Film & TV Essays and Term Papers

William Wyler About 30 minutest in the film, the protagonist, Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston) is taken as a prisoner. He soon finds himself on the lower level of a battleship rowing with the rest of the prisoners. The establishing shot consists of an…

tells the story of a woman whose love for her eldest daughter results in tragedy. Mildred first separates with her financially unsupportive husband and begins secular work leaving behind her former housewife routine. Mildred's younger daughter,…

span has been described as a negative correlation. Negative correlation is defined as "An association between increases in one variable and decreases in another. " (Psychology 7th Edition, Carol Trans and Carole Wade, pg. 676.) My hypothesis…

defines patriot as "one who loves his or her country and supports its authority and interests," with the synonym "loyalist", and the antonym "traitor." Webster defines loyalist as "one who is or remains loyal especially to a political cause, party…

its development has accompanied an increase in the magnitude and complexity of societal actions and engagements, rapid social change, technological innovation, rising personal income and standard of life and the decline of some traditional forms of…

States president depends largely on television news coverage. Aware of this, presidents and presidential candidates manipulate the media to create favorable impressions of themselves and their policies. Acting in self-interest to entertain a large…

of view of any work of art can drastically affect the way that artwork is interpreted, developed, and characterized. The film Witness utilizes the idea of point of view through use of various camera angles and shots to convey different meanings…

Street is a film about a man betrayed by old age, the past, and the woman who represents his lost youth. When the viewer first meets the protagonist he appears to be much like any other man in the middle of his life. Christopher Cross has been…

announced. At midnight tonight, the war is over. Tomorrow you will begin the process of looking for survivors of your families. In most cases...you will not find them. After six long years of murder, victims are being mourned throughout the world.…

Cave with the Matrix. What are their similarities? What is the message in the Matrix and what does it have to do with the Allegory of the cave Back in 1999 when I first saw The Matrix, I liked it for its great cinematographic achievements and the…