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

Bowling For Columbine & Marx, Durkheim & Weber
An 8 page research paper/essay that analyzes Michael Moore's 2003 film Bowling for Columbine from the sociological perspective of Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim and Max Weber. The writer briefly states the philosophy of each man and then applies this to...
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Short Film Production & Distribution
A 5 page research paper that discusses the production, direction and distribution of short films. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Visions of the Future
This 3 page paper deals briefly with the similarities and differences, and the problems explored in the movies Blade Runner and Metropolis. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Media Depictions of Gender
A 5 page contention that our social constructs of gender are impacted by a number of factors. One of the more insidious of these factors is the media. To some degree, our contemporary ideas of gender are constructed in, by, and through...
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Fight Club
This 5 page paper discusses several aspects of the film, including the technical components; the aesthetic view from the standpoint of a director and philosopher and how it applies to the film; and which viewpoint works better. Bibliography lists 2...
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The Development and Survival of the Music Industry
This 21 page paper provides an abstract, a table of contents and then a look at the history of the music industry and where it is headed. Sections include ideas about the specifics of the music business, inclusive of legal issues. Genres as well as...
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Cocoon: The Pursuit of Youth as We Age
This 8 page paper provides an overview of the central themes of the film "Cocoon," with a focus on the theme of youth and the process by which the older people in this film seek a means of securing youth. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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The Significance of Subculture in the Production and Consumption of Contemporary Music
This 8 page paper examines the music industry and how it has spawned various subcultures. Hip hop is the focus of the paper but other genres are explored. Marilyn Manson, Ozzy Osbourne and Connor Oberst and others, who seem to have made an...
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Free Will Versus Determinism as Prompted by the film Sliding Doors
This 3 page paper examines the issue as it is presented in this 1998 film starring Gwyneth Paltrow. Several theorists are discussed, including Hume, in contemplating the issue. Karma is discussed as well. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Denial in "Death of a Salesman"
A 3 page paper which examines how each character, in Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman," is in denial. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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3 Independent Films
A 6 page essay/research paper that examines Clerks (1994), Pulp Fiction (1994), and The Blair Witch Project (1999). These are very different movies, yet they are all classified as successful independent films. The differences between these films...
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The Emergence of the Blues in American Culture
This 10 page paper examines three blues genres: classic blues, country blues and acoustic urban blues. Each is discussed separately and then compared and contrasted. Social components as well as musical differences are established. Bibliography...
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Everybody Loves Raymond and Home Improvement
A 5 page paper which compares and contrasts the sitcoms Everybody Loves Raymond and Home Improvement as it involves relationships, marriages and childrearing. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Gender Issues in Opera/Bartok & Bluebeard
A 15 page research paper that examines the issues of gender in opera and specifically in regards to Bela Bartok's work Bluebeard's Castle. Bartok wrote but one opera, Duke Bluebeard's Castle, a short work based upon a grisly fairy tale....
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Film Noir: Mildred Pierce and Roger Rabbit
An 8 page paper which compares the classic film "Mildred Pierce (1945)" with "Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)" as it involves elements of film noir. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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