Browsing Dept. of Graphic Design - Master's degree by Title
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Center vs periphery : visual representation of the party scenes in Yeşilçam melodramas
(Bilkent University, 1997)In this study a particular aspect of melodramas (namely, party scenes) in the heyday of the Turkish cinema, especially between the early 1960s and the mid-1970s, is analyzed. In this respect, the visual representation ... -
Cinematic realism and digital special effects in Hollywood cinema
(Bilkent University, 1996)This thesis attempts to understand changing conceptions of realism in entertainment cinema by the emergence of digital special effects as an implication of new modes of production in contemporary Hollywood cinema. It ... -
Composition and the uncanny : a methodological account of composition in visual arts
(Bilkent University, 2001)This study aims at giving an account of composition in visual arts by basing itself on the notion of uncanny. In that respect the works of three different surrealist artists, Max Ernst, Giorgio De Chirico, and Joan Miro, ... -
Conceptual artwork as type : an account of dematerialization in conceptual art
(Bilkent University, 2011)This thesis explores the concept of dematerialization, which was introduced by Lucy Lippard and John Chandler to art context, by the means of a new characterization of word-based Conceptual artworks as types. Concerning ... -
The contemporary Turkish poster and its evolution in parallel with the economic structure
(Bilkent University, 1992)The aim of this tliesis is to analyze the development o f the ‘Turkish poster' in connection with the development o f the economic structure and to take a critical look at its contemporaiy problems. This thesis will ... -
Corporate identity design: a case study and analysis of the visual identity of Yapı Kredi AŞ
(Bilkent University, 1993)The aim of this study is, within a crical look, to determine deficient aspects and to construct a positive suggestive approach to Yapı Kredi A.Ş’s visual identity with corporate design criteria and views of professionals ... -
Corporate image : a study in establishing visual identity and the analysis of an existing trademark
(Bilkent University, 1993)Organizations are most of the time distinguished by their identities and consumers decide on a product or a service according to an organization's identity and structure. An organization may reflect its identity in many ... -
Creating a presentation format of interactive media for innovative products
(Bilkent University, 1994)In this work, an interactive presentation format to give information about an innovative product is developed. Innovation process is also discussed for communication of users and designers. Accessing the original needs ... -
A critical approach to game studies : analysis of Fallout 3® as an example of non-linear gameplay
(Bilkent University, 2010)Contemporary video games are unlike their pioneering counterparts, almost completely changed in all possible ways ranging from, the hardware that the games are run on to their usage of narrative elements and how one ... -
Deconstructionist typography
(Bilkent University, 1995)This thesis probes into how semiotics and deconstructionism on the one hand, technological progress on the other, have challenged typography. It begins with a short historical account of contemporary typography, focusing ... -
Design of an interactive sequential graphic system on cyber-space
(Bilkent University, 2000)The aim of this study is to explore and discuss the possibility of an interactive sequential system on World Wide Web. It is an attempt to formulate a definition for a system, which utilises different mediums like text, ... -
The design of the book as object
(Bilkent University, 1997)The book is an important cultural product that, as well as being a site in which text and image can be found, is first and foremost a physical object. To access a text there must always be a physical support through which ... -
Designing for web and for printed medium: a comparative study
(Bilkent University, 2001)A thesis comparing two methods of design; the web design and design prepared for the printed medium, covering the physical differences between the two, the methods and techniques of content presentation in both cases, ... -
Desktop icons : a comparative study of textual and iconic human user interface elements in visual communication
(Bilkent University, 2003)This research examines “Desktop Icons” in correlation to contemporary developments, changes and expanding possibilities in the usage and integration of multimedia into applications and interfaces; outlining how textual ... -
Deterritorialisation of image : mapping out new media
(Bilkent University, 2003)This study endeavours to elaborate the possibilities that new media would have within the practice of art. Diverging from the pre-existing media, new media emerges as being based on the idea of digitisation. Depending ... -
Dogma/Dogme 95 : manifesto for contemporary cinema and realism
(Bilkent University, 2003)This study investigates Dogma/Dogme’95, which is the latest collectivism seen in the history of cinema. Thesis explores this newest movement’s references to past and today’s filmmaking in relation to the concept of realism, ... -
The dynamic interaction between advertising and popular culture : a case study on Ixir TV commercials
(Bilkent University, 2006)In the scope of the thesis, the “advertising” concept--rather than its economic dimension-- is taken as a matter of culture under the form of popular culture, serving as a repository for social and cultural data. How the ... -
Education in interactive media: a survey on the potentials of computers for visual literacy
(Bilkent University, 1996)This study aims at investigating the potentials of multimedia and computers in design. For this purpose, a general survey on the historical development of computers for their use in education and possibilities related to ... -
Encountering a site-specific work of art : concerning the relationship between image and memory in the conceptual framework of Walter Benjamin
(Bilkent University, 2003)This thesis derives from the dual relationship of image and memory in Walter Benjamin’s texts on literature and art criticism. This relationship is conveyed to sitespecific art and analyzed in terms of space and time. ... -
Enforcing creativity in graphic design
(Bilkent University, 2002)Enforcing creativity in basic design is as important as giving students the design principles and elements. During their first year all design students are taking basic design courses in order to learn those principles ...
