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

Kieslowski's Three Colors Trilogy: An Analysis of White and Blue
This 8 page paper examines the trilogy that uses three symbolic color elements. The plots and themes from White and Blue are explored. The focus of this paper is on the death/transformation/rebirth experience that is seen in each of these films....
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Determinism as Evidenced in Plays:
This 7 page paper examines the following plays, "Zoo Story", "The Sandbox", and "Oleanna" in regards to the determinism of the main characters. This paper highlights the many forces that shape these characters and the decisions they make in spite...
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Anton Webern/Five Pieces for Orchestra
A 6 page research paper that analyzes Anton Webern's work Five Pieces for Orchestra. The writer analyzes each of the five pieces, explaining Webern's style and his emphasis on brevity and lyricism. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Film Comedy:
This 5 page paper explores the history of film comedy by examining two films produced prior to 1980 and another produced prior to 1960. Other film examples are also mentioned and discussed. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Savage Nights/Ham and Passion/Fr. & Sp. Film
A 9 page research paper that contrasts and compares Spanish director J.J. Bigas Luna's Jamon, Jamon (1992) and French director Cyril Collard's Savage Nights (1992). Examination of these movies reveals common features. These characteristics...
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THE AUTEUR OF YUSUF CHAHINE
This 10 page paper examines the filmography and style of Yusuf Chahine, film maker/director. Specific references made to his films, Cairo Station and Destiny. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Differing Perceptions in Regard to Gender Issues and Depictions of Sexuality
A 5 page contention that numerous assumptions are often in play when we consider the issues between male and female. Various groups, in fact, try to propagate their own beliefs in regard to the relationship between the sexes when, in reality, there...
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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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