during/after inflation
No full textAbstractIt is known that the present electroweak vacuum is likely to be metastable and it may lead to a serious instability during/after inflation. We propose a simple solution to the problem of vacuum instability during/after inflation. If there is a moduli field which has Planck-suppressed interactions with the standard model fields, the Higgs quartic coupling in the early universe naturally takes a different value from the present one. A slight change of the quartic coupling in the early universe makes the Higgs potential absolutely stable and hence we are free from the vacuum instability during/after inflation
Higgs scalaron mixed inflation
No full textWe discuss the inflationary dynamics of a system with a non-minimal coupling between the Higgs and the Ricci scalar as well as a Ricci scalar squared term. There are two scalar modes in this system, i.e. the Higgs and the spin-zero mode of the graviton, or the scalaron. We study the two-field dynamics of the Higgs and the scalaron during inflation, and clarify the condition where inflation is dominated by the Higgs/scalaron. We also find that the cut-off scale at around the vacuum is as large as the Planck scale, and hence there is no unitarity issue, although there is a constraint on the couplings from the perturbativity of the theory at around the vacuum
Dynamical Emergence of Scalaron in Higgs Inflation
No full textWe point out that a light scalaron dynamically emerges if scalar fields have a sizable non-minimal coupling to the Ricci scalar as in the Higgs inflation model. We support this claim in two ways. One is based on the renormalization group equation; the non-minimal coupling inevitably induces a Ricci scalar quadratic term due to the renormalization group running. The other is based on scattering amplitudes; a scalar four-point amplitude develops a pole after summing over a certain class of diagrams, which we identify as the scalaron. Our result implies that the Higgs inflation is actually a two-field inflationary model. Another implication is that the Higgs inflation does not suffer from the unitarity issue since the scalaron pushes up the cut-off scale to the Planck scale
Early decay of Peccei–Quinn fermion and the IceCube neutrino events
No full textAbstractIceCube observed high-energy neutrino flux in the energy region from TeV to PeV. The decay of a massive long-lived particle in the early universe can be the origin of the IceCube neutrino events, which we call an “early decay scenario.” In this paper, we construct a particle physics model that contains such a massive long-lived particle based on the Peccei–Quinn model. We calculate the present neutrino flux, taking account of realistic initial energy distributions of particles produced by the decay of the massive long-lived particle. We show that the early decay scenario naturally fits into the Peccei–Quinn model, and that the neutrino flux observed by IceCube can be explained in such a framework. We also see that, based on that model, a consistent cosmological history that explains the abundance of the massive long-lived particle is realized
Explosive axion production from saxion
No full textThe dynamics of saxion in a supersymmetric axion model and its effect on the axion production is studied in detail. We find that the axion production is very efficient when the saxion oscillation amplitude is much larger than the Peccei–Quinn scale, due to a spike-like behavior of the effective axion mass. We also consider the axino production and several cosmological consequences. The possibility of detection of gravitational waves from the non-linear dynamics of the saxion and axion is discussed
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