Film & TV Essays and Term Papers

is no way to easily detect them or stopping them. They come in all shapes and sizes from animals to little children to even space aliens. Hopefully if I categorize them into different categories it will become a little bit easier to distinguish…

into the world of dance, not only of ballet, but also of salsa, modern, and jazz. The movie is focused on classical ballet, and begins with a select group of young dancers being chosen to move to New York City to practice at the prestigious American…

of course it would be ideal for it to come true, but the average person can see the difference from a dream to reality. The average person knows not to trust people blindly, knows to do what is best for them, they understand that occasionally…

hard, exhausting; all words that are used to describe the hero's quest. In most sci-fi movies, the main hero must undergo a quest. Either the hero is reluctant and trained or willing and untrained to do this quest.         In all the science…

rampant. During an Algebra lesson one day at the beginning of the school year, Mr. Escalante told Angel, a gang member, to 'fill the hole'. Not only was he referring to the hole as an illustration, but also to the hole in the students lives as a…

is a masterpiece mocking communism. Animalism, which represents communism, was a revolution that didn't work. Animalism was supposed to make life better for the animals but instead their lives got worse. By the end of the story, everything had changed.…

It is definitely Seinfeld's unmatched take on life's most mundane moments that makes it a tremendously successful comedy. Seinfeld is a TV comedy often ironically referred to as "the show about nothing," which actually details the lives of four single…

and Stanley and Livingstone In the British Empire films, The Lives of a Bengal Lancer and Stanley and Livingstone, the focus of the films is what makes a person a hero. What characteristics should the person have, what does the person have…

job she pursued to avenge the fact her childhood abductor, Elijah Matthews, escaped justice due to legal technicality. The story is told in flashback, to her policeman rescuers; After a surprise run in with Elijah in the company lift, she discovers her…

a fight breaks out between the Montagues and the Capulets. Both Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann use this first scene to comment on and set the tone for their films. My original thoughts after viewing and comparing both directors' versions of…