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

The Significance of Subculture in the Production and Consumption of Contemporary Music
This 8 page paper examines the music industry and how it has spawned various subcultures. Hip hop is the focus of the paper but other genres are explored. Marilyn Manson, Ozzy Osbourne and Connor Oberst and others, who seem to have made an...
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Free Will Versus Determinism as Prompted by the film Sliding Doors
This 3 page paper examines the issue as it is presented in this 1998 film starring Gwyneth Paltrow. Several theorists are discussed, including Hume, in contemplating the issue. Karma is discussed as well. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Denial in "Death of a Salesman"
A 3 page paper which examines how each character, in Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman," is in denial. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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3 Independent Films
A 6 page essay/research paper that examines Clerks (1994), Pulp Fiction (1994), and The Blair Witch Project (1999). These are very different movies, yet they are all classified as successful independent films. The differences between these films...
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The Emergence of the Blues in American Culture
This 10 page paper examines three blues genres: classic blues, country blues and acoustic urban blues. Each is discussed separately and then compared and contrasted. Social components as well as musical differences are established. Bibliography...
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Everybody Loves Raymond and Home Improvement
A 5 page paper which compares and contrasts the sitcoms Everybody Loves Raymond and Home Improvement as it involves relationships, marriages and childrearing. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Gender Issues in Opera/Bartok & Bluebeard
A 15 page research paper that examines the issues of gender in opera and specifically in regards to Bela Bartok's work Bluebeard's Castle. Bartok wrote but one opera, Duke Bluebeard's Castle, a short work based upon a grisly fairy tale....
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Film Noir: Mildred Pierce and Roger Rabbit
An 8 page paper which compares the classic film "Mildred Pierce (1945)" with "Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)" as it involves elements of film noir. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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How Cyborgs are used in film today
This 7 page paper defines and examines Cyborgs. Trends toward altering human appearance is also discussed. The films The Matrix, The Terminator and Resident Evil are the focus of this inquiry. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Views on 3 Plays
A 9 page paper that includes three 3 page essays, each of which addresses two plays: the first essay discusses The Misanthrope by Moliere and Lysistrata by Aristophanes; the second discusses A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams and Henrik...
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The Life of Freddie Prinz
This 5 page paper provides an overview of the life and death of Freddie Prinz. Bibliography lists 5 sources
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Hairspray
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Intercultural Communications in Bend it like Beckham
This 5 page paper examines the presence of cross cultural communication in the film Bend it like Beckham. The communication is shown and examined in terms of issues such as gender, sexuality, cultural identity as well as football in a film where an...
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Producing Romeo and Juliet
This 8 page paper discusses some of the things a director should consider in mounting a production of Romeo and Juliet. Bibliography lists 16 sources.
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Film Techniques in Citizen Kane
This 3 page paper examines Welles' use of a technique called "deep focus" through close study of two scenes from the movie Citizen Kane. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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