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

A 12 page research paper that contrasts and compares the performance practice of the Baroque harpsichord with the Classical piano. Topics addressed including fingering, ornamentation, improvisation and accompaniment. The writer particularly focuses on the differences between the two instruments and how this affects performance features. Bibliography lists 9 sources.

This 10 page paper examines this decade and not only how women were portrayed in film, but also how they were criticized. Many female actors are named inclusive of but not limited to Katharine Hepburn , Helen Hayes and Sandra Dee. There is also a decided focus on the critics. Bibliography ...

A 3 page paper which compares the novel with Gary Sinise’s 1992 film adaptation. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3 page paper examines the Disney film featuring Denzel Washington. How his character Coach Boone helps to alleviate racial tension through stellar leadership is the focus of this paper. No additional sources cited.

A 3 page paper which analyzes the character of the President of the United States, played by Henry Fonda, in the 1964 film "Fail Safe." No additional sources cited.

A 3 page rebuttal to statements made arguing in favor of the position taken by Barry Glassner in Culture of Fear and Michael Moore in Bowling for Columbine. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 3 page essay that discusses the use of narrative in the film Big Fish (directed by Tim Burton, Columbia Pictures, 2003). This is the story of Edward Bloom (played in his youth by Ewan McGregor and in old age by Albert Finney). Bloom's son Will (Billy Crudup) has grown up with the elaborate tall ...

A 4 page essay that discusses gun control issues. Filmmaker Michael Moore in Bowling for Columbine and author Barry Glassner in Culture of Fear (1999) take the stance that the American culture exits within an unrealistic climate fear due to the sensationalism of media coverage, which is designed to attract attention, and not necessarily represent ...

This 2 page paper is a preliminary study for a longer paper exploring the influence of film on behavior. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses how the classic film "The Wizard of Oz" fits Rick Altman's subgenre of the Fairytale Musical. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

5 pages in length. At first glance, one might not readily associate Bigas Luna's Teta I La Luna with Catalan cultural identity, however, the comedy goes well beyond its farcical façade to address Catalonia's long, arduous progression from past to present. That Luna's leading character – a young boy upset by the attention ...

A 3 page paper which examines how well the film actually depicts the historical events that took place during the civil rights leader’s lifetime. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 6 page paper which examines how a novel first published in 1811 was successfully adapted for contemporary film audiences. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines the various cultures in the film "Remember the Titans." No sources cited.

A 7 page research paper that offers a detailed analysis of this cantata. This is one of Bach's best known and most beautiful cantatas. The writer, drawing on Machlis (1970), takes the cantata section by section, offering description and interpretation. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 4 page paper answers specific questions about four plays in relation to each other: “The Bacchae,” “Lysistrata,” “The Jew of Malta” and “The Merchant of Venice.” Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 6 page paper discusses Spike Lee's film "Do the Right Thing," and the 'messages' (with regard to racism in particular) therein. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 5 page research paper that discusses Bach's Inventions, in general, and then offers specifically an analysis of Invention 11 in G minor. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 3-page paper examines Hitchcock’s use of mise-en-scene and editing in “North by Northwest” and “The Birds.”

This 3 page paper discusses the logical fallacies to be found in some of the criticism leveled at Michael Moore’s films. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper talks about the issues of language and identity in the films “My Fair Lady” and “Wide Sargasso Sea.” Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines Kate Chopin's short story "The Story of an Hour" and discusses it in relationship to the song "These Are Days You'll Remember" by Natalie Merchant. No additional sources cited.

A 5 page paper that discusses and analyzes two non-dance events in regards to how movements involved resembled dance. The two events analyzed are a baseball game, focusing on the pitcher, and observing a yoga class and exercise in general. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 5 page essay that analyzes the 2002 film 28 Days Later, Fox Searchlight Pictures, directed by Danny Doyle, written by Alex Garland and produced by Andrew Macdonald. The writer argues that this film is a nightmare of the first quality that expresses contemporary Western paranoia in regards to the idea that a new, possibly ...

A 10 page paper which examines the seductive ways in which these women are gazed at by the viewer, focusing particularly upon their intimate interaction with the camera. Bibliography lists 6 sources.