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Project Ideas for Master of Arts in Cinema and Media Studies

Theory-plus-tech MA exploring screen culture with DH & archival XR.

🏛 Introduction

From nitrate reels to TikTok loops, USC’s MA-CMS interrogates moving images through feminist, post-colonial and platform-studies lenses. Students digitize 16 mm prints with OCR-IIIF pipelines, run LDA topic models on studio memos, and curate XR re-creations of lost backlot sets. A Scalar (SCL) e-book capstone weaves GIF essays into theory, ensuring scholars who can code, curate and critique screen stories of every size.

💡 Suggested Project Titles

D3 network graph of director-actor collaborations 1920-2020

Deepfake critique video essay deconstructing celebrity politics

Podcast on color-grading aesthetics across eras

Crowdsourced subtitle corpus for endangered languages

AI-generated storyboard comparison with auteur styles

VR symposium on queer cinema spectatorship

Restoration plan for nitrate home movies on acetate

Sentiment mapping of Cannes reviews via NLP

Algorithmic bias audit of Oscar nomination trends

Interactive timeline of Dolby sound tech evolution

Fan-vid anthology analyzing transformative works doctrine

AR overlay resurrecting demolished studio city streets

Policy memo on AI actors and SAG-AFTRA contracts

K-pop MV shot-length statistical analysis dashboard

Digital exhibit of protest cinema posters 1968-present

USC – MA in Cinema & Media Studies

Critique, curate and code the stories that shape societies.

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