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Inside the President’s War Room Documentary

Terrorists aimed two of the planes at the business symbol of New York the World Trade Center towers, and the other two at the Pentagon and, presumably, the White House or the Capitol.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 868

Film “Brazil” Structural Analysis

There is a monologue at the end of the movie from the protagonist Lowry. Brazil is a movie one cannot watch without a smile because of the humor and comedy invested in the film.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1127

Researching of Cine-Aztlán Collective

The intention to promote social change with the help of cinematic art can be considered the definitive characteristic and the ultimate goal of the Cine-Aztlan collective.
  • Subjects: Cinema Art
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 581

Influence of African-American Culture on Rock n Roll Music

Rock and Roll were introduced to the mainstream in the 1950s by white musicians such as Elvis Presley. Rock and Roll was a distinct amalgamation of different genres of African-American music such as jazz, blues, [...]
  • Subjects: Music Genre
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 303

“She’s All That”: Characters Analysis

To conclude, simple and understandable images of the movie's characters have clearly defined and expected attributes performed by actors in a slightly exaggerated manner, which makes the film enjoyable for the viewer.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 335

An Analysis of a Photograph By Mike Wells

This spread of technology-enabled many people to document the environment around them and allowed millions of people to relate to stories of others told through photographs."A Starving Boy and a Missionary" is one of the [...]
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 598

History of Art in Early Civilization

On the other hand, the Virgin of compassion icon was a Byzantine icon portraying the Virgin and Child as subject matter. On the contrary, the painting was used as a style of artwork in the [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 678

Film Critique: “Promising Young Woman”

Her body is burnt by Al and his best friend, Joe, but Cassie's contingency plan of the video of the rape being delivered to the police ensures Al is arrested at his wedding.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 681

“On the Threshold of Eternity”: A Critic

Overall, the painting Old Man in Sorrow by Vincent van Gogh is an excellent portrayal of the frustration, grief, and loneliness experienced by the artist at the end of his life.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 326

An Analysis of Pop Art: Origins, Styles and Legacies

By the end of the discussion, the essay aims to comprehensively cover the subject of pop art, in such a way that readers are able to narrate the history and origins of the art form, [...]
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 17
  • Words: 4747

Choir Conducting Quality Analysis

The easier it is for the chorus to understand the conductor's body language, the more deeply they will perceive his idea about the final sound of a piece of music.
  • Subjects: Music Industry
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2215

The History of Body Art

Throughout history, body art has captured the way that humans relate their experiences to their physical body.
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 1170

Aubrey Drake Graham’s Music Career

Statement of Central Idea: To inform my audience about Aubrey Drake Graham's, commonly known as Drake, background, how he became famous, and where he is right now in his career.
  • Subjects: Singers
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1352

“The Great White Hope”: Film Analysis

The Great White Hope is a film based on Jack Jefferson, the protagonist in the film and the first black man to win the heavyweight boxing championship.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1310

The Flashback in the Middle of Film “Casablanca”

I believe that the flashback in the middle of Casablanca is a great implementation of the technique and allows viewers to fully comprehend the complicated relationship between the leading characters.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 555

A Classical Concert Analysis

The design is innovative but with classical elements to link the modern age with the music of the past. The video gives little attention to the audience as the orchestra is the main factor of [...]
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 826

Dependency Theory and “The End of Poverty?”

It is also reflected in the film "The End of Poverty?" narrating the circumstances of poor countries and their precondition. It started at the end of the fifteenth century and marked the beginning of the [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 302

Peter Brook’s “Mahabharata” Analysis

Brook intention was to showcase the universality of the Indian belief systems, values, and norms, which worked to deny the natives the social voice in an international scene. Brook, as an adapter, mediates to transform, [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1641

Historical Films and the Real Past: Why Alter History?

Being shot at the beginning of the nineties, the film narrates the history of the preceding century, which was likely to be partially forgotten due to the passing of time and major changes occurring in [...]
  • Subjects: Cinema Art
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1606

“Awaara” (1951): A Response to the Film

For example, some of the more obvious denotative elements of the movie, such as the choice of the soundtrack that matches the characters' emotions, do not interfere with the ones that are concealed, such as [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 281

Folklore and Films. Film Analysis

Even though only one of the mentioned films fully adheres to the classic provisions of a fairy tale, the motif of transfiguration is prominently present in the rest of them as well.
  • Subjects: Cinema Art
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1375

Carlos Schwabe’s “The Death of the Gravedigger”

He also drew the image of "Death" in his masterpiece painting The Death of the Grave-Digger from her. The figures of the woman angel and the old man standing inside the grave are in the [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1214

Mother Earth, a Thought-Provoking Piece of Art

The wide use of blue color is especially remarkable because it is a great method by the author of the painting to attract the viewers' attention to the theme of the painting the Planet Earth [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 547

Drew Hayden Taylor’s Aboriginal Humor: Just Joking?

This essay looks at the classical theories that could be applied to aboriginal joking while touching on the functions of joking, comedy as serious, and the analysis of a joke. It informs us of the [...]
  • Subjects: Comedy
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 553

“Family Home: Suburban Exterior” Painting by Arkley

The main peculiarity of his art is that he "is widely recognised as the foremost painter of Australian suburbia"2. His artwork Family home: Suburban exterior can help us to understand the main motif of his [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 119

A Visit to the Museum of Tolerance

The location is an ideal place for those interested in learning about the traditional culture and history of ancient people, giving a wide view of what happened in the past and the effect and the [...]
  • Subjects: Art Exhibitions
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 613

“The Last Judgement” by Michael Angelo

The painting conveys the act of the second come of Christ, and the apocalypse. It is explicitly seen the way Christ is depicted in the light, in the middle of the painting; just the way [...]
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  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1118

Impressionist Art: History, Technique and Composition

Coupled with other paintings which were not usual, Edouard Manet's paintings led to an uproar by several groups of painters who were ranked by the judges as the poorest impressionists in the painting contests Even [...]
  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1916

Edgar Allen Poe’s Influence on Hitchcock

From the above discussion, it can be said that Hitchcock's work was greatly influenced by the work of Poe particularly in building the audience's suspense and manipulating their attention.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 543

“Mrs. Doubtfire” Film by Chris Columbus

Thus, it is noteworthy that one is better to follow the way Daniel uses for counseling his children. Doubtfire, for it is a milestone to improve on children's development.
  • Subjects: Comedy
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 955

Howard Pyle, His Students, and His Legacy

In addition, by means of illustration Pyle intended to shape the content of his books for him to convey the instance of conflict of triumph and surrender contributing to the enlivenment of the social conditions [...]
  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1104

Nineteenth Century Music: Virtuoso Performances

Four factors characterized early nineteenth-century music: the rise of public concerts, improvements in transportation, the Industrial Revolution, and the glorification of genius and personal expression in the Romantic Era. The style of the pianist in [...]
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2223

McDonaldization in the Music Industry

Generally speaking, McDonaldization is a term used to refer to "the process by which the principles of the fast-food restaurant are coming to dominate more and more sectors of American society as well as of [...]
  • Subjects: Music Industry
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1122

Would 1997 Movie Titanic Be Considered a Great Epic?

Griffith, the "father of film technique", "the man who invented Hollywood" and "the Shakespeare of the screen," "a film is a cooperative effort between the director and the audience.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1373

Korean Women’s Portrayal in Korean Films

Before discussing the portrayal of Korean women in Korean films it would be pertinent to look at the condition of Korean women in a Confucian society since it will help in understanding the present condition [...]
  • Subjects: Cinema Art
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2737

Depiction Women in Paintings

This is seen in Sandro Botticelli's painting, "The Birth of Venus" as he completely broke with the habits of tradition and permitted Venus her freedom.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1324

Yue Minjun’s Self-Portraits As Modern Art

This paper will try to present the aesthetic as well as commercial interpretation of artist Yue Min Jun as an artist, in the eyes of a westerner but with the consideration of personal history and [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2604

Music, Its Definition and Evolution

It is in a romantic era when different types and functions of music were developed, followed by 20th-century music, where there was an increase in music listening and the emergence of new technology which made [...]
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1213

Saul Bass Poster for Hitchcock’s Vertigo Analysis

The fundamental focus of any advertisement, particularly a movie poster, is to communicate with the audience and reveal the properties of the product in an interesting and creative manner.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 562

“The Devil Wears Prada”: Morality and Ethics

Andy on the other hand chooses clothes that she deems to be smart, comfortable, and good enough for the first day on the job, which in reality is utterly unfashionable.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 950

Contribution of Modernity to Photography and Film Movements

Modernity in visual arts and cinema is part of the ever-changing world, wherein the establishment of ideas, different people in the world of art participates in experimenting with the forms and styles of art, thus [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1369

Self-Portraiture: Tracey Emin and Sarah Lucas

In this photo, she touches on her general theme as an artist of relating herself to the 'common people.' She is completely vulnerable and undisguised from her audience.
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 3436

Art and Literature Between the Two World Wars

The number of isms that made their appearance after the First World War in the field of art seemed to have their origins in the minds of those who had borne witness to the horrors [...]
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 602

Alice Gerstenberg’s Overtones Review

This new technique along with the publications of Sigmund Freud who was on a trip to New York at the time of the productions spread interest in the use of the unconscious mind. She is [...]
  • Subjects: Theater
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1485

“Devdas” by Sanjay Leela Bhansali

It is worth noting that the film Devdas is not the first screen adaptation of the novel based on which the movie was shot. The loss of his lover led the protagonist to the edge [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 601

“Taxi Driver” Film by Martin Scorsese

The screenwriter, Paul Schroeder, managed to create a unique and, at the same time, a typical atmosphere of neo-noir, the characteristic of the New York community of the 1970s.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 841

“Canon in D” by Johann Pachelbel

Despite the fact it was composed in the second half of the seventeenth century, it was forgotten and recovered only at the end of the twentieth century.
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 441

Baroque and Rococo: Imagination, Values, Emotions

The church chose the style so that it could communicate religious themes in emotional involvement during the time of the Council of Trent. The style dynamically reflected the growth of absolutist monarchies, and in power [...]
  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1421

Duality in the Dogon and the Yoruba Art and Beliefs

The lack of information about the Dogon traditions and philosophy is one of the key complexities associated with the definition of the role of the twin concept in the Dogon culture.
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  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 552

“Ali: Fear Eats the Soul” Film Cinematography

Angst Essen Seele Auf is known as Ali: Fear Eats the Soul released in 1974 is a beautiful direction of Rainer Werner Fassbinder who has sketched the entire movie as direct as the scornful glare [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1705

Michel Gondry as a Contemporary Filmmaker

According to Gondry, Melies was "one of the first guys to see the first screenings of the film, and he was the first guy on the earth to think of the camera as an extension [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1672

Diverse Culture in the “Ongka’s Big Moka” Film

The main point of the film was to demonstrate the social, political and cultural traditions of New Guinea tribes and illustrate the tradition of Moka. One of the main themes in the film is the [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 573

“The Housemaid” by Kim Ki-Young

In the time after the Japanese occupation and the Korean War, the country finally had a sense of peace and began its path to modernization and development, influenced by an influx of Western values and [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 516

Western Films Influence on Youth

However, there is a concern that its contents may have negative implications on teenagers in the developing countries because of the fundamental differences between the environment presented in the films and what they have in [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2224

“10 Things I Hate About You” by Gil Junger

This is a great lesson to her and any other youth who may fall in the trap of such destructive boys. Joey is a bad boy and would not treat her with the dignity she [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 711

The Film “Breathless” by Jean-Luc Godard

The movement was concerned with the production of the French film. The new wave of film is a representation of what is utilized in the documentary.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 832

The Movie “Ashes of Time” by Wong Kar Wai

Perhaps, the most controversial aspect of the movie, the editing style of the director sparked a number of heated discussions because of its ostensible lack of focus.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 920

Robert Schumann as a Romantic-Era Composer

In fact, Bonds explains that this form of creativity was a characteristic of the romantic period and differentiated Schumann's compositions with classical music.
  • Subjects: Musicians
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1103

Dramatic Character in “Blade Runner” by Ridley Scott

The dramatic premise of the movie is Deckard being called out of retirement with the sole task to pursue and eliminate four replicants who have committed a mutiny on one of the off-world colonies by [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 365

“References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot” by Rivera

These are: "Why does the author of the play depict Gabriella either nude or in some light bed-like clothes?", "How does the clothing style reflect Gabriella's feelings?", "How do the costumes of Gabriella relate to [...]
  • Subjects: Theater
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1111

Madonna’s Sustainable Success

Madonna's success and its sustainability as long as her competitive strategy are the subjects of research of several professionals from the point of view of business development. Madonna's versatility of style and image is the [...]
  • Subjects: Musicians
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 918

Descartes’ Epistemology in “The Matrix”

The present paper analyzes Descartes' epistemology in the light of the tripartite theory of knowledge and uses a science fiction film The Matrix to understand Descartes' influence on the human understanding of reality.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1386

Franz Kafka’s and Vincent van Gogh’s Connection

Although van Gogh and Kafka realized their creative intentions in different areas of art, they had the remarkable connection in terms of sharing problems in family relations; having problems in personal relations; struggling to find [...]
  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1475

Still Life with Three Skulls by Max Beckman

Of course, the painter understood the wrongs of the regime and he experienced the horrors of the war. The color is the ground for the skulls, cards and tablecloth.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 831

Rembrandt’s Self-Portrait and Journal

It seems to me that this portrait will be of great interest to people who will study my works in the future. This is one of the main goals that I will always try to [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1106

The “Wrecking Ball” Song by Miley Cyrus

Officially, "Wrecking Ball" by Miley Cyrus is the success of a beautiful voice and a charismatic performance, scientifically it is a brainworm with many layers designed to penetrate human brain on the unconscious level.
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1140

Shaun Gladwell’s Art: Materials And Techniques

Gladwell appears to be one of the modern artists whose skills have broken from the past in terms of specialization and application of both materials and skills, especially due to the digitalization of his methods [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1642

Sand Animation Works by Kseniya Simonova

The show of a sand artist includes a video that allows the audience to see the process of the creation of the piece; it also is accompanied by special music, and, of course, the art [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1671

The Film “The Company Men” Analysis

First of all, the director relies on camera work and editing at the beginning of the film in order to show that the main characters enjoy prosperity. This is one of the main points that [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 837

Film Studies: “The Mark of Zorro” by Fred Niblo

Fred Niblo's The Mark of Zorro can be well discussed, as one of the most outstanding examples of the classical editing technique's successful deployment, because the manner in which the director went about connecting film's [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2508

“The Aimless Bullet” by Yu Hyun-Mok Film Analysis

The creators of "The Aimless Bullet" used the stories of their characters as symbolic demonstrations or the destinies of the whole generation of Korean people struggling with the harsh circumstances of the 1960s.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1690

“Hotel Rwanda” by Terry George Film Analysis

Genocide is one of the worst crimes a government can commit to its people, and it is not a way to solve any political or economic problems or to enforce the control over a country. [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1102

Comparison of Color Themes

This reflection is the color of that particular object. In painting color is used to exhibit different effects.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1201

Movie Analysis: “The Help“ by Tate Taylor

In the movie The Help, Tate Taylor, the director, paradoxically explores racism as a social crisis in the American society. Taylor presents the disgusting treatment, torturing, and killing of the black people in the broad [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 574

“Ordinary People” by Frederick Miller Film Analysis

Generally, the film 'Ordinary People' depicts the role of family in the development of various mood and anxiety disorders, in which Conrad emerges as a victim of lacking motherly love, resulting into his hatred for [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 590

Michael Jackson, the King of Pop

The early life of Michael Jackson as a part of The Jackson 5 team started with the family music project where Michael Jackson performed the role of a singer and dancer.
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 854

Raphael: A Renaissance Master

Although the style that Rafael developed over the course of his evolution as an artist was influenced greatly by the works of Leonardo da Vinci in terms of composition and technical expression and Michelangelo in [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1651

“The Butler” by Lee Daniels

In his 34-year tenure, he is a witness of the views of the various ways in which the presidents make decisions involving blacks, and how the movements have affected these decisions and the lives of [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 560

“35 and Ticking” by Russ Parr

The major components affecting the characters' arc are theme, the characters, setting and the type of film. Phil is the serious and responsible type of character and he progresses to become a great husband and [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1095

The Film “Boyz n the Hood”

In the course of the trials, sufferings, and confrontations that young men experience, we can witness some of the social and financial setbacks that confronted many African Americans in the past and presently.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1092

Bollywood Film Industry Specifics

From the late 1990s, the film industry became the chief competitor of the Hollywood film industry. Attracted by the increasing number of members of the middle class in Asia, international investors are currently flocking to [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1089

Film Studies: “Provoked” by Jag Mundhra

It is important to note that the film shows a case of escape and this escape can be understood through some people will still say that murder is not a way out as the woman [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 608

Michael Jackson’s Life and Career

The joining of this band marked the start of his music career because although he joined as a backup singer, with time, he started to sing vocals and later on become a lead singer.
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 662

Araki Nobuyoshi and Photography

He promoted a new genre of art which is up to date cherished in Japan and other parts of the world.
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 844

Opera Hansel and Gretel

Although the folktales differ based on the kinds of food that the ogres eat and the food that the ogre uses to trap the children, the fact is that in all the folk tales food [...]
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 50
  • Words: 13780