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Dear Jorge:
Recently, the Academy’s Grants Committee met to select the recipients of the 2019 Academy Film Scholars Grants. Out of 58 applications received, the Committee members were pleased and excited to discover a number of exceptional proposals. After a great deal of discussion including praise for a number of the proposals, the committee ultimately selected two. Regrettably, your proposal was not selected.
A press release announcing the two newest Academy Film Scholars will be distributed in the near future and I will make sure a copy is e-mailed to you.
The committee asked me to inform the applicants how much they enjoyed reading the proposals and how worthy many of them seemed. They anticipate that a number of the proposals will come to fruition. If you wish to re-apply, the online application form will be available once again in late summer or early fall.
Best of luck in all your future endeavors.
Sincerely,
Shawn Guthrie
Sr. Manager, Grants and Student Academy Awards
Recently, the Academy’s Grants Committee met to select the recipients of the 2019 Academy Film Scholars Grants. Out of 58 applications received, the Committee members were pleased and excited to discover a number of exceptional proposals. After a great deal of discussion including praise for a number of the proposals, the committee ultimately selected two. Regrettably, your proposal was not selected.
A press release announcing the two newest Academy Film Scholars will be distributed in the near future and I will make sure a copy is e-mailed to you.
The committee asked me to inform the applicants how much they enjoyed reading the proposals and how worthy many of them seemed. They anticipate that a number of the proposals will come to fruition. If you wish to re-apply, the online application form will be available once again in late summer or early fall.
Best of luck in all your future endeavors.
Sincerely,
Shawn Guthrie
Sr. Manager, Grants and Student Academy Awards
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Project
Statement
By
Jorge Villacorta
Hollywood
Movies As Byproduct Of A Virtual World.
a. Description of the
Project.
This is a beautiful and
entertaining book that explains how all the Hollywood movies can be the
byproduct of a virtual world.
b. Definitions:
Objective: To describe
how the Hollywood movies can be the byproduct of a virtual world.
Methodology: Observation
of the Hollywood movies. Description of how they are related to the hypothesis
of a virtual world.
c. Academic and
Professional Context.
While there are many scholars
that explain the new technologies (virtual worlds, nanotechnology, fractal
narrative, synthetic telepathy, brain-computer interface, etc.), their futures,
and the potential consequences of their applications, these scholars don’t
assume that we are living in a virtual world already. Books like Neuroengineering the future: virtual minds
and the creation of immortality by Bruce Katz, or The Sentient Machine. The Coming Age of Artificial Intelligence by
Amir Husain, are waiting for a future
that, from the perspective of my project is already here. This fact makes my
project unique.
d. Portions of my
project that examines film industry subjects or ideas that have been underrepresented in the canon of film scholarship to date.
Even though the film industry deals with the idea of virtual worlds very often, the scholars do not assume that they are living in a virtual world already, probably because they don't want to be labeled as schizophrenic. It is evident that many people have intuitions of living in a virtual world as can be seen in many literary works and in many films. A new perspective of study may provide new amazing results and conclusions. The scientific inquiry shouldn't feel intimidated by prejudices or social pressure.
Even though the film industry deals with the idea of virtual worlds very often, the scholars do not assume that they are living in a virtual world already, probably because they don't want to be labeled as schizophrenic. It is evident that many people have intuitions of living in a virtual world as can be seen in many literary works and in many films. A new perspective of study may provide new amazing results and conclusions. The scientific inquiry shouldn't feel intimidated by prejudices or social pressure.
e. Significance of the
project in its field of study.
My project will allow
the readers to see a phenomenon that they cannot watch by themselves due to
cultural conditioning: that the daily dramas they may be experiencing are the
consequences of living in a virtual theme park, a synthetic world designed to
provide entertainment, emotions, and satisfactions, depending on the desires of
the clients.
f. How my profesional
experience is relevant to the project.
As a scholar,
researcher, actor, assistant director, editor, media adviser, and curator, I
notice an artificial quality in daily life that I cannot explain with the
current reasoning in the academic, religious, or technological worlds. My field
observations lead me to conclude that certain questions have been asked from a
wrong perspective.
g. Timetable for
completing the project.
Date
|
Activity
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May
1, 2019.
|
I
begin to gather information in order to write Hollywood Movies As Byproduct Of A Virtual World.
|
June
1, 2019.
|
I
begin to write the book.
|
August
1, 2019.
|
I
finish the first draft of the book.
|
August
2 – December 24, 2019.
|
I
revise the book and prepare it for printing.
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December
25, 2019
|
The
book is printed.
|
h. Grants, residencies,
and additional resources available to me. How I intend to use the Academy
grant.
There aren’t additional
resources but mine. I intend to use the Academy grant wisely.
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By
Jorge Villacorta
Hollywood
Movies As Byproduct Of A Virtual World
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