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Analysis of Film Love Actually

The aim of this paper is to highlight what actions have been taken by the director to capture the theme of intimacy on big screen, in the ability to create an outward impression of love [...]
  • Subjects: Comedy
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1156

Movie and Drama. A Few Good Men

Although the play version is more engaging than the movie, it lacks the glamour and flamboyance brought by the lighting and effects.
  • Subjects: Theater
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 563

Four Scenes from the Life of Buddha

The show has presented four major events from the life of the Buddha: the Birth and the Dearth of the Buddha, the First Sermon at the Deer Park, and the Image and the First Teaching [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 817

Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather

Partially illuminating only the face of this character and leaving the rest of the scene in shadow, the filmmaker focuses spectators' attention on the speaker and creates the atmosphere of intimacy and secrecy.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 972

Happiness is not always fun

These words show what the movie is all about, the fluctuations that accompany the pursuit and maintenance of happiness. This close connection of the movie to the viewer facilitates the general acceptance of the intellectual [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1399

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

The film stirs Benjamin Button as a man who is born with the look and physical maladies of a very old man and to the disappointment of everyone as he ages backwards.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 809

The Steel Pan Music History

One of the bright examples of such creative and ingenious response to the British cultural repression is the invention of steel drum, or pan.
  • Subjects: Music Genre
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 580

Folk Music: A Tool for Culture Transmission

Percy was of the opinion that there was a separate form of music for the urban setting and a different one for the rural setting describing the latter as folk music.
  • Subjects: Music Genre
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1443

Munich: The Ethical Aspects of Revenge

This is one of the points that can be made. Another result of this operation is that one of the agents named Carl is killed in the course of this operation.
  • Subjects: Historical Drama
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 549

“Der Erlkonig” and “Lost Your Head Blues”

When singing as the narrator, the first character in the song, Shubert vocals range between the middle and minor mode. The son is frightened and Shubert manages a high range to show the fear in [...]
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 831

Religious Studies of Movies

The film aligns the lives and tribulations of the Egyptians to the lives and troubles of Christians today. The theme of the importance of faith and trust in God is dominant in the film.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1444

Deviance in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”

The film is based on the experiences of Randle McMurphy a convicted rapist who chose to serve his term in a mental institution as opposed to serving the sentence in a prison labor camp.
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  • Subjects: Comedy
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1125

First Crusade Art and Architecture

Many Jews were robbed of their property by the crusaders and killed for the simple reason that they were not Christians During the period of the First Crusade, different styles of art were produced by [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1400

Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring

The avant-garde ballet The Rite of Spring became the cultural sensation of 1913 and changed the traditional vision of the art of ballet.
  • Subjects: Dance
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 596

Concept of Documentary Photography

The purpose of composition in this case is to bring out a distinction between the different elements of a work that is being portrayed in such a manner that the elements of the work that [...]
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 19
  • Words: 5143

Analysis of the Play ‘Romeo and Juliet’

Another interesting scene of the production that makes it real understanding of the authors work is the casting of the romantic love between Romeo and Juliet, the physical love of the nurse and the contractual [...]
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  • Subjects: Theater
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 554

“Titanic” by James Cameron Movie Analysis

Therefore, there is indeed a good reason in referring to Cameron's film, as such that promotes a thoroughly humanistic idea that the measure of people's actual worth has very little to do with what happened [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1191

The Blues Meaning and Significance

Moreover, the attempts to define the blues as a notion gave the start for the discussions of the blues as the expression of the African-Americans' identity and the possibility to play this music by white [...]
  • Subjects: Music Genre
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 566

The Search for Tomorrow in Today’s Soap Operas

The feeling in the text is a justification of the presence of soap operas in the local Television series as well as the argument that women are entitled to watch and fully enjoy the never [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 944

Disability Representation in “Forrest Gump”

This story covers the life of Forrest Gump and his meeting with the love of his life Jenny. He has limited IQ and at the same time seems to have unlimited love and devotion for [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 704

Peter Paul Rubens: Life and Works

He is one of the famous artists of Baroque period. One of his famous paintings is "The history is the raising of the cross" a triptych, painted in 1609-1610.
  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 571

Rococo and Neoclassical Art

However with the advent of the neoclassical art period in the mid 18th century, balance and symmetry was emphasized as a reaction to rococo art designs.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1267

The Hip-Hop Genre Origin and Influence

Hess, in addition, notes that from 1970s, the development of Hip-hop as a culture has been very complex due to immigrants from different parts of the world, who in one way or another equally contributed [...]
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2904

Tchaikovsky and Beethoven Сomparison

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, March The famous "March" is a part of "The Nutcracker", presented as the second piece in the first act.
  • Subjects: Musicians
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 521

Discussing the Eight Forms of Art

This example exemplifies the definition of the word art because it is both educational and political. This example exemplifies the definition of the word art due to its intent of motivating thoughts and feelings.
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 661

Hitchcock’s Rear Window: Dream Analysis

The first and the main scenario that unfolds in the courtyard is the situation with a married couple, where the husband gets so much tired of the wife's constant complaints and demands for attention that [...]
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  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1370

The Magic Ring

It all began on a typical day with the sun shinning down on the besieged city of Orleans."If only our great god Azula would have mercy on us and rescue our beloved city from these [...]
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  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 845

My Changing Taste in Music

In this paper, I set out to discuss two different types of music that highlight my changing taste through the years.
  • Subjects: Music Genre
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 878

Discussion: Old Comedy and New Comedy

One of the most famous representatives of New Comedy was the playwright Menander, whose plays, such as "The Twin Brothers" and "The Girl from Samos," are known for their focus on everyday life and their [...]
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 609

Restoration (1995), Directed by Michael Hoffman

The movie is set just before the Great Fire of London, which occurs the following year and coincides with the historic outbreak of the bubonic plague in 1665.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1304

The “Gnomeo and Juliet” Film by Kelly Asbury

While the plot of the cartoon is comparatively loosely associated with the events of the original, some of the most iconic scenes and messages still carry through.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 321

The “Kisses from Berlin” Photo by Regis Bossu

The image was portrayed on the Berlin Wall as the symbol of protest and the end of the Cold War. Regarding the context of the photo, the fraternal kiss was a form of greeting between [...]
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 944

The “My Cousin Vinny” Movie by Jonathan Lynn

However, some of the motives and methods that Gambini uses during the trial are notable. The eyewitness says that the glasses help her see from the distance of 100 feet.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 500

Characteristics That Qualify a Piece as Art

Thirdly, artistic work is called a work of art with a certain level of completeness and expressiveness, correspondence of full-fledged content and form, integrity, and the ability to influence the viewer, listener, and reader. The [...]
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 607

The Ex Machina Film by Alex Garland

Thus, one of the main audiovisual effects in Ex Machina was the vertical camera movements, the red lighting, and the placement of human skulls as a symbolic signifier of the hell laboratory.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1563

Reggae, Disco, and Funk Musical Styles

Reggae, funk, and disco, despite the difference in rhythm, message, and sound, were intended to unite the art of music into a global musical movement.
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  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 410

The “Macbeth” Film by Rupert Goold

While Shakespeare's play happened in the 11th century in Scotland, the movie's design is more similar to the events of the 20th century. Corresponding to the era of the first half of the 20th century, [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 632

Overused Jump Scares in Horror Movies

Despite the ability to cause relatively intense emotional responses, jump scares can also induce the feeling of predictability and the scantiness of means of expression in viewers.
  • Subjects: Cinema Art
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 792

David O. Russell’s “Silver Linings Playbook”

Second, Pat copes with bipolar disorder with the help of the social support of his parents and Tiffany who is also recovering from a breakdown inspired by the death of her husband.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 393

Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Painting by Church

The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta reflects the memories of the Church, who witnessed this New Eden's beauty in terms of the upcoming modernity and industrialization.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 850

Double ABS-X Model and the Film “The Judge”

This theory is called the ABCX model; in this model, the family crisis is viewed as the result of the interaction of several factors affecting the family in a stressful situation.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2525

“Dedication for Alceste” by Christoph Willibald Gluck

Christoph Willibald Gluck's "Dedication for Alceste" is a preface to the printed score of Alceste written in 1769 to provide the composer's explanation of those modifications that he made in relation to the concept of [...]
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 400

“Two Towns of Jasper” by Dow and Williams

Evidently, the film gained huge success talking on the same exact topic from the perspectives of two directors that eventually flowed together for the sake of conveying the message to the viewer.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1040

Specifics of Jazz Music Analysis

This essay gives the most distinct characteristics and elements of Jazz that distinguish it from other forms of art, in addition to the differences between Jazz and the other musical arts.
  • Subjects: Music Genre
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 844

Frank Zappa and the 1960s Counterculture

It is reported that the generation that was composed mostly of the youth rejected the teaching of the elders and opted for alternative culture which was their own creation.
  • Subjects: Musicians
  • Pages: 11
  • Words: 3175

The Realism in Art Movement

The paintings of authors representing the movement of realism are extremely vivid and are likely to create an impression of presence in the painting while observing it.
  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 844

Photo Art: Photographic Exhibition

This is the photo produced by Samantha Everton in 2009 as a part of her Vintage Dolls series: The photo is installed in a frame during the exhibition to ensure the considerable attention the viewers [...]
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1008

“Boys Don’t Cry” Movie Analysis

While in the back of my mind I was aware of the potential for violence because of deception in these situations, it was not an active thought process and after being exposed to this movie [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1134

Song Cycle: Term Definition

The Lieder cycle - presenting a dramatic episode in verse set to music- was considered a reflection of the Romantic penchant for merging of the classic forms of epic, lyric and drama.
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 605

Salvador Dali: Surrealist Self-Portrait

His self-portraits can be seen as a unique part of his heritage reflecting ideas of personal self and self-identity, perception of the world and his genius.
  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1374

Art and Design Principles and Their Effects

Contrast helps in emphasis, variation, and addition of interest which enables the user to develop a certain feeling in the work of art. Harmony refers to the consistency of appearance in a work of art.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 600

“Lions for Lambs” (2007) by Robert Redford

While it is true that policymakers and politicians are behind the war, the linkage to the theme of the lions and lambs as seen in the movie creates confusion.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 877

Classical Hollywood Cinema and Its Ideology

The character of the Classical Hollywood movie is a given in terms of the social problem film, for the genre inherits the core qualities of the Hollywood film as well as its place in the [...]
  • Subjects: Cinema Art
  • Pages: 14
  • Words: 4097

Tupac and Gender: Sexuality in His Music

He is the perfect Tupac who adores and supports women going through a crisis."Keep yah Head Up" is another inspirational song to black women, it is a call for black women to stand firm and [...]
  • Subjects: Musicians
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1097

“Greta” (2018): A Thriller by Neil Jordan

This paper aims at reviewing the movie Greta and analyzing the director's principal claim, the moral of the movie, and the techniques which the director used to bring his ideas to the audience.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1038

“Barbie Dolls” Image by Chris Jordan

However, the image passes the test, and, consequently delivers its intended message, which is to portray the "nudity" of the modern people in various activities that they undertake each passing day.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 561

Interactive Design of Museum Exhibitions

Furthermore, the process of learning is also at the core of every exhibition as museums usually provide much information about the authors of art pieces and the history of art itself.
  • Subjects: Art Exhibitions
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2302

The “Citizen Kane” Film Analysis

In the discussion, the principal focus will be on Citizen Kane film, which positioned as one of the utmost motion pictures in the film industry.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1697

Photos in “12 Million Black Voices” by Richard Wright

It is clear that the author believes that African Americans are victims of the development of the US society. However, 'the Lords of the Land' had the necessary mechanisms to suppress the revolts and make [...]
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1394

“Crimson Tide” by Tony Scott

The captain chooses to ignore the command while the executive officer thinks that they should first evaluate the message and decide what to do after through evaluation.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 624

The Coronation of the Virgin Altarpiece by Di Arpo

After viewing the Coronation of the Virgin Altarpiece: Saint Prosdochimus, I realized that the art of the Middle Ages, the era that is rightfully considered one of the darkest and the most complicated times that [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 841

“12 Angry Men” by Sidney Lumet Film Analysis

Referring to the topic of the juror system in the USA, Lumet discusses such problems as the personal responsibility, fair trial, justice, and reasonable doubt; and the director emphasizes the importance and controversy of the [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1665

Islamic Art in Africa

The question of what it entails to be Hausa is briefly addressed to uncover the dynamic nature of Hausa culture and the religion that plays the main role. The study of the Hausa art offers [...]
  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2286

“The Street Life in Lagos”: Film Analysis

In the street life in Lagos film, the two are shown to arrive in Lagos to look for their affluence, reside, and work in one of the greatly renowned slums across the globe, Makoko.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 558

“The Boy in the Striped Pajamas”

Bruno speculates the striped uniform that Shmuel is wearing to resemble pajamas, thus hinting to the viewers about the origin of the film's title.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1403

Photography as a Mass Medium

To demonstrate this fact, the study explores the works of Sontag in her article titled, On Photography, and shows how digital photography changes her analysis about the "photographic way of seeing" life.
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1743

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 Wizard of Oz

The girl's farmhouse gets into a tornado and is carried to the Munchkinland located in the world of Oz where Dorothy and Toto meet Glinda, the Good Witch of the North.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1118

Film Studies: “Out in the Night” by Blair Doroshwalther

The film carefully unleashes the events leading to the four girls' imprisonment with a primary agenda of revealing the faulty in the law systems coupled with how the system works unjustly for the people perceived [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1369

Film Studies: “Class Action” by Michael Apted

Strategic management refers to the high-level of management that is involved in the decision-making process, implementation of goals and objectives, and in the allocation of resources in the organization.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 614

Cimabue’s “Madonna Enthroned”

In the first place, Cimabue puts the figure of Madonna in the center of the painting. Thus, the angels behind the throne bring the image of Madonna to the fore.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 834

Giuseppe Tartini and his Violin Sonata “Devils Trill”

Tartini is famous since he is the author of this distinct work, which maintains a unique draw amid the organizers, performers and the community because of the attractiveness of the music, the challenge of its [...]
  • Subjects: Musicians
  • Pages: 12
  • Words: 3117

Jackson Pollock: Portrait and a Dream

The underlying concept of the painting appears to have been borrowed from the literal depiction of "self-portrait" and "the dream" where the "self-portrait" is assigned to the right hand side while "the dream" appears to [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1380

Ludwig van Beethoven: Life and Works

His ninth symphony was the best ever composed making a summary of the previous eight. The ninth symphony is in the form of a choral.
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1094

Hip Hop Dance

The TV shows such as the Wild style, Soul Train and Breakin, Beat Street also contributed in showcasing hip hop dance styles during the early periods of hip hop hype.
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  • Subjects: Dance
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 609

Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly

This observation, and the fact that the opera was among the first literary works to expose the differences in the way of life between the Western and Eastern world, are the unique features of the [...]
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2123

Nudity in the Paintings of the Renaissance

One of the most famous female nudes in the history of art was the Spanish painting called 'The Nude Maja' done by Francisco Goya. Thus, the artists of the Renaissance brought about the rise of [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1355

The Movie “Hotel Rwanda”

Finally, the movie looks at the consequences of the war whereby the producer claims that the country experienced a variety of crises just after the genocide since mistrust and hatred was so intense.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1361

Ray Charles Robinson’s Life and Lessons

After the death of his mother, Ray left school at the age of 15 and relocated to Jacksonville, where he was put up by a family friend."Having friends of the family living in Jacksonville made [...]
  • Subjects: Singers
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2047

The Movie “Precious”

Perhaps, her most moving experience occurs at the end of the movie when she summons the courage to leave her mother and take care of her children.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 883

“War Horse” (2011) by Steven Spielberg

The setting of this movie is before the onset of the First World War. The way Ted dresses and his flask of alcohol help give a date to this movie.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1356