Essays and Research Papers on Film & Television

A 20 page paper. Charlie Chaplin and Lenny Bruce influenced their respective venues of entertainment as well as the society dramatically. They did so in very different ways, however. This essay presents their early lives and their work. The writer also addresses how their early lives influenced their later work and how their work ...

An 8 page paper which critiques the movie Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? The paper discusses some historical analysis involving the production of the film, arguing that the movie was produced to address some important social changes of the time. Bibliography lists 5 additional sources.

5 pages in length. This creative endeavor is an explanation of why the book by author Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes is worthy of being made into a screenplay. Included will be the essential elements for the making of a successful film version, as well as reasons that the book has the context that would make it a highly ...

5 pages in length. Based upon the letters of Colonel Robert G. Shaw, director Edward Zwick's "Glory" addresses the issues of power and authority within a multiracial setting. Shaw, who was an officer in the Federal Army during the American Civil War, volunteered to lead the first company of black soldiers; from this ...

A 7 page paper which presents a summary of 15 different articles which illustrate the influence bad language and violence on television have on children. Bibliography lists 15 sources.

5 pages in length. Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening play Lester Burnham and Carolyn Burnham, a seemingly happily married couple in Sam Mendes' "American Beauty" – by typical social standards, that is. What actually lurks beneath their otherwise normal relationship is the discontentment of one man's desire to live more of his life than ...

8 pages in length. Twenty years ago, the level of violence that exists today on American television would have caused an uproar of eminent proportions. However, the world became a different place throughout the latter part of the twentieth century, in that such activity brought about by media experience is more socially acceptable. ...

(5 pp) . If you are not a Stephen King fan, and see his name in the credits, buck up -take a few courage pills, with your popcorn, and go to see the movie anyway. . The setting of a Louisiana prison in the days of striped suits and chain gangs, is not ...

This 10 page report discusses two of Hollywood’s great movie musical directors in terms of their skills of mise-en-scène, their camera technique, and their effective editing. Some of the most enduring and endearing movies of all time were directed by Vincente Minnelli and Stanley Donen. Minnelli’s “An American in Paris” (1951), “Brigadoon” (1954) created an exotic world where anything ...

(5 pp) "Fuller says that film is all about emotion," says Adam Simon (1996) "And Sam taught me if you're not willing to walk away rather than not do it the way it's supposed to be done then you'll never do it right." So claims the director, according to Ramos (1996), who ...

5 pages in length. The relevance of psychoanalysis to feminist film theory addresses the long-standing oppression women have experienced within patriarchal society. This notion is easily ascertained by analyzing the differences between and among the arguments presented by Laura Mulvey in Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema, Mary Ann Doane's Film and the Masquerade and ...

5 pages in length. The overwhelming sense of maleness within the early film industry lends itself to the notion of female spectatorship. That men were in complete control of how a film was shot – from the camera angle and perspective to the most subtle nuances pertaining to blocking, dialogue and story line – ...

This 3 page paper compares the filmed version with the original novel. The character Tod Hackett is the focus of discussion. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines characteristics, beliefs, and behaviors of the ruler of Camelot, relying primarily upon his depiction in Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's 1960 musical (and 1967 film), "Camelot," based upon T.H. White's book, "The Once and Future King." Bibliography lists 4 sources.

8 pages in length. Applying the Neuman's Systems Model to the circumstances found within Tom Hanks' movie Cast Away is to address the inherent quest for survival amidst social confines. Inasmuch as the model is based upon theories of stress adaptation, and views the person as being a multidimensional whole, in constant dynamic ...

(5 pp) What is it that makes us laugh? What prompts us to think that something is even funny? Jackie Mason says that Jerry Seinfield is funny because his humor is 'founded on basic truth and universal subjects.' Is stand-up comedy any different that what makes us laugh at the movies? In this ...

This 5 page report discusses the fact that the mass media works to support militarism even when it hides behind the premise that war is a necessary component of peace. The report suggests that such thinking is representative of what George Orwell called “doublethink” in his novel “1984.” Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A five page paper which considers John-Paul Sartre’s philosophy of existentialism as applied to the character of Jack in the film Titanic. The paper gives an overview of the existentialist definitions of anguish, abandonment and despair and looks at the ways in which they can be applied to Jack’s interaction with Rose, and his motivations ...

A 6 page paper which compares and contrasts Stephen Spielberg and Alfred Hitchcock as it concerns the use of horror in film. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

8 pages in length. Richard Brooks and Ken Loach are but two directors from the 1960s who believed that Hollywood had an obligation to address social issues through the power of film. Such Brooks classics as "Elmer Gantry" and "The Professionals," along with Loach's "Poor Cow," speak to the notion of social realism ...

A 5 page paper which provides a critical examination of the Civil War as presented in the film "Birth of a Nation" and the book "Civil War Women" by Barbara Brackman. bibliography lists 2 additional sources.

A 5 page overview of these classic films. Outlines the story line and details the cinematographic technique which is employed to present that story. Contends that art is often a reflection of societal condition, as in the case of “Battleship Potemkin” but also is often a reflection of the artist’s inner struggles, as is ...

(5 pp). How do you write a thesis statement in terms of a classic? Casablanca is a movie's movie. It may have been a movie we grew up with. One that someone sat us down and said, "you have to watch this;" or one we never thought we would watch, ...

This 5 page report discusses how one would create a movie to best portray the setting for Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House.” Set design, the director’s vision, and costuming are discussed in the context of the story. No additional sources listed.

A five page paper which looks at the Freudian elements of the film Good Will Hunting, and assesses the character of Will and his development throughout the narrative from a Freudian perspective, in terms of such psychological defence mechanisms as repression and projection in his relationships with other characters. Bibliography lists 2 sources