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Impact of Art on Society

In an oppressive and discriminative society as was the England of that time, art in the form of puppetry was used to impart a sense of freedom in individuals.
  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1779

“Shall We Dance”: Movie Analysis

This leads a person to hide their actions and lead a life of secrecy which is uncomfortable to the individual and people that are around.
  • Subjects: Comedy
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1126

My Sister’s Keeper

While Kate's illness affects the entire family, Anna is affected the most since she is responsible for providing parts of her body to keep her sister alive.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1366

The Problem of Poverty in Bob Marley’s “No Woman, No Cry”

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To see the situation from the perspective of its social significance, it is necessary to refer to Mills' concept of sociological imagination and to the division of problems and issues into personal and social ones.
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1863

“Catch Me if You Can” by Steven Spielberg

Crimes in this case are on the basis of stolen identities and more complex to handle in comparison to the other crimes even as the chance of success is greater when committing crimes related to [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2826

Religious Influence on Art and Architecture

Discuss the topic of how religion influenced art and architecture in the ancient world and during the Christian era, it is necessary to point out that all civilizations beginning from the primitive ones, through the [...]
  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 595

Song Analysis “Les Miserables”

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Some of the themes that are more prominent in the songs are that of poverty, power struggles, manipulation, and desperation in the day to day society.
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 896

The Impact of Korean Popular Music

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From the paradigms of influences, the paper discusses the implications of the K-pop on the Korean social values and foreign influences.
  • Subjects: Music Genre
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2287

Film Critique: The Shawshank Redemption

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The movie is excellent in the way the story of self development and hope is crafted to give an array of hope to all watchers and critics.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2133

How Taoist Concepts Are Represented in Movies

In the three selected movies Hero, Fight Club and Star wars different currents of Taoism can be detected flowing in the ebb and flow of the movies. Daoism is a term oft-quoted in Taoism."Dao" means [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 14
  • Words: 3857

“Race” Biographical Movie: Jesse Owens’ Motif

Therefore, the main motif of the movie is the internal and external struggle of the African-American male with the existing biases. The first scene in the movie immediately introduces the motif of struggle to the [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1200

Franz Schubert: His Life and Music

1809-1812: He composed several piano pieces and songs for his mother's death and father's birthday. 1819-1820: Franz's compositions and styles matured.
  • Subjects: Musicians
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 786

Role of Music in Our Life

It is of great importance to recognize a childs inclinations in order to develop them in a full manner in future.
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 622

Works of Art

The first part highlights more about the impressionism period's paintings, basic facts about the works, the personal philosophies of the artists, and art work in time context. The last painting has the main figures in [...]
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1256

Analyzing Graffiti as a Subculture

Contemporary theoreticians dispute the origin and meaning of subculture as a social phenomenon, analyzing the sociological parameters of the groups of population and their primary motivation for deciding on self-expression in the form of subculture.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 810

Muriel’s Wedding as a Representation of Australian Culture

The cultural identity of an individual is formed through the perceptions and traditions of the whole country. Muriel admires the typical glamorous girls and wants to be part of the community and bear a group [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1941

“Water Lilies” by Claude Monet Analysis

Speaking about the range of colour which can be seen in this painting, it should be said that it is rather varied and features basic colours such as blue as the main colour for the [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 860

Realism: Art Movement

This movement appeared in France in the 1840s as a reaction to changes in the government, military, and economic spheres.edouard Manet, Gustave Courbet, Ilya Repin, Edward Hopper, and other representatives of early realism contributed significantly [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 357

Manga: “Naruto” by Masashi Kishimoto

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We want to consider the first part of the story where the main character is just a boy who wants to reach the main purpose of his life, to become a Hokage, the leader of [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 807

Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” (1994)

For instance, the Arctic scenery, the subtle fact that the creature can converse in the human voice and is smart and able to experience pain, the series of events related to William's death and the [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1107

Aspects of Graffiti as Art Therapy

According to the psychological perspective when reviewing the art of graffiti, it has helped relieve stress, and tension and brings joy to the people in the community.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 524

The Role of Ethics in “Gone Baby Gone”

In this paper, I intend to discuss Patrick's moral position through the lens of deontology and, thus, prove that Patrick was right in getting Amanda back to her mother. This is shown in the moral [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 839

An Analysis of the Film “Gallipoli”

In order to appeal to the middle class, many of the films produced tend to reflect the hopes and dreams of this class of society.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 12
  • Words: 2977

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

Music and Its Effects on Culture

Therefore, it could be concluded that music can create some of the diversity issues such as culture, and it can directly impact a culture.
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1387

Taylor Swift’s New Music Video “Blank Space”

By mans of using images, colors, rhetorical devices, music, traditional stereotypes about women and her own social background and history Taylor Swift presents the viewers with what they have been waiting to see, the well [...]
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1123

Groundhog Day: Ethical Analysis of the Movie

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The ideas, introduced in the film, deserve much attention; the story of self-improvement may help lots of people improve their own lives and the lives of the people around; the ethical aspects of "Groundhog Day" [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1678

Painting a room

Raise the roller and move it along the slope of the pan severally to a point just below the well to allow the paint to flow into the roller.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 438

“Money Heist” Directed by Alex Pina

The name of the work that will be addressed is Money Heist; its original name is La Casa de Papel. In Money Heist, a group of criminals guided by a smart and fatherly figure is [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 286

Requiem by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Music Analysis

The piece starts from the crescendo emphasizing the worries and fears of the dying person. The ascendant rhythm of this part also expresses the image of the sacral process of dying and connection with God.
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 302

Ella Fitzgerald: How High the Moon

The song's duration is quite memorable as well, since it starts with a slow rhythm, and the song appears to be pulsing, synchronizing with the beat of one's heart.
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1110

Musical Tradition of Japan, China, Korea Compared

This essay is dedicated to the comparison of Japanese, Chinese and Korean music and proving the fact of their sufficient continuity or similarity by means of detailed analysis of the original sources of the national [...]
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1338

Classical American Cinema and Soviet Montage

Eisenstein is regarded to be the author of five montage methods disclosed in his work "Word and Image". The methods of montage developed by Eisenstein are considered to be used in Soviet theories.
  • Subjects: Cinema Art
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1596

“Whale Rider” the Film by Niki Caro

Pai's grandfather initially rejected her because he was angry at the death of his grandson and thought that the girl is "useless" as she could not become the leader.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 898

Magical Realism as a Literary Genre

The concept of loreal Maravillas was introduced in 1949 to the Americans where the foundations of magical realism were traced from the art world.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1098

Post Modern Art

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Numerous happenings in the fields of art, philosophy, science, music, and critical theory explain the meaning of post-modernism. Post-modernism is the same as modern art due to the production of new pieces.
  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1145

Inspiration of “Diamonds” Song by Rihanna

Sia wrote the song for Rihanna, who holds the song's copyrights and worked on it a year prior; therefore, the song is owned by an independent contractor.
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 288

Beijing Opera vs. Traditional Western Opera

For example, the Beijing opera reflects the culture of the nation. The rest of the paper is structured as follows: Chapter two highlights the origins and development of the two operas, Chapter three is an [...]
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 31
  • Words: 7046

Difficult Cinematography: “Millennium Mambo” Film

In her essay Looking for Nostalgia: Memory and National Identity in Hou Hsiao-Hsien's a Time to Live, a Time to Die, Wu holds that "Hou Hsiao Hsien consistently drew on his personal life experiences and [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2443

Boys Don’t Cry

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The theme of gender is also presented in the movie since Brandon is in search of identity; she wants to identify with the male gender.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1087

The Historical Drama “Thirteen Days”

The president is reluctant on the decisions by the Joint Chief of Staff; to invade Cuba and destroy the missile site, as this will make the Soviet Union to invade Berlin, which was supported by [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Drama
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 804

The “Harriet” Movie by Kasi Lemmons

The movie shows how Harriet, a woman who was enslaved for years, risks her life for freedom and helps others escape slavery by leading them to the North through the Underground Railroad. Harriet Tubman was [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Drama
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1123

The Platform Film: How the Cinema Work Functions

The Platform is an excellent example of a psychological thriller as it reaches out to its audience, conveying a particular moral message through the suspense and the mechanics of a lean thriller.
  • Subjects: Cinema Art
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 901

What Genre Films Do I Like to Watch

Long considered to be two of the greatest directors in the world Steven Spielberg and James Cameron have both provided some of the greatest films in history.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 834

“Saving Private Ryan” Film Overview

For twenty-five minutes, the scene of the introductory battle continues with the enemy dug in at the coastal height, and this episode contributes most to addressing the theme of the film.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1420

Mozart: Requiem in D Minor, K. 626

This paper offers an overview of the Requiem in D minor, analyzing the musical composition, examining the orchestration's expressive devices, and providing a historical frame.
  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 827

The Movie “12 Years a Slave”

The denial of such needs will eventually result in violence. This development will continue to affect the lives of many Americans.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1103

“Not Afraid” by Eminem Analysis

Some of the lyrics in "Not Afraid" are similar to the ideas of "Lose Yourself," which show the rapper's disagreement with some of the societal norms. This song is relevant to the global problem of [...]
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 576

Musical “Hamilton” by Lin-Manuel Miranda

The character of Alexander Hamilton is central to the musical, as his narrative reveals some of the major historical events such as the battle of Yorktown, issuing Amendments to the US Constitution, and the evolvement [...]
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1145

“Boyz n the Hood”: Movie Analysis

The focus on detail in the mise-en-scene design in "Boyz n the Hood" serves to demonstrate the director's preference for realism as the expressive tool for portraying the life of the African American community members [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1101

“Sometimes in April” by Raoul Peck

He was aware of the tension that was brewing in the military and in the country at large. The director of the movie managed to bring to focus on the activities that led to the [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1693

Sherlock’s Episode and Hero’s Journey: Comparison

Thus, I will analyze the episode to find the following characters therein: the hero, the herald, the mentor, threshold guardians, the trickster, the shape-shifter, and the shadow.
  • Subjects: Films Comparison
  • Pages: 11
  • Words: 983

Film “Gladiator”: Technical Aspects and Approaches

This paper promotes the idea that the 2000 film Gladiator is illustrative of what the classical approach to film-editing is all about, and elaborates on some of the technical aspects of how the director went [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1454

A Critical Review of the Film “Blood Diamond”

At the mines, Solomon gets a large diamond which he tries to and hide in the bushes, the captain sees him and before he gets to him, government forces attack and they are all arrested [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1017

The Lifestyle of Salvador Dali

As such, this paper will expound on the life of Salvador Dali, namely, it will focus on his early life, the impacts that he had on Surrealism, the success of his works, the way the [...]
  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 15
  • Words: 4096

Gender and Art: Female Role in Visual Art

In the beginning of the period of Renaissance a lot of restrictions were placed on the women that saw the Western society witness a decline and invisibility of female artists.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 14
  • Words: 3780

Difference Between Art and Useful Objects

On the other hand, art is mainly defined by the expression and application of creativity and imagination. The goal of making a piece of art is to create something beautiful to look at, to represent [...]
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 286

The Movie “Wag the Dog”

The movie "Wag the Dog" is one of the most important cinematic works of the 20th century, as it greatly raised the political awareness of an average citizen not only in the USA, but also [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1445

Steve McCurry’s Photographs

This approach has revealed the impacts of war on the lives of many people across the globe. McCurry had the opportunity to capture the portrait of a monk in Tibet.
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1392

Public Art: “Balloon Flower (Red)” by Jeff Koons

Still, Koons's sculpture can be discussed as a good and influential piece of public art because it not only catches the public attention, but it is also discussed as attractive due to the fact the [...]
  • Subjects: Sculpture
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1696

Artistic Color Usage in Zhang Yimou’s Films

When it comes to denoting the role of the red color as a symbolic element in Red Sorghum and in Raise the Red Lantern, one must admit that the interpretation of the red color traditionally [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1394

Problems of the Movie Industry

Control over product One of the major business issues regarding the movie sphere concerns the uncontrollability of the product or, to be more exact, the effect that the product is going to have on the [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1143

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

“Forrest Gump”: Professionalism in Production

To catch the attention of the viewers and film analysts, the film has to be directed professionally. He is liked by the people he meets in his life due to his simple nature.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2168

Analysis of Modernist Painting by Clement Greenberg

Analyzing Greenberg's work requires three components: reviewing his arguments, assessing the strengths and weaknesses of the text, and showing examples of art that demonstrate the author's principal points.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 600

Pottery in Saudi Arabia

A part of them even do not know that pottery is the notion that is utilized also to define the final objects made by the potters and the material used in making different kinds of [...]
  • Subjects: Pottery
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1935

The Islamic and Mughal Arts

If the objects presented in the Jameel Gallery reflect the standard features of the Islamic art, the objects typical for the Mughal art can be discussed as influenced by the combination of the Islamic and [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1346

Yacoubian Building Film Analysis

Hatim, a successful journalist of a French language daily newspaper is also another main character in the film. Azam was a shoeblack who later turned to be one of the wealthiest men in Egypt.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1848

Man in the Mirror by Michael Jackson

It was nominated for the record of the year at the Grammy Awards and, for two weeks, it remained at the top of the hottest 100.
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1097

The Film “Gattaca” and Genetic Engineering

In the film, it is convincing that in the near future, science and technology at the back of genetic engineering shall be developed up to the level which makes the film a reality.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 577

Analysis: “City of Sadness” by Dir. Hou Hsiao-Hsien

Using the Chinese language to avail the message to the population has contributed much to the consumption of the movie as most of the people affected by the massacre involved the Taiwanese and the Chinese [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Drama
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2219

Kirk Franklin and Gospel Music

One of the most popular gospel artists of the new millennium is Kirk Franklin and his contribution to contemporary gospel music is unparalleled.
  • Subjects: Musicians
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 2248

An Analysis of Almost Maine

The play used metaphors to define the story in fuelling the personal connections of the audience to the play. The play shows the bravery of the characters in taking a chance in love and how [...]
  • Subjects: Theater
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1016

Performance of Mozart Violin Concerto No.3 in G

Yet, muscles is a part of the virtuosity as there is also a need to feel the music and the support of orchestra while performing the Mozart Violin Concerto No.3.
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1017

“Halloween” (1978): A Film Analysis

Since the plot of the movies of the killer genre revolves around the murderer, it is only fair that the way his presence and actions are depicted is what makes the story horrifying.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 954

Content of “La Bruja” Song by Conjunto Jardin

The witch character in the song is an old maid interested in sucking blood and destroying a man. Due to its popularity, the song has resulted in the creation of the La bruja dance.
  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 295

Japanese Film Influences on Modern Hollywood Cinemas

Hollywood is continuing to develop Japanese images in their films for example "Back to the Future" film that has changed American perception towards Japan and the Japanese people.
  • Subjects: Cinema Art
  • Pages: 28
  • Words: 9115

E.T.: Steven Spielberg and the Auteur Theory

The latter term is a face of an actor who is surprised, amazed, and afraid of the novelty, which is shot by putting the face at the center of the frame.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1387

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