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

A 6 page review of these classic movies. Outlines the plot and points our both commonalties and contrasts between the lead female characters in each. Concludes that while each is desperately trying to control their own societal circumstance, it is really that circumstance which is controlling them. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 5 page summation and analysis of Ridley Scott's movie Blade Runner (1982) and novelist Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962). The writer argues that there are similarities in their thematic material, particularly individualism. No additional sources cited.

A six page paper which looks at the life and career of the influential jazz saxophonist John Coltrane, showing how his conversion to Islam and the spiritual quest which formed a major element of the rest of his life provided the basis for his redefinition of the form and structure of jazz. The writer considers ...

This 5 page paper looks at these two coming of age films made in different eras. Similarities and differences are noted. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 6 page paper looks at the role and perception of the gangster in 1920's and 1930's America. The reality and the fictional perspectives of gangsters through the different media served as a tool to test and challenge society, this is discussed concerned they way that it was viewed at the time and how it ...

This 5 page report discusses the 1995 movie, “Higher Learning,” director John Singleton’s third movie, that offers a look into the lives and minds of a group of young people from different countries, races, and social background. They find themselves in integrated circumstances as all enroll in Columbus University. Students who are already dealing with the expectations of high ...

5 pages in length. The comparative nature of love and power between the book and movie versions of Michael Ondaatje's The English Patient are similar in some respects yet as far apart as can be on others, primarily due to the individual visionary essence that separates the writer and director. Truly, such a thematic ...

A 9 page paper discussing the structure of the first movement. The paper discusses the structure of the Exposition, Development and Recapitulation and the devices Beethoven used to move between sections so skillfully that transitions are not discernible to the untrained ear. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A five page paper which compares Philip K Dick’s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? with Ridley Scott’s film Blade Runner. The writer looks at the way in which the setting and characters are treated differently in the two works, and how the main character achieves a fuller understanding of the nature ...

8 pages in length. Myriad productions have been created that revolved around Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard; however, time after time each rendering failed to present the play in the comedic style that Chekhov had originally intended. Curiously, even the playwright's own wife did not detect the comedic air to her husband's tale, ...

(5 pp) Death and the Maiden is 1995 film staring Weaver and Kinsley played to mixed reviews and is being used to discuss philosophy is this paper.

A 5 page paper which discusses the parallels the film "Manchurian Candidate" and Aeschylus' "Libation Bearers" of the fifth century. Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.

This 7 page paper argues that the television series, the X-Files, provides viable social commentary within a number of genres, specifically science fiction, thrillers and adventure. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 5 page paper which examines how the workers’ rights contained in the Wagner Act of 1935 are illustrated through the unfolding of the film’s plot, and explores how the workers’ felt mistreated, and what they about it. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page report discusses one of the most popular television shows of the past several decades and starring one of America’s favorite comedians, “The Cosby Show.” Jhally and Lewis believe there is a certain undercurrent of what could be referred to as “enlightened racism” that runs through the show. The meaning of “enlightened racism” is composed from a newly ...

An 11 page paper which explores how Gus Van Sant incorporated parts of Welles' interpretation of five Shakespeare plays into his contemporary urban film. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

8 pages in length. The writer discusses the musical structure of Petrushka's four tableaus. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

A seven page paper which analyses the soap opera Eastenders, looking at the way in which it conveys social and cultural messages through the development of character and plot. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

A seven page paper which looks at the ways in which contemporary American films reflect or satirise modern American culture, including tutorial notes to assist the student in using the paper as the basis for a longer dissertation. Bibliography lists 9 sources.

A 5 page paper discussing the issues of life and death contained within this play. Shortly before his death, Guildenstern notes, "There must have been a moment, at the beginning, where we could have said--no. But somehow we missed it." Of course Guildenstern's immediate concern is his own mortality and that of his friend Rosencrantz, but he ...

A 4 page paper which examines a couple of scenes from the movie “Citizen Kane.” The scenes examined are very descriptive and hard hitting, illustrating in a few simple frames, who Charles Kane was and the changes he went through. The two scenes introduce us to a young Kane who is just starting out on ...

A five page paper which considers what distinguishes independent film producers from those working in the mainstream industry, in terms of artistic integrity, financial constraints, marketing and distribution processes and the relationship between director and audience. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

5 pages in length. The Hawksian woman differed much more significantly from Hollywood's representation of women in the studio era when compared with the more modern action heroines of the 1980s and 1990's. Given the fact that Howard Hawks movies portrayed women in a strong and independent light, the Hawksian woman came to ...

(4 pp). The dominance of American motion pictures in the international market dates back to late 1800s when American producers began exporting their products. The historical roots of the current prominence of the USA in the international market for films (and, subsequently, television programs) have received increasing attention from historians in recent ...

(5 pp) Death of a Salesman gives different insights and different meanings to the American dream of success and shows what can happen when the dream is false, distorted or unfulfilled. The American dream was in serious trouble for Willy Loman and his family because of his fervent pursuit of success, wealth and status. ...