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Film Analysis of ‘One Week’ by Buster Keaton

Structurally, the film is set as follows Beginning A wedding comes to an end as the couple receives a home as a gift An intrusive x-lover spies on them They arrive at their new home [...]
  • Subjects: Comedy
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1460

Giotto as the First Renaissance Painter

Behind Italian Renaissance was a great painter and architect, Giotto di Bondone, who existed in the 13th and 14th century."The Renaissance was a period of artistic and cultural achievement in Europe from the fourteenth to [...]
  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 11
  • Words: 2741

The Genre of Crime and Gangster Movies

The gangster movies always tend to idolize the gangster figures with a relation to the sinister activities that always define crime and the lifestyles of the gangsters.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1856

Post Modern Art

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.
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  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1145

The Truman Show Movie

This overview tackles the writer's purpose, the life of Truman in relation to that of Jesus Christ as well as that of Christof in relation to that of God.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 815

“Arrival” Film Analysis: Deception in the Film

This paper will focus on the 2016 film "Arrival" and, in particular, on the ending scenes of this movie."Arrival" is a fascinating example of deception in the film as the plot is based on a [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 843

8 Trial Steps in the “My Cousin Vinny” Film

Thus, the selection of the jury is the choice of people who will serve on a jury during the process. Presentation of the prosecution's evidence and witness is the phase when the major arguments are [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 317

“War Dogs” Movie Meaning Analysis

However, they just wanted to scam him and press him to give up on the money, to which Efraim pulls out a rifle and starts shooting in the air in the middle of the street.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 511

“The Blackfish” Film: Summary of the Film

The Blackfish is a 2013 film that documents the captivity of whales by humans and shows the dangers of this controversial act to both humans and whales.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 896

Les Demoiselles d’Avignon by Pablo Picasso

The present essay explores the different aspects of Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, including Picasso's desire to deny the then-existing norms, his role in the development of cubism, and the colors used in the painting.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1147

The Role of Women in Postwar Italian Films

The role of women in the first film, Rome, Open City, is linked to the compromise of womanhood and morality as a way of gaining power in the early postwar years.
  • Subjects: Cinema Art
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2230

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

Analysis of Mise-En-Scene in Films

When the characters are interacting on the foreground and attracting the attention of the viewers, the tower rises above the other objects in the background.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1398

The Movie “Les Miserables” by Tom Hooper

The central theme presented in Hooper's version of Les Miserables is concerned with the social issues of urban France, the country showing all the best and the worst qualities of humanity.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 442

Thriller Genre in Films

The other element of the thriller genre is suspense, which promotes an intense level of anticipation and excitement to the viewer. Another element of the thriller genre used in many movies is the cat and [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 667

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

Rap As a Music Genre

The differences heard in music depend on the genre of the piece of art that has been adapted. In my opinion rap music is justified to be classified as music as it has left up [...]
  • Subjects: Music Genre
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 924

Art. “Woman Giving Birth” Moche Vessel

The vessels can be considered a specific source of information about the life, habits, and history of the Moche society. The image of the woman that brings a baby to the world is very gentle; [...]
  • Subjects: Pottery
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 839

Art History. David Composing the Psalms

But in art it seems that we must go farther and distinguish between the Hellenistic culture of the great cities and a local culture akin to that of the highlands, which existed also in the [...]
  • Subjects: History of Art
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2497

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

“Why Rap Should Be Banned”: Fallacy Analysis

To begin with, one should mention that listening to rap is like drinking hydrochloric acid as both rap and acid adversely affect a person. One may doubt that she listened to rap, so rap should [...]
  • Subjects: Music Genre
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1197

Artistic Representation of Nature

One of the main qualities of visual art is that it allows people to get in touch with the surrounding physical reality through the perceptual lenses of another person's mind hence, making it possible for [...]
  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1648

Hieronymus Bosch’s “The Last Judgment”

Hieronymus Bosch's The Last Judgment triptych uses the three panels of the painting to represent the three biblical events that predict the terrible end of humankind: the Fall, the Judgment Day, and the eternal Death [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 579

The National Gallery History

This gallery gives a clear image, presented in paintings and pictures, of the economic life of the people in the past.
  • Subjects: Art Exhibitions
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2221

Beloved: Demme’s Film vs Morrison’s Novel

The sense of the beloved character is also supported through the reincarnation scenarios in the movie that coincide with the description written in the novel.
  • Subjects: Historical Drama
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1368

American Civil War in “Glory” and “Lincoln” Films

The movie Glory is a biography drama film reflecting the events during the Civil War between 1861 and 1865, as well as the contribution of the Captain Robert Gould Shaw to the abolition of slavery [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Drama
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 838

The Cinderella Story Film Analysis

It is from this that all the other spin-offs ranging from the movies in the 50s to the 90s and most recently the Cinderella story was created.
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  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2324

“Crucifixion with Angels and Mourning Figures”

One of the most striking dissimilarities between the two crucifixes is the fact that the Gero crucifix seems more "human" while the one from the Lindau Gospels seems to depict Jesus as more of a [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 630

An Ethical System of Deontology: Erin Brockovich (2000)

This shows her commitment to her duties because even after she experienced that accident that drained her of her finances, she sought for a means to ensure that those who depended on her, and who [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 610

Pablo Picasso: Blue Period

Child with a dove "Child with a dove", painted in 1901, is the painting which opens the Picasso's series of the paintings of the Blue Period.
  • Subjects: Artists
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2462

“Validation” by Kurt Kuenne

The most interesting interaction in the film was between Hugh Newman, the main character, and the supervisor of the parking facility where Hugh worked as the parking attendant.
  • Subjects: Comedy
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 631

Racial Stereotypes in Movie Industry

The character of Tom Hanson in the movie thought he was not racist but at a subconscious level he too was affected by the racial stereotypes just as many of us are unaware of how [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1518

Sociological Analysis: Michael Moore’s “Sicko”

However, it is important to note that Moore's vision is quite biased since the film focuses on all bad what is in the US health care system and all the best existing in other countries, [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 929

Surrealism Development

The text, which was written with a great deal of absurdist humor, has references to several precursors of Surrealism that represented the Surrealist spirit before the declaration of the manifesto and the works of other [...]
  • Subjects: Art Movement
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2209

Printmaking in Art: Characteristics and Examples

Printmaking has given artists a distinctive and adaptable method to create images on a variety of surfaces, from woodcuts and etchings to screen printing and lithography.
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 449

The “Thelma & Louise” Film by Ridley Scott

The main purpose of this scene is to create by the director a feeling among the audience about the upcoming journey for the girls, which symbolizes for them the beginning of their freedom.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1220

Forrest Gump by Robert Zemeckis: Relationships Analysis

The film covers the topic of the sense of living and the art of being true to yourself. The efforts of the characters to build the relationships helped them to find the compromise and the [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 612

The “Children of Men” Film by Alfonso Cuarón

The background to the pessimistic future is the deteriorating cities and countryside of England, along with the geopolitical crisis caused by the inflow of refugees to the country and the regular terrorist attacks in European [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1391

‘1917’ by Sam Mendes: Analysis of Film

The purpose of the film '1917' is to show the bravery demonstrated by the two soldiers, Blake and Schofield. The purpose of this film is to show the role of bravery and resilience in mission [...]
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  • Subjects: Cinema Art
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 601

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

Ideological Views Promoted in Danish Girl Film

Specifically, the Danish girl movie was selected for examination is explained by the impact the film caused on the population in the discussion of transgender visibility and acceptance in society.
  • Subjects: Cinema Art
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 599

“Amadeus” Film Analysis and Interpretation

The film introduces the audience to the actual scene as the producer begins the movie with the music accompanying the visual presentation of the first scenes.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 343

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

Pollock’s Painting Blue Poles

According to Wolfe, the formation of such a drip-style of the artist was influenced by World War II events. I believe that having evaluated the context in which the picture was created and its significance, [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 581

Impact of the Invention of the Camera on Art

The invention of the camera immensely impacted the arts, especially in terms of painting. On the other hand, the camera's invention spurred the development of new art directions, namely, Realism and Impressionism.
  • Subjects: Photography
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 306

Cave Painting at Lascaux

Thanks to the drawings discovered in the cave, a fantastic discovery was made: the animals that now live in hot African countries and the inhabitants of the northern countries once existed in one place, on [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 594

“Awaara” Film by Raj Kapoor: Personal Response

Its story, cast, and professional work of the filmmaking team made the movie one of the best works not only in India but in the world as well. The complexity of the genre makes the [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1184

The Movie “Penelope”: Scene Analysis

Everyone thinks that this pertains to the nobility of the family but in reality, the curse is lifted when Penelope realizes that she loves herself the way she is and it does not matter to [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1108

The Expression Theory of Art: A Critical Evaluation

Accordingly, art work is believed to portray the exceptional, individual stance and sentiments of the artist; consequently for art to be considered good, it must clearly show the sentiments and feelings the individual intends to [...]
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 602

The ”RV” Film With Robin Williams

The film explicitly reveals the problems of communications between the members of the family, as each one is trying to place an emphasis on the difficulty of personal situation. Cassie is more aggressive and dominant [...]
  • Subjects: Comedy
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 570

“Rain Man” by Barry Levinson

Documentaries are a strong form of this type of employment, but a more entertaining genre is that of the 'historical fiction' in which some element of the story contains an element of truth.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1217

Gallery of Joy: Chagall, Kandinsky, and Miro

They handled color quite differently, and their methods of creating shapes and shadows are unique to each artist to the point that each artist's work is easily identified from its unique treatment of the shape [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1434

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

América Tropical Mural by David Alfaro Siqueiros

Murals, as one of the major forms of revolutionary art, were popularized by the government of the country that promoted exterior frescoes in Mexico City and other cities of the country.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1133

“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

Space in Dance Theatre

Employing space, a choreographer has an opportunity to establish a connection between the spectators and the performers, thus influencing the perception of the show and emphasizing the core ideas.
  • Subjects: Dance
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1686

“Sculpture in the Expanded Field” by Rosalind Krauss

The major works that mark the transition from the classical to the modern period that she cites are Gates of Hell and the statue of Balzac by Rodin. In the 1950s, sculpture became a 'combination [...]
  • Subjects: Sculpture
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 205

Performing Arts and Plays Analysis

In turn, the key purpose of this paper is to show how these performances can be related to the coarse goals that had to be attained.
  • Subjects: Theater
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2165

Dancing: Choreographer Doris Humphrey

Doris Humphrey was a famous American choreographer and the founder of modern techniques in the theory and practice of the dance movement.
  • Subjects: Dance
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1104

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

Social Issues in the Film “Grease”

In the first instance, when Danny and Sandy meet for the first time in the school, Danny is compelled to play the bad boy character the group is identified with.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1385

The Sistine Chapel Painting by Buonarroti Michelangelo

One of the most peculiar things about the narrative framework of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling is the order of the frescoes, with the final one referring the viewer to the beginning of time and the [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1696

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

Experience of Making a Film

I was the producer and was involved in making critical decisions that guided the production of the film. To improve the quality of the film, we hired three people to participate in the filming as [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 850

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

Joan Miro’s Self Portrait I

The painting's major themes encompasses Miro as the painting's painter and subject, political radicalism, positivity of western influence in the artistic styles of Catalan artists as well as the use of the varying artistic styles [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1365

Teaching a Musical Instrument in School

The drive towards musical achievement is of great inherent value to both the learner and the society. The learners are the central point with the head teacher, the leader of music service, the class teacher, [...]
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  • Subjects: Music
  • Pages: 11
  • Words: 3300

Alexander the Great (1956) by Robert Rossen

The classic film, Alexander the Great, follows the life of Alexander the Great, a successful military commander of all time who had conquered most of the known world by the time of his death at [...]
  • Subjects: Historical Drama
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1346

Demystifying the Fiction Movie “The Matrix”

The second world is a generic world created by the machines in order to pacify the human being as the machines siphon energy from people by plugging the human beings into an artificial intelligence system [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1120

The school of Athens

The ornaments on the floor, the decorations of the walls and the general atmosphere of the place leave no doubt of this setting being in a palace. The royalty of this place and the people [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 551

Maurice Ravel’ “Bolero”

The melody starts in the instruments' low range and after minute 0:51 of the piece the range of the instruments used becomes higher.
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  • Subjects: Musical Compositions
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1134

Rhetorical Criticism of the Titanic

Jack and Rose develop a friendship They walk round the ship and explore all the hidden areas The people of the high class treat and see the employees and people from the lower societies There [...]
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1436

Franco Zeffirelli’s “Romeo and Juliet” Adaptation

As the plot of the play develops and the reader gets more involved in the reading of the play, the constant need to read the stage directions has a disruptive effect on the reader's interaction [...]
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  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1259

How Theater Was Used in the Soviet Union

The formation of the Soviet Union can be traced back in 1917 when the people got tired of the monarchy system which, was led by Czar Nicholas II.[1] In those times, most people in the [...]
  • Subjects: Theater
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2173

The Nanook of the North Film’s Techniques

Before the audience is introduced to the film's primary character, Nanook, everything in the scene appears to be in order and the sense of tranquility.
  • Subjects: Film Studies
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1648

The “Patient” Painting by Frank Moore

Specifically, the light blue palette that dominates the painting evokes the feeling of sadness, yet the choice lighting, namely, the decision to avoid substantially dark elements, in general, and place the source of light outside [...]
  • Subjects: Paintings
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 589

The Save Water, Save Life Picture Analysis

After the water in the aquarium runs out, the fish will die due to a lack of water. Consequently, human innovations and innovations cause the disappearance of water, which is a misfortune.
  • Subjects: Visual Arts
  • Pages: 1
  • Words: 339

Semiotic Analysis of Marvel Studios’ Avengers

The purpose of this paper is to conduct a semiotic analysis of Marvel Studios' Avengers: Infinity War trailer, focusing on the use of visuals, language, and audio to convey explicit and implicit messages.
  • Subjects: Cinema Art
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1292

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

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