Essays and Research Papers on Mixed issues in Film Television Theater Music & Dance

5 pages in length. Hollywood has a well-earned reputation for embellishing upon reality to the point where the finished product only resembles the original idea around the edges. Indeed, Hollywood's penchant for taking poetic license is a tactic that has left audiences wondering just how much of a given film accurately depicts certain ...

This 7 page paper explores the thinking of film critics Andre Bazin and Rudolf Arnheim, and argues that while they do not agree, they may not be as far apart as many people think. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page examination and analysis of the movie The Transformers. No sources cited.

A 3 page paper which examines the origins of the blues. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 10 page paper which reviews and analyzes the film Seven Samurai. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 4 page paper discusses Orientalism, and argues that "Malcolm X" can be seen as an Orientalist film, but not in its entirety. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

20 pages in length. Director Ron Howard never backs away from a difficult storyline; to say he faced a tremendous challenge in making A Beautiful Mind as both accurate and educational is an understatement of grand proportions. Clearly, the film hit virtually every point pertaining to schizophrenia with sensitivity, realistic overtones and a ...

A 3 page paper which examines how Rome is represented in various forms of modern day entertainment. The paper examines HBO’s series Rome, the film The Da Vinci Code, and Dan Bern’s song Rome. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 3 page tutorial examination of Scotland and the instrument known as the Scottish bagpipes. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

A 7 page paper which examines the characters of Walter and Ruth in Lorraine Hansberry’s play A Raisin in the Sun. The paper examines childrearing in poverty and the black male’s success in America. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 4 page analysis of the photographs Wrensted took during the early twentieth century of Native American subjects. This paper illuminates the fact that considerable artistic license was taken in these depictions. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 3 page paper which examines the media’s influence on children and argues that it is generally bad. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3 page paper considers Robert McNamara's performance in the film "The Fog of War," in light of Sun Tzu's ancient treatise, "The Art of War." Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 5 page paper which compares and contrasts the acting of Charlie Chaplin, in The Gold Rush, and Buster Keaton, in The General. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page paper which analyzes the harm caused by fathers as it relates to Biff Loman from Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman and Tom Wingfield from Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie. No additional sources cited.

This 10 page paper discusses Alfred Hitchcock's classic film "Psycho" with reference to Roger Walters's principles of broadcast writing. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page research paper/essay that examines how modern theater differs from the ancient paradigm for tragedy as defined by Aristotle and looks specifically at two plays, “Jesus Hopped the A Train” by Stephen A. Guirgis and “Red Light Winter” by Adam Rapp, in order to examine these plays in terms of how contemporary playwrights ...

This 3 page paper discusses David Auburn's prize-winning play "Proof." Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 11 page paper examines the film "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" from the perspective of the four great philosophical traditions: Greek, Utilitarian, Deontological and Biblical. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page research paper that focuses on the career of Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), who was one of the romantic era’s most original composers, as his musical idiom was unlike any other (Machlis 84). Furthermore, he was the only major composer of this era whose genius was completely centered on the piano, as Chopin’s “imagination ...

This 7 page paper discusses the replicants from "Blade Runner" as members of the avant garde of the future and what that means for us today. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 5 page paper explores some of the different ways the word "change" is used in Tony Kushner's play "Caroline, or change." Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page research paper that briefly discusses 10 films made in Germany in relation to specific topics. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses the ways in which characters in Ibsen's early plays "The Vikings of Helgeland" and "The Feast at Solhoug" are "first drafts" of characters that appear in his later works. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 4 page paper which examines how love can and does shape political action as seen in the play Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig. Bibliography lists 1 source.