Essays and Research Papers on Film & Television

A 4 page paper which examines how each film uses an unusual choice of setting to reveal new meanings in the respective plays. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

5 pages in length. Examining the impact 1998's The Siege had upon portrayal and predictions of post-September 11th American society, one finds a startling parallel between reality and fiction. The quest to gather up Arab-Americans as being somehow related to the recent terrorist incident smacks of the gross infringement upon civil liberties that ...

This 7 page report discusses the 1997 movie, A Thousand Acres, that many critics referred to it as “King Lear in Iowa.” Instead of a typical film review, it is analyzed in terms of general systems theory concepts, Bowen’s Family Systems Theory, Life Cycle Theory, and Object Relations/Psychoanalytic Theory. Examples from the movie are used to highlight ...

A 4 page paper which examines the visual work of Walt Disney’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.” Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.

A 7 page paper discussing postmodern cinema and Tarantino’s use of it in Pulp Fiction. The paper discusses postmodernism, its underlying relation to film noir and Tarantino’s approach to it as he actively seeks “shock value” to gain and retain the viewer’s attention. It appears that his goal is to hold that attention ...

An 11 page paper tracing the development of digital audio recording and exploring how it works. Digital audio recording arrived in a commercial way in the early 1980s with the development and release of the compact disc (CD). It appears that the CD is only the beginning, however, as digital audio recording continues ...

A 3 page paper which compares and contrasts the two films about the Vietnam War. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 4 page paper which summarizes "Old Yeller" and examines the portrayal of Texas in the film. Bibliography lists 4 additional sources.

This 6 page paper discusses the film by Fritz Hippler called, The Eternal Jew. Specific scenes are discussed as well as impact on audience. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 3 page paper looks at the development of the British Broadcasting Corporation between 1922, when it was formed and 1939, the outbreak of the Second World War, and considers the evidence that the corporation was an elite conspiracy. The bibliography cites 2 sources.

A 7 page analysis of the plot and character relationships found in this film. The author notes the inspiration provided by Jane Austen’s 1815 novel “Emma”. The primary emphasis of this review, however, is the examination of the film as a New Comedy. Characters are analyzed in terms of the “holy ...

This 6 page paper examples how science fiction has played a predictor over the years of the future of mankind. As such, then,this paper makes predictions based on more recent movies, including Matrix, AI, and others. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses the significance of audiences in a courtroom. The films Inherit the Wind and Anatomy of a Murder are analyzed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines how these films represent hybrids of the generic traditions of science fiction and film noir. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 6 page comparison between the film The Bourne Identity (2002) and the 1980 novel of the same name by Robert Ludlum. The writer argues that the screenwriters accomplished the tricky business of adaptation by keeping characterization and certain aspects of the novel, but disregarded the rest of the novel's plot. In so doing, ...

This 4 page paper looks at a variety of thematic elements from racism to ideas in education. This film about a boy and his mentor, and the personal struggle of Forrester himself, is disused in depth. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 4 page paper analyzes The Big Sleep by Howard Hawks as to its innovations and deviations from the noir genre. Examples, quotes given from the movie. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 6 page paper analyzes social problem films: Boyz N the Hood, Hate, and Kids for themes, genre characteristics, and social messages. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines why the Irish director is regarded as an auteur. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper considers the statement that Chaplain “has no knowledge of camera direction. His films are completely theatre”. The writer considers if this is true, and I so whether or not this detracts from the film “The Kid”. The bibliography cites 5 sources.

This is a 5 page paper discussing realism as found in De Sica’s “Bicycle Thieves” and Eisenstein’s “The Battleship Potemkin”. Vittorio de Sica’s film “Bicycle Thieves” (1948) and Sergei Eisenstein’s “The Battleship Potemkin” (1925) both use various elements of realism in order to portray stories which relate to the realistic lives lived by ordinary citizens ...

A 10 page research paper that examines Alfred Hitchcock's classic thriller Psycho. The writer discusses the film in reference to Freud's psychoanalytical model. The writer argues that Psycho is a superlative example of the filmmaker's art, in cinematography, music and all other essential details. However, there is also another element. The structure of this film ...

This 3 page report discusses Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 classic, Rear Window, which starred the much-loved “Jimmy” Stewart as L.B. “Jeff” Jeffries, the man in the “rear window.” The argument is made that the character of Jeffries serves as the “eyes” of both the director and the audience and that what he sees is truly horrific. No sources listed. ...

This 6 page paper considers how and why the well known film “A Chinese Ghost Story” directed by Ching Siu-Tung, based on a novel by Songling Pu, can be seen as a post-modern artefact. The paper examines the film and its’ make up and how the post modernist models can apply to the movie. The ...

This 3 page report discusses the concepts writer Stephen King outlines in his 1981 essay titled “Why We Crave Horror Movies.” Bibliography lists only the primary source.