Essays and Research Papers on Film & Television

This 3 page paper uses Catherine Liu’s article on the genealogy of privacy to discuss how privacy issues are depicted in film, specifically The Truman Show. Bibliography lists 1 source.

6 pages in length. As a comedy, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia comes across as an extended, real-life Saturday Night Live sketch that focuses upon socially identifiable struggles amidst the pain of emotional duress that have the audience in stitches over the cast members' suffering. This paradox is precisely what has transformed the ...

A 3 page essay that discusses this film, answering specific questions about thematic meaning and artistic goals. No additional sources cited.

A 4 page research paper/essay that discusses the 1998 film The Apostle, which represents the creative vision of one man, Robert Duvall, who wrote the screenplay, directed the movie, acted as producer and performed the starring role as protagonist Euliss “Sonny” Dewey. The film’s premise presents an intriguing question: Do the flaws of the ...

A 5 page research paper/essay that discusses Chinatown as homage to film noir by comparing it to The Maltese Falcon. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

A 3 page paper which argues that robots, such as pictured in I, Robot the film, should not be treated as slaves and property. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

In nine pages this paper examines how friendships between the Hobbits (Sam, Frodo, Merry, and Pippin) evolve throughout Peter Jackson’s films based upon J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings Trilogy and also considers their interactions with and friendships of the Fellowship members (Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, and Boromir) in a consideration of individual personalities ...

A 3 page paper which examines the influential nature of the documentary Super Size Me. No additional sources cited.

A 4 page paper which examines the relationship between Forrester and Jamal in the film Finding Forrester. The paper focuses on psychological elements. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

In eleven pages this paper the significance of haunting in these films and how it is developed by each thematically and aesthetically. Three sources are listed in the bibliography.

This 4 page paper discusses the novel “Madame Bovary” and two of the film adaptations of the story. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 4 page paper uses the movie “The Devil Wears Prada” as a “springboard” to consider the impact of fashion on young women, and why fashion is important. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 3 page film review of the movie Crash. Parables are narratives that convey a moral meaning that usually encompasses specific aspects of the nature of a society and its moral and social norms. In the film Crash (2005, directed by Paul Haggis), the audience is presented with a present day cinematic parable that dramatizes ...

This 4 page paper discusses the meaning of the Brazilian film “House of Sand.” Bibliography lists 2 sources.

In nine pages this paper examines how the moral and physical resistance of Jews during the Holocaust is portrayed in Jurek Becker and Nechama Tec’s books Jacob (Jakob) the Liar and Defiance: The Bielski Partisans in and in Frank Beyer and Edward Zwick’s 1975 and 2008 film adaptations of these texts. Three sources are ...

This 6 page paper discusses the film “Rear Window” as an example of Alfred Hitchcock’s status as an auteur director. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

An 8 page research paper that contrasts and compares these 2 works. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 2.5 page paper discusses the similarities between Michel Foucault’s theories of panopticism and George Orwell’s novel “1984.” Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 3 page paper answers the prompt to attend and discuss a cultural event and answer the question What did you see? and “Was it good?. The event in this case is the surprise 2009 Oscar winner, Slumdog Millionaire. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 3 page essay that discusses the central theme of this film. The central theme in the film Crash (2005, directed and written by Paul Haggis) is racism, as all of its ensemble of characters whose lives crash into each other over the course of narrative harbor some sort of racist attitude to greater and ...

A 4 page essay, research paper that discusses Joseph Campbell’s observations concerning the significance and similarities of archetypes, which are used consistently throughout the world’s mythologies and how this perspective can be used to gain insight into the meaning of characters in modern cinematic storytelling, specifically the 1991 film “The Silence of the Lambs.” Bibliography ...

5 pages in length. Television situation comedies are renowned for their ability to blend sociopolitical issues with family/relationship dynamics and pepper the whole thing humor. A moral or lesson is often tacked onto the end but more than anything else, sitcoms are a way to get an inside look at what is portrayed ...

In five pages this paper considers how Sweeney represents a composite of the characters Odysseus and Polyphemus in Homer’s epic and also discusses the similarities between Mrs. Lovett in the film and the goddess Athena, and how the razor is Sweeney Todd’s faithful companion much as Odysseus’ beloved dog Argus had been. Two sources ...

This 3 page paper discusses the similarities and differences in the films “Modern Times” by Charlie Chaplin and “Rear Window” by Alfred Hitchcock. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 3 page paper presents an outline for a three episode mini series. Blaine is a professional man and accused of burglary when several women he has dated are burgled and his fingerprints and DNA are found at the scene, the three episodes follow him from arrest though to guilty verdict and sentences, with a ...