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

Shakespeare's "Hamlet" on Stage and in Film
This 5 page report discusses Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and the statement made by Bert O. States that analogous techniques are at work in the art of the film director, for "Shakespearean cinematography makes use of the same device (as employed by film...
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David Lynch's "Blue Velvet" and Personal Identity
This 10 page report discusses David Lynch's 1986 film "Blue Velvet" and how it demonstrates how everybody lives in a society where, either consciously or unconsciously, we exist in relation to (and within the boundaries of) the reigning - or...
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Schoenberg, Stravinsky & Bartok
A 6 page research paper that explores the backgrounds of composers Igor Stravinsky, Bela Bartok, and Arnold Schoenberg, who were all contemporaries of each other; all highly influential to modern music in the first half of the twentieth century....
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Film Noir, McCarthyism & Paranoia
A 9 page research paper that investigates how film noir responded to McCarthyism. The writer argues that at the basis of both McCarthyism and film noir was the fear engendered by the invention of the atomic bomb. The writer outlines how several...
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Timbre
A 4 page research paper that examines timbre, which refers to the aspect of tonal color in music composition. The writer defines timbre and discusses its physical attributes, as well as how it is used in orchestration, focusing on Tchaikovsky's...
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The First Page of Arthur Miller
A 3 page paper which examines the powerful presentation in the first page of Arthur Miller
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Music & The Cold War
A 3 page research paper that examines the role of music in the Cold War. The writer argues that in order to win the ideological battle, both sides were determined to co-opt music for their own purposes. Examination of this period demonstrates that...
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Nora in
A 3 page paper which compares and contrasts Nora from Henrik Ibsen
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Border Cinema
A 10 page research paper that examines how certain films, specifically those dealing with depictions of the Mexican/American border, determine how we feel concerning national identity. The writer argues that the genre of cinema known as "border...
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Henry V: Shakespeare and Film
A 6 page paper which analyzes Shakespeare
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Film/Neo-Noir and Postmodernism
A 15 page research paper that examines the relationship between neo-noir films and postmodernism. The writer argues that examination of neo-noir films shows that their philosophy dovetails nicely with postmodern principles and conceptions. Like...
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Women in Mozart
A 5 page paper which examines Mozart
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Drama Theory & The Sunshine Boys
A 3 page essay that, first of all, defines the term "play" and then discusses it in terms of Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys. The writer argues that comedies also address elements of human pathos. In this instance, the play deals with the problems...
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Kaufman & Ferber/Depression Comedy & The Royal Family
A 3 page essay that discusses theater during the Depression. The writer argues that it was through the warmth and pathos of comedy that people could forget --if just for a little while--the trauma that was going on around them and that this was a...
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Kaufman & Ferber/Depression Comedy & Dinner at Eight
A 3 page essay that discusses the classic play by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber. The writer argues that during the Great Depression, comedy provided a surcease from the rigors of daily life (Widner, 1998). However, it was only possible to...
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