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The main objective of this article is to analyze the visual codes and the diegetic universe manifested in the film noir of the film director Alberto Rodríguez in order to find out if in his procedures there is a will to resemanticize the genre. For this purpose, a methodological tool has been created that combines image theory, filmic narrative and script theory, focusing mainly on the analysis of characters and spaces. The chosen sample is circumscribed to the director's last four films: Grupo 7 (2012), La isla mínima (2014), El hombre de las mil caras (2016) and Modelo 77 (2022). After the analysis and discussion of the data, it is concluded that Alberto Rodríguez's cinema represents a return to the standards of the classic film noir genre, but updating codes and adapting it to the interests of the director, who focuses on posing questions to the viewer about the reality of his country regarding issues of dubious morality. In this way, Alberto Rodriguez's work is revealed as a paradigm of Spanish Neonoir, which returns to basic patterns to connect with the viewer and stir his conscience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introduction. The world of yesterday, as with that of today, needs references. Building heroes, figures elevated to the status of extraordinary beings, responds to that human need to know that there have been others who achieved great things before them. Methodology. In this paper, a qualitative method based on an established model, i.e. that of the hero's journey, was employed, along with an ad hoc tool with a number of supplementary variables relating to the morphological and functional attributes of the hero. Results. Two literary works were reviewed with an eye to detecting the principal mechanisms used to convert Magellan into the hero of the first circumnavigation of the globe. Discussion and conclusions. In light of the above considerations, Magellan was lionised from the moment that he embarked on his adventure. Antonio Pigafetta, the chronicler accompanying him, was responsible for making him into a hero in his writings, due to the admiration that he felt for him, while paving the way for others who would follow in the navigator's footsteps. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Instagram is one of the main social networking services personal style bloggers choose for interacting with followers. The goal of the present study is to detect the most common principles of visual composition and themes used by the world's ten most influential bloggers. To achieve this goal we have employed a content analysis, using a sample of 503 Instagram images. The results indicate that the bloggers' visual pattern of choice on Instagram corresponds to a wide shot with a full body view of the blogger against a significant background. The shot is taken at eye level angle and the predominant visual elements --the blogger and/or the product-- are located in the centre of the photograph. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]