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

X-Files
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.
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How the Film "Norma Rae" Depicts Workers' Rights
A 5 page paper which examines how the workers
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This 5 page report discusses one of the most popular television shows of the past several decades and starring one of America
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"MacArthur's Children"
5 pages in length. Masahiro Shinoda's 1984 film production of "MacArthur's Children" addresses these postwar changes as they relate to a small Japanese village that has been overtaken by MacArthur's troops. Through humor and drama combined,...
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Cinematic Intertextual Relationship Between Gus Van Sant's "My Own Private Idaho" and Orson Welles' "Chimes At Midnight"
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.
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Stravinsky's "Petrushka"
8 pages in length. The writer discusses the musical structure of Petrushka's four tableaus. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Eastenders
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.
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Contemporary American Movies and their Relationship to American Culture
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...
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Life and Death in "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead"
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...
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Citizen Kane
A 4 page paper which examines a couple of scenes from the movie
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What Makes a Director Independent?
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...
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Film as Artistic Expression
A five page paper which looks at the way in which artistic expression is conveyed through film, and the ways in which the final form is dictated by the individual perspective, the consumerist bias of audience expectation, and the strictures of...
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Improvisational Theater: Spolin, Bogart, Steinman. (9pp) Theater allows us to "look" at ourselves more easily. Improvisational theater asks the performer to interact with the audience under the control of a given time limitation. This discussion will e
(11 pp) Theater allows us to "look" at ourselves more easily. Improvisational theater asks the performer to interact with the audience under the control of a given time limitation. This discussion will examine the...
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Art by Yasmina Reeza.
(5 pp) Friendship between men is different, Reeza says. ''I think it is terribly rigid. Often men have no real friends, French men at least. They have colleagues, contacts but not friends, and when they do it is very strong, possessive, ...
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Howard Hawks: Hawksian Women
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...
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