MST-School of Creative and Performing Arts, Film & Media Studies: Recent submissions
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Art Music Contributions Inspired By Kenyan Folksong Repertoire: A Case of Innovation Drawn From Samia Children Songs
(Kenyatta University, 2019-06)Today, influences such as globalization, urbanization and technology have led to fast-changing trends in music. Often, social occasions that were traditionally set apart with a view to learning and engaging with cultural ... -
An Investigation of the Applicability of Susan Napier’s Japanese Animation (Anime) ‘Genre Classification Model’ in Kenyan Animation
(Kenyatta University, 2019-05)This research project explored the unconventional genre practices illustrated in the Kenyan Animation industry. Some practitioners in this industry are experimenting with unconventional genre and thus lack a way to classify ... -
Catholic Centredness in Selected Plays Presented at Kenya National Catholic Drama and Music Festivals, 2015
(Kenyatta University, 2019-05)The Kenya National Catholic Youth Drama and Music festival is an annual festival whose idea was mooted in the year 2000 by the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops. It is an event whose theme is derived from the Pope's ... -
REBRANDING PACKAGES OF KENYAN BEVERAGES TARGETING THE URBAN YOUTH USING VISUALS FROM THE LOCAL FASHION CULTURE
(Kenyatta University, 2018-08)This study aimed at using visuals derived from local fashion culture in rebranding packages of Kenyan beverages that target the urban youth. These beverages are sold on markets which comprise relatively homogeneous ... -
REBRANDING PACKAGES OF KENYAN BEVERAGES TARGETING THE URBAN YOUTH USING VISUALS FROM THE LOCAL FASHION CULTURE
(Kenyatta University, 2018-08)This study aimed at using visuals derived from local fashion culture in rebranding packages of Kenyan beverages that target the urban youth. These beverages are sold on markets which comprise relatively homogeneous ... -
Set Components as a Modern Narrative: A Study of Selected Feature Fiction Films on the Genocide against the Tutsi.
(Kenyatta University, 2019-07)This study aims at making meaning of set components in historical fiction films on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. The argument is that when it comes to historical feature films, emphasis tends to be put on the ... -
Challenges Faced By Music Learners with Cerebral Palsy: A Case of Joy Town Secondary School for the Physically Impaired, Kiambu County, Kenya.
(Kenyatta University, 2019-05)This study was designed to investigate the challenges facing music learners with cerebral palsy (CP) in Joy Town Secondary School for the physically impaired in Kiambu County Kenya. It had been observed that interest in ... -
Construction of the Theme of Drugs and Substance Abuse in the Play Genre at the Kenya Schools and Colleges Drama Festival, 2013-2015.
(Kenyatta University, 2019-05)The Kenya National Drama Festival Committee usually enters into a sponsorship agreement with other institutions to help in disseminating certain messages through drama. One of these bodies is NACADA (National Agency for ... -
The Development of Kenyan Popular Guitar Music: A Study of Kiswahili Songs in Nairobi
(1998-01)The aim of this thesis is to explore the origins and development of Kenyan popular guitar music with a special study of Kiswahili songs in Nairobi. Chapter One represents the central issues that motivated the researcher ... -
Strategic Marketing Management Practices Employed By Local Garment Making MSES and Their Effect on Competitiveness in Nairobi County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2018-10)The Kenyan local garment making industry is characterized by slow growth and faces stiff competition from low priced imports. Extensive research has been carried out on the evident preference of imported clothes over locally ... -
African art songs in Nairobi: investigating musical idiomatic expressions in performance practice
(Kenyatta University, 2017-10)The purpose of this project was to investigate musical idiomatic expressions in the performance of African art songs in Nairobi. The interest of the study came up after a voice recital was presented, and a variety of African ... -
The convergence of creativity and marketing: a case of two selected drama programs on Citizen TV, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2018-07)Film is both an art and a business. This study was interested in both sides of the art form. The study had three objectives; to identify the creative strategies employed in the selected dramas, to investigate audience ... -
The art of stage directing: a case of three Kenyan directors
(Kenyatta University, 2018-05)Abstract This study interrogates the directing techniques/styles used by three Kenyan stage directors: Joseph Murungu a guruin the Schools and Colleges and Universities Drama Festival director, Sammy Mwangi of Heartstrings ... -
Nexus between literary texts and corresponding film adaptations: a reading on intertextuality
(2017-11)This research makes a comparative study of antecedent literary texts and their corresponding adapted films. The study is occasioned by the aim of putting to scrutiny the reflections and divergences between the two media. ... -
The place of music in the Catholic charismatic ritual healing: the case of Nakuru Holy Cross and Nairobi Holy Family Basilica core groups
(Kenyatta University, 2002-05)This study endeavored to determine whether music In Catholic Charismatic Renewal (CCR) ritual healing has any therapeutic value, It also sought to clarify the concept 'music therapy', Using the methods of observation and ... -
Narrative dispositions of non-verbal elements of sound design in selected Kenyan drama films
(Kenyatta University, 2016-08)Aesthetic creativity in the manipulation of technical elements of image and sound in a film lies at the heart of storytelling in cinema. As such, it is the aim of this study to interrogate critically how the film story is ... -
A Study of the Subject of National Healing and Reconciliation in Selected Plays at the Kenya National Drama Festival 2008-2010.
(Kenyatta University, 2016-04)Utilizing Kenya Schools and Colleges’ Drama Festival theatre space, this study investigates the use of theatre as a strategy for healing and reconciliation in the aftermath of conflict. On the assumption that plays performed ... -
Cinematographic Techniques of Hilary Ngweno’s The Making of a Nation
(Kenyatta University, 2016)Just in the same way the African history was reconstructed through such elements as archaeological sources, oral traditions among others, Hilary Ngweno‘s The Making of a Nation documentary film series used the same principle ... -
Utilization of selected weaving techniques to design and create fine hand woven fabrics
(Kenyatta University, 2000-04)
