Academic papers on Music, Film, Television, Theater & Photography

Run Lola Run/Analysis
A 5 page research paper/essay that summarize and analyzes the 1999 film Run Lola Run (directed by Tom Tykwer). The writer summarizes the film and then relates the aesthetics of Aristotle and Tim Burton to a particular scene. Bibliography lists 5...
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Hitchcock
This 3-page paper examines Hitchcock
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Michael Moore and His Critics
This 3 page paper discusses the logical fallacies to be found in some of the criticism leveled at Michael Moore
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Language and Identity in Film
This 5 page paper talks about the issues of language and identity in the films
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Reaction to Verdi's Aida
A 5 page essay that discusses the writer's reaction to a production of Verdi's Aida. The impact of the set decoration, the pageantry and the drama of the narrative are discussed as well as the music. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Movement in Everyday Life
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....
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28 Days Later/Film as Nightmare
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...
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Comparative Cinematic Analysis of Natalie Portman in
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.
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Godard and Altman
This 10 page paper discusses the work of American director Robert Altman in his film The Long Goodbye, and compares it to that of Jean-Luc Godard in his classic A Bout de Souffle (which we usually translate as Breathless). Bibliography lists 4...
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Fantasias, Beethoven and Chopin
An 8 page research paper that, first of all, examines the history of the fantasia and what scholars have said about this particular type of composition. This background is necessary in order to understand the literature on this topic. The emphasis...
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Definition of Situation Comedy
A 4 page exploration of the "sitcom". This paper emphasizes the importance of viewer identification with sitcom characters, contending that these shows present very real societal messages. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Bette Davis & American Culture
A 7 page research paper that examines several of the roles portrayed by actress Bette Davis. In a society that practically worshiped females in traditional roles as wives and mothers, who were always devoted and selfless, Bette Davis offered an...
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"Regarding Henry"
5 pages in length. Regarding Henry, a film that stars Harrison Ford as the main character Henry Turner, receives a life-altering gunshot wound to the head that all but transforms him from the materialistic, insensitive individual to one filled with...
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Images of Los Angeles in Film
A 6 page essay that, first of all, summarizes the way that Day of the Locust presents Los Angeles and Hollywood. This is then compared to depictions of L.A. culture in L.A. Story, The Player, Falling Down, Blade Runner and Strange Days. Bibliography...
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Michael Cunningham's "The Hours"
3 pages in length. The dichotomy of searching for oneself while at the same time struggling against one's demons represents the foundation upon which Virginia Woolf's character exists in Michael Cunningham's The Hours. The extent to which Woolf...
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