A função criativa do director de fotografia na fase de pós-produção na era digital: o caso português no biénio 2010/2011: dissertação

Dissertação submetida à Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema para cumprimento dos requisitos necessários à obtenção do grau de Mestre em Desenvolvimento de projecto cinematográfico - Tecnologias de Pós-Produção

Desenvolvimento de sistema de apoio dinâmico da chapa no corte em guilhotina

Guilhotinas são máquinas robustas, de corte rectilíneo, normalmente associadas a equipamentos de baixo custo, devido à pequena quantidade de dispositivos tecnológicos incorporados. No entanto, esta situação pode ser alterada através da criatividade dos projetistas deste tipo de equipamento. Analisando algumas operações específicas, pode-se observar que algumas ferramentas, quando associadas ao equipamento, podem aumentar substancialmente a produtividade do processo de corte e a qualidade do produto final. Em relação ao processo de corte de chapas finas de metal, pode-se observar que na fase final de corte, o peso do material a cortar é suspenso por uma pequena porção de material que ainda não foi sujeita ao corte. Este facto leva a uma deformação plástica nesta última zona, causando problemas de qualidade no produto final, que não ficará completamente plano. Este trabalho foi desenvolvido em torno deste problema, estudando a melhor solução para desenvolver uma nova ferramenta, capaz de evitar a falta de nivelamento da placa, após corte. Um novo equipamento foi concebido, capaz de ser facilmente incorporado na guilhotina, permitindo o acompanhamento da inclinação da lâmina durante a operação de corte. O sistema é totalmente automatizado, sendo operado por uma única instrução de corte dada pelo operador da máquina. Este sistema permite à empresa fabricante aumentar o valor agregado de cada máquina, oferecendo aos clientes soluções avançadas, contribuindo desta forma para a sustentabilidade do negócio da empresa.

The economics of Vieira da Silva

This paper investigates the time valuation and the age valuation profile of art-works created by the Portuguese female painter Maria Helena Vieira da Silva. It uses data from records from her paintings auction sales between 1986 and 2014, taken from Artprice.com. The study explores three aspects regarding her artistic career: (1) estimation of Age-valuation profile, defining her creativity pattern and the age at which she produced her most valuable paintings; (2) estimation of time valuation profile, through a creation of an individual hedonic price index for Vieira da Silva; (3) internationalization phenomenon of the artist, investigating whether selling prices are primarily set in euros or in US dollar. The results suggest that Vieira da Silva peaked quite early in her career; her paintings prices are not very sensible to economic cycles and tends to slightly increase afterlife; the empirical results are not suggestive on which currency is the best predictor of her paintings’ price.

O canto do cisne no retorno do Eu ao Ato da escrita. Estudo comparativo de testemunho de José Cardoso Pires e de José Luis Sampedro

Este trabalho com o título «O Canto do Cisne no Retorno do Eu ao Ato da Escrita» é um estudo comparativo que pretende investigar o fenómeno da criatividade literária na primeira pessoa, de um universo literário não convencional devidamente identificado, de acordo com a matriz dos testemunhos selecionados. O corpus principal do trabalho são dois livros de natureza biográfica, de dois escritores ibéricos, cujo propósito é testemunhar na primeira pessoa a experiência limite causada por grave fragilidade física. Não obstante o problema diagnosticado, os dois autores puderam, a seu tempo, pôr à prova a própria recuperação física e o estado de capacidade literária ao retomarem o ato da escrita para testemunharem com intimidade confessional a inevitabilidade do ato da escrita de escritores com percurso sério feito, no limite da precariedade da existência humana. A atividade literária dos autores é a sustentação indagativa para a fase adiantada de maturidade interpretativa revelada no corpus escolhido. José Cardoso Pires e José Luis Sampedro são dois “cisnes” que puderam e souberam “cantar” a conquista, ainda que temporária, sobre a morte, explicando com lucidez, cada um a seu modo, a sua experiência de finitude física, diria que em nome de todos os que, em situações análogas, gostariam de o ter feito; numa vontade exponenciada pela experiência do desconhecido, como o filósofo Paul Ricoeur que procurou testemunhar na sua escrita a experiência na primeira pessoa da finitude em estado de moribundo.A contribuição original deste trabalho para o conhecimento não se confina ao levantamento e análise comparativa dos testemunhos pessoais destes escritores de renome e de subida atividade sobre a necessidade vital e inventiva de escrever, nem tão pouco ao valor documental literário dos mesmos para a compreensão do fenómeno da atividade criativa, com e para as outras áreas do saber; remete também para o universo subsequente à receção das suas obras, às reações literárias e públicas envolventes, a depoimentos sobre o fenómeno do ato da escrita literária e à importância para o fenómeno da palavra escrita para a autopreservação física, intelectual, social e afetiva. A seleção do corpus de autores latinos contemporâneos foi feita de acordo com a contemporaneidade e a proximidade geocultural de ambos. Embora estes escritores não se conhecessem, a que tudo indica pessoalmente, tinham um importante amigo comum, José Saramago, com o qual partilhavam os mesmos ideais de justiça social. São dois altos representantes das literaturas portuguesa e espanhola conscientes da importância da cultura vizinha. Como o foram José Saramago e Miguel Unamuno.

The impact of job insecurity on adaptive performance via burnout

Difficult and unpredictable times, due to economic instability, lead employees to feel high job insecurity. Organizations’ only way to subsistence is to search innovative ways of solving problems and find creative solutions. This study focuses on the impact that job insecurity has on adaptive performance, a recent measure integrating the response of creativity, reactivity in the face of emergencies, interpersonal adaptability, training effort, and handling work stress, and, mediated by burnout. From the responses of two questionnaires (????????1=252; ????????2=145), we conclude that job insecurity leads to exhaustion, but not to disengagement. In turn, it is the latter that demonstrates to have negative relations with some measures of adaptive performance. Thus, it is crucial to understand how organizations can minimize the inherent process.

Fábricas criativas : o trabalho ontem e hoje. O caso da Fábrica de Fiação e Tecidos de Santo Tirso

Temos vindo a assistir no ocidente, na sequência de um processo de reestruturação produtiva à escala global, à proliferação de estratégias de regeneração urbana de base cultural que têm nas fábricas criativas uma das suas manifestações mais recentes. Advogando uma mudança de paradigma ao nível do trabalho e do desenvolvimento económico a partir da promoção das designadas indústrias criativas, estes novos usos económicos do património industrial têm proliferado em Portugal, particularmente no norte do país, por iniciativa municipal e recurso a programas de financiamento europeu. Considerando a precarização laboral crescente e a forma como esta «viragem criativa» tem sido associada aos discursos de empreendedorismo na promoção de flexibilidade laboral, este projeto propõe olhar para as atuais transformações do trabalho à luz da figura do artista, questionando até que ponto este se assume atualmente como modelo ideal de trabalho perante o sistema económico vigente. Para tal, recorre-se às fábricas criativas como dispositivo epistemológico, enquanto lugares fortemente enraizados na memória coletiva da população em que se inserem, e às duas vidas que estas encerram. O presente trabalho foi desenvolvido a partir do caso específico de requalificação da antiga Fábrica de Fiação e Tecidos de Santo Tirso, sendo constituído por duas partes, memória escrita e filme.

O canto do cisne no retorno do eu ao ato da escrita

Este trabalho com o título «O Canto do Cisne no Retorno do Eu ao Ato da Escrita» é um estudo comparativo que pretende investigar o fenómeno da criatividade literária na primeira pessoa, de um universo literário não convencional devidamente identificado, de acordo com a matriz dos testemunhos selecionados. O corpus principal do trabalho são dois livros de natureza biográfica, de dois escritores ibéricos, cujo propósito é testemunhar na primeira pessoa a experiência limite causada por grave fragilidade física. Não obstante o problema diagnosticado, os dois autores puderam, a seu tempo, pôr à prova a própria recuperação física e o estado de capacidade literária ao retomarem o ato da escrita para testemunharem com intimidade confessional a inevitabilidade do ato da escrita de escritores com percurso sério feito, no limite da precariedade da existência humana. A atividade literária dos autores é a sustentação indagativa para a fase adiantada de maturidade interpretativa revelada no corpus escolhido. José Cardoso Pires e José Luis Sampedro são dois “cisnes” que puderam e souberam “cantar” a conquista, ainda que temporária, sobre a morte, explicando com lucidez, cada um a seu modo, a sua experiência de finitude física, diria que em nome de todos os que, em situações análogas, gostariam de o ter feito; numa vontade exponenciada pela experiência do desconhecido, como o filósofo Paul Ricoeur que procurou testemunhar na sua escrita a experiência na primeira pessoa da finitude em estado de moribundo. A contribuição original deste trabalho para o conhecimento não se confina ao levantamento e análise comparativa dos testemunhos pessoais destes escritores de renome e de subida atividade sobre a necessidade vital e inventiva de escrever, nem tão pouco ao valor documental literário dos mesmos para a compreensão do fenómeno da atividade criativa, com e para as outras áreas do saber; remete também para o universo subsequente à receção das suas obras, às reações literárias e públicas envolventes, a depoimentos sobre o fenómeno do ato da escrita literária e à importância para o fenómeno da palavra escrita para a autopreservação física, intelectual, social e afetiva. A seleção do corpus de autores latinos contemporâneos foi feita de acordo com a contemporaneidade e a proximidade geocultural de ambos. Embora estes escritores não se conhecessem, a que tudo indica pessoalmente, tinham um importante amigo comum, José Saramago, com o qual partilhavam os mesmos ideais de justiça social. São dois altos representantes das literaturas portuguesa e espanhola conscientes da importância da cultura vizinha. Como o foram José Saramago e Miguel Unamuno.

A utilidade da aprendizagem criativa na aula de língua estrangeira

Este relatório surge no âmbito da minha Prática do Ensino Supervisionada e representa uma reflexão sobre a minha iniciação como professora de Inglês e de Francês no 3º ciclo do Ensino Básico e no Ensino Secundário. A reflexão teve como objeto o conceito de ‘aprendizagem criativa’ na teoria do ensino da língua estrangeira e a sua aplicação na prática letiva, nas duas escolas onde desenvolvi o meu estágio, a Escola Secundária de Sebastião da Gama e a Escola Básica do 2º e 3º Ciclos de Aranguez, ambas em Setúbal. Para além de uma tentativa de sistematização das abordagens teóricos, de modo a tornar a noção de ‘criatividade’ mais aplicável na prática da docência da língua estrangeira, a nossa reflexão procura evidenciar como e em que situações a aprendizagem se revela criativa e demonstra a sua utilidade para a aula de língua estrangeira.

Crowdfunding

Crowdfunding, as we know it today, is a very recent activity that was born almost accidentally in the end of the 90’s decade. Due to the advent of the internet and the social networks, entrepreneurs are now able to promote their projects to a very large community. Whether it is composed by family, friends, acquaintances or simply people that are interested in the same topic or share the passion, the community is able to fund new ventures by individually investing modest amounts of money. In return, the entrepreneur can offer symbolic rewards, shares or other financial returns. New crowdfunding platforms are born almost every day all over the world, offering a new way of raising capital for their projects or a new way to invest their money in innovative ventures. Although crowdfunding is still finding its place in the financial services, successful cases such as Kickstarter demonstrate the power of the crowd in boosting creativity and productivity, financing thousands of projects by raising millions of dollars from thousands of investors. Due to regulatory restrictions, the most prominent model for now is reward-based crowdfunding, where the investors are prized with symbolic returns or privileged access to the products or services offered by the entrepreneurs. Other models such as peer-to-peer lending are also surging, allowing borrowers access to capital at a lower cost compared to so-called traditional financial institutions, and offering lenders a higher rate of return. But when it comes to offering shares to investors, i.e. using equity-based crowdfunding, entrepreneurs face regulatory obstacles in almost every country, where legislation was passed decades ago with the objective of promoting financially-capable ventures and protecting investors. Access to capital has become more difficult after the global economic recession of 2008, and for most countries it will not get easier in the near future, leaving start-ups and small enterprises with few options to start or expand their operations. In this study we attempt to answer the following research questions: how has equity-based crowdfunding evolved since its creation? Where and how has equity-based crowdfunding been implemented so far? What are the constraints and opportunities for implementing equity-crowdfunding in the world, and more particularly in Portugal? Finally, we will discuss the risks of crowdfunding and reflect on the future of this industry.

Ideation at Canon business services

Digitalisation, globalisation, and evolving customer demands are only a few of the factors that are bound to transform the business process services industry for CBS. By investigating new ways to address these imminent challenges, this thesis explores the feasibility of implementing a formal approach to ideation to complement CBS’ service innovation practice. Two workshops were therefore conducted to put theory into action by generating new service ideas in a multifunctional team. Applying both divergent and convergent ideation techniques revealed that the latter improved an idea’s novelty and creativity as opposed to the expected increase in workability and relevance. Additionally, further analysis sheds light into the potential influence of individual characteristics and group dynamics on creativity. The thesis concludes with a discussion on the organisational implications of the findings and recommendations for future research.

What nourishes the spirit of adolescents in the classroom? : a qualitative study into the gateways of adolescents' souls /

This thesis investigated the question, "What nourishes the adolescent spirit in the classroom?" Action research was conducted by the teacher of 16 grade 8 participants. By undergoing Kessler's (2000) "Passages Program," the students participated in 6 sessions which exposed them to a holistic intrapersonal curriculum. Student journal responses were documented after each session. The action researcher also kept journal reflections after each session. Upon completion of the 6 sessions, a postinterview was conducted which posed the research question. The research found that the adolescent spirit gets nourished through encouragement by the teacher, peers, and parents. This increases their competency, which increases their confidence, and ultimately their self-esteem goes up, which affects their selfconcept. In addition, the role of the teacher permeates every aspect of what nourishes the adolescent spirit in the classroom. In addition to the encouragement of the student, how a teacher teaches plays a vital role. A holistic approach to teaching provided the best atmosphere for the adolescent. It promoted creativity and choice, which stimulated the spirit of the adolescent. By working from a holistic philosophy, the teacher/action researcher created an environment conducive to teaching the whole person, which ultimately nourished the participants' spirit. The research highlighted that in order for this type of environment to exist the teacher needs to make a conscious and deliberate effort to look within and develop their inner self before they can begin to promote this type of classroom for the adolescents they teach. When teachers and students develop an inner life together, they can begin to work in harmony to achieve an atmosphere where the teaching and learning environment becomes one seamless transaction. Only then can one's whole potential be realized.

Making it "click": collaborative perceptions of creative practice in art education /

Making it "Click": Collaborative Perceptions ofCreative Practice in Art Education examined the teaching practice of 6 art educators who conducted their work through the Niagara Falls Art Gallery's (NFAG) in-schools and Children's Museum programmes. These community resources service the elementary levels of participatory Public, Catholic and French schools in the Niagara Peninsula. The goal of this research was to find ways in which these teachers could explore their creative potential as art educators. The "click," a term introduced by participants indicating the coming together of all positive factors towards creativity, became the central theme behind this study. Research revealed that the effective creative process was not merely a singular phase, but rather a series of 4 processes: 1 , gathering knowledge; 2, intuitive and experiential; 3, the informal presentation of information in which creativity as a process was explored; and 4, formal presentation that took the analysis of information to a deeper, holistic level. To examine the ways in which experience and knowledge could be shared and brought together through a collaborative process, this study employed data collection that used literature research, interviews, focus group discussions, and personal journal entries. Follow-up discussions that assessed the effectiveness of action research, took place VA months after the initial meetings. It is hoped that this study might assist in creative educational practices, for myself as a member of the NFAG teaching team, for colleagues in the art programmes, art educators, and other teachers in the broader disciplines of education.

The nature of the highly artistic student in visual arts at secondary school /

This qualitative investigation examined the nature of 7 highly artistic visual arts students at 2 secondary schools in southcentral Ontario. Through interviews, questionnaires, observations, and artwork documents, this study attempted to understand these highly artistic students in terms of creativity, motivation, social and emotional perspectives, and cognitive processes. Data collection occuned over a 3-monlh period. and the data analysis program NVivo 7 was used for coding to develop themes and categories for organizing data. The findings of this study illustrate the significant place that \ isual arts can lake in the growth and development for the youth of today. Participants idcniificd dcxclopnig critical thinking and problem-solving skills, taking risks, and meeting challenges ilirouuh their engagement in the creative process. The transferability of these skills \\ as referenced to numerous aspects of their lives. By enhancing individual perspectives through the study of visual arts, their local and world connections were extended, and environmental and societal concerns evolved. In addition, the communicative opportunities that visual arts provided for these students in terms of personal expression provided emotional health and paths of personal discovery. Through the participants' production of artwork with the many stages this involves, combined with insight into their needs, the participants relayed miportant suggestions for programming enhancements and educational settmgs lor \ isiial arts classrooms. These suggestions are meaningful for educators and curriculum developers of the future.

The examination of predictors of success in two programmes requiring self-direction /

The new Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy programmes, based in the Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario) are unique. The teaching and learning philosophies utilized are based on learner-centred and selfdirected learning theories. The 1991 admissions process of these programmes attempted to select individuals who would make highly qualified professionals and who would have the necessary skills to complete such unique programmes. In order to: 1 . learn more about the concept of self-directed learning and its related characteristics in health care professionals; 2. examine the relationship between various student characteristics - personal, learner and those assessed during the admissions process - and final course grades, and 3. determine which, if any, smdent characteristics could be considered predictors for success in learner-centred programmes requiring self-directed learning skills, a correlational research design was developed and carried out. Thirty Occupational Therapy and thirty Physiotherapy smdents were asked to complete 2 instruments - a questionnaire developed by the author and the Oddi Continuing Learning Inventory (Oddi, 1986). Course grades and ratings of students during the admissions process were also obtained. Both questionnaires were examined for reliability, and factor analyses were conducted to determine construct validity. Data obtained from the questionnaires, course grades and student ratings (from the admissions process) were analyzed and compared using the Contingency Co-efficient, the Pearson's product-moment correlation co-efficient, and the multiple regression analysis model. The research findings demonstrated a positive relationship (as identified by Contingency Coefficient or Pearson r values) between various course grades and the following personal and learner characteristics: field of smdy of highest level of education achieved, level of education achieved, sex, marital stams, motivation for completing the programmes, reasons for eru-oling in the programmes, decision to enrol in the programmes, employment history, preferred learning style, strong selfconcept and the identification of various components of the concept of self-directed learning. In most cases, the relationships were significant to the 0.01 or 0.(X)1 levels. Results of the multiple regression analyses demonstrated that several learner and admissions characteristic variables had R^ values that accounted for the largest proportion of the variance in several dependent variables. Thus, these variables could be considered predictors for success. The learner characteristics included: level of education and strong self-concept. The admissions characteristics included: ability to evaluate strengths, ability to give feedback, curiosity and creativity, and communication skills. It is recommended that research continue to be conducted to substantiate the relationships found between course grades and characteristic variables in more diverse populations. "Success in self-directed programmes" from the learner's perspective should also be investigated. The Oddi Continuing Learning Inventory should continue to be researched. Further research may lead to refinement or further development of the instrument, and may provide further insight into self-directed learner attributes. The concept of self-directed learning continues to be incorporated into educational programmes, and thus should continue to be explored.

A narrative journey of teacher reflexivity and authenticity in technological environments /

This qualitative narrative inquiry was driven by my desire to further explore my personal discovery that my utilization of educational technologies in teaching and learning environments seemed to heighten a sense of creativity, which in turn increased reflective practice and authenticity in my teaching. A narrative inquiry approach was used as it offered the opportunity to uncover the deeper meanings of authenticity and reflection as participants' personal experiences were coconstructed and reconstructed in relationship with me and in relationship to a social milieu. To gain further insight into this potential phenomenon, I engaged in 2 conversational interviews with 2 other teachers from an Ontario College in a large urban centre who have utilized educational technologies in their teaching and learning communities and I maintained a research journal, constructed during the interview process, to record my own emerging narrative accounts, reflections, insights and further questions. The field texts consisted of transcriptions of the interviews and my reflective journal. Research texts were developed as field texts were listened to multiple times and texts were examined for meanings and themes. The educational technologies that both women focused on in the interview were digital video of children as they play, learn and develop and the use of an audible teacher voice in online courses. The invitation given to students to explore and discover meaning in videos of children as they watched them with the teacher seemed to be a catalyst for authenticity and a sense of synergy in the classroom. The power of the audible teacher voice came through as an essential component in online learning environments to offer students a sense of humanness and connection with the teacher. Relationships in both online and face to face classrooms emerged as a necessary and central component to all teaching and learning communities. The theme of paradox also emerged as participants recognized that educational technologies can be used in ways that enhance creativity, authenticity, reflection and relationships or in ways that hinder these qualities in the teaching and learning community. Knowledge of the common experiences of college educators who utilize educational technologies, specifically digital video of children to educate early childhood educators, might give meaning and insight to inform the practice of other teachers who seek authentic, reflexive practice in the classroom and in on line environments.