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Children's Film Version of A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

In seven pages this paper examines how a children's film version of this whimsical comedy by William Shakespeare could be accompli...

Katharina v. Petruchio in William Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew

In five pages these leading characters in Shakespeare's comedy are contrasted and compared. There are no other sources listed....

William Shakespeare's Hamlet in Film

stunning performance as Ophelia and at the time she was not as well known as she is today. However, when Charlton Heston appears o...

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, The Great Race, and Cinematic Slapstick

" or literally "slapping the stick"(Von Busack ppg). It is a physical humor, reminding us that we are physical beings in a real w...

Comparative Analysis of The Wizard of Oz Text and 1939 Film

not intend for the work to provide the surreal aura that Emerald City became in the filmed classic. The film was a musical and thi...

Alfred Hitchcock, the Cinematic Suspense Master

In six pages this paper examines the cinematic mastery of film director Alfred Hitchcock and some of the techniques he employed th...

Current and Past Styles of Parenting Styles

In eight pages this paper compares contemporary styles of parenting with those of three decades ago as they were represented in te...

Film Genres Thriller and Comedy

An analysis of these cinematic genres and how they are used are considered in an examination of Andrew Davies' A Perfect Murder an...

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Director James Whale's 1931 Film Interpretation

In five pages the original nineteenth century novel by Mary Shelley is compared with the 1931 cinematic production by director Jam...

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare and the Character of Malvolio

The steward is immediately threatened by anyone who is perceived as funnier or more intelligent than he. Olivia is the only perso...

Tragic and Comic Aspects of A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

In ten pages this paper examines the tragedy and comedy elements that each exist in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespea...

1999 Film Sleepy Hollow by Director Tim Burton

In seven pages this report analyzes Tim Burton's film Sleepy Hollow in terms of Johnny Depp's performance and cinematic influences...

Lysistrata by Aristophanes

In five pages this paper argues that this comedy by Aristophanes is an example of feminism with its strong and intelligent female ...

Establishing a Genre Movie in 'Singin' In The Rain'

This 9 page essay considers how the theatrical presence in the film is developed stylistically through textural characteristics of...

Citizen Kane's Film Techniques

daytime and snow is falling. "Charlie" (Charles Foster Kane) is playing outside, and the camera stops on him. He rolls a snowbal...

A Citizen Kane Cinematic Analysis

lost prior to being sent from his home (1995). The camera is suddenly outside focusing on smoke rising form the chimney and then ...

Silent to Talkies Cinematic Transition from Metropolis to The Gold Diggers of 1933

simply being "filmed" theater. Metropolis offered a chilling glimpse of the future, as the film is set in the year 2000 in the cit...

Fritz Lang's Films

the audience. In many modern examples, the most creative thing that can be said about a particular movie maker is his or her abili...

Tennessee Williams' Cat On a Hot Tin Roof Play and Film Versions

severity of the Bricks grief at Skippers death causes his relatives to speculate, but this is dispelled in the crucial scene that...

The Tempest Play by William Shakespeare and the Film Version by Julie Taymor

focused on Shakespeares perspectives on innocence and its consequences. As envisioned by Shakespeare according to his stage direc...

Event Management - Using the 5 W Model

well as support long term tourism with increased positive exposure for the city from a major event (Preuss, 2004). Likewise, the a...

The Situation Comedy from the 1950s through the Present

would be addressed. Todays comedies are less stereotypical and generally contain a message. Douglass explains that the "succes...

Use of Cinematography in The Truman Show

lighting, color, camera angle, types of shots, music and set design, to underscore the theme of self-determination and individual...

Examining the Annual International Comedy Festival in Melbourne

carried 86.7 million passengers (Anonymous, 2011). In addition to the services, mobile also has the largest tram network, with 15 ...

Coen Brothers' O Brother, Where Art Thou Sirens and KKK Scenes Analyzed

of a directors wish to go into a more exciting creative direction by deviating from his formulaic musical comedies and instead mak...

Significance of Vernacular in "The Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer and "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri

Comedy." His Italian allegory depicts the Christian hereafter that is subdivided into cantos of Inferno (hell), Purgatorio (purga...

Scene Analysis from The Godfather

of an older man, with full jowls and thinning hair. Reportedly, Brando wore a prosthetic device in his mouth to produce the protr...

Analysis of 2 Horror Films

adding to aid of gloom. As this suggests, in Frankenstein, the X factor is primarily shown overtly, using aspects of the cinemat...

The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare and its Theme of 'Taming'

strong man to dominate his wife. There were few constraints placed upon male behavior whereas for women it was quite the opposite...

Analysis of Rashomon

has probably viewed this film, this writer/tutor has not. Also, the Paper Store charges a considerable fee for watching a film in ...