Library Dissertation Showcase

The dissertation showcase is managed and maintained by the University of Lincoln Library. Please see the About page for more information.

Latest Dissertations

How can music be used to enhance a story, show character development, and contribute to creating a film’s identity in audience’s collective memory?

  • Author:
  • Christian Werner
  • Subject:
  • Film Production
  • Year of Publication:
  • 2022
  • Award:
  • BA (Hons) Film Production

Does having a microbudget inhibit the success of a short horror film?

  • Author:
  • Kara McCarthy
  • Subject:
  • Film Production
  • Year of Publication:
  • 2022
  • Award:
  • BA (Hons) Film Production

An exploration of the main functions of popular and original film music in the films of Edgar Wright

  • Author:
  • Annabel Wall
  • Subject:
  • Sound and Music Production
  • Year of Publication:
  • 2021
  • Award:
  • BA (Hons) Sound and Music Production

Don’t You Forget About Me: construction and presentation of 1980’s youth culture in John Hughes’ The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink and Sixteen Candles

  • Author:
  • Christy Ip
  • Subject:
  • Film and Television
  • Year of Publication:
  • 2022
  • Award:
  • BA (Hons) Film & Television

How the construction of mentor/protégé and father/son protagonist dynamics in Wes Anderson’s films act as a vehicle for his enactment of the auteur

  • Author:
  • Annie Gault
  • Subject:
  • Film and Television
  • Year of Publication:
  • 2022
  • Award:
  • BA (Hons) Film and Television Studies

In the company of women: gender politics and the representation of female friendship in Nine to Five and Thelma & Louise

  • Author:
  • Olivia Creasey
  • Subject:
  • Film and Television
  • Year of Publication:
  • 2022
  • Award:
  • BA (Hons) Film and Television Studies

“That’s just, like, the rules of feminism”; Analysing representations of femininity and feminist narratives in Legally Blonde and Mean Girls

  • Author:
  • Isabelle Atherton
  • Subject:
  • Film and Television
  • Year of Publication:
  • 2022
  • Award:
  • BA (Hons) Film & Television

A thematic analysis of representations of romantic and sexual relationships in contemporary British and Hollywood cinema, focussing on the probable impact on young women

  • Author:
  • Maisie Maud Doherty
  • Subject:
  • Gender Studies
  • Year of Publication:
  • 2021
  • Award:
  • MA Gender Studies

British films that will lift your spirits: exploring nostalgia, community and identification in films at times of socio/political uncertainty

  • Author:
  • Karenza Bell
  • Subject:
  • Film and Television
  • Year of Publication:
  • 2020
  • Award:
  • BA (Hons) Film & Television

Who is The Cool Girl? An investigation into Amy Dunne and The Cool Girl trope

  • Author:
  • Georgia Whitehouse
  • Subject:
  • Film and Television
  • Year of Publication:
  • 2021
  • Award:
  • BA (Hons) Film & Television