Film & TV Essays and Term Papers

about a different side of Nazi Germany that is overlooked. In the late 30s, many German teenagers rebelled against Nazi youth organizations (Hitler's Judgend or the H.J. for short), instead choosing to listen to swing music. These teens were known as…

for the night. While breaking all of Joe's rules, except for not counting all of the money twice, Lucas discovers that the store is in danger of closing and becoming a Music Town store. In order to save the store, Lucas takes all the money, and instead…

the Film industry many directors like to produce movies that contain racial and stereotypical issues. The film "A Time To Kill," is one of these examples based on racial tension and capital punishment. The characters in this film play roles that resemb…

A cleverly created movie exploring the emotional side of prison life, Shawshank Redemption is like no other movie. It on one side shows the brutality and neglect prisoners face, but on the other hand the shows the friendship, courage and…

comparing two movies about war, you need first set up structured criteria through which you will analyze each movie. The criteria that I have come up with are as follows: How realistic a movie is, how closely it depicts the war it is based on, and…

films are the way in which the audience follows the plot. The difference between narrative and narration is only really clear when both are understood properly. Narrative is basically the way we see all the events in a film unfold. E.g. 'Blair Witch…

was one of the few film versions of the famous play that reproduced every scene from the original work. As both director and main actor, Branagh introduced this great tragedy with wit, energy and emotional honesty. This production showed most of…

How Successful Is He? It is fair to say that Jean Rouch's search for a "shared anthropology" in his films remains a unity of contradictions. In his collection of psychodramas, documentaries and caricature portrayals, Rouch asks some very important…

prime evils have finally been rid from this Earth. Now what lies ahead? You return to your village to find everything destroyed. Nothing left but rubble and dead bodies. You go to your home to see writing in your families blood on the wall.…

Heart of Darkness impacted many people by exposing the dark side of man. For the first time, the readers are shown what war can really do to a man and how he can be reduced to his basic and primal instincts. The modern movie Apocalypse Now portrays…