Essays On Entertainment

Pulcinella was choreographed by Richard Alston in 1987. It was created for the sixteen dancers of Ballet Rambert, the year after he was appointed Artistic Director of the company. It previewed (shown for the first time) at the Leeds Grand Theatre on January 13th 1987. The original version of Pulcinella was created in 1920 by […]

Witness an engaging performance of Billy Elliot at Victoria Palace by Remove drama sets on Thursday, 7th June. The play narrates a heartening story of a working-class young boy who uncovers his inclination towards dancing. Billy Elliot, an eleven-year-old boy whose father is a miner, accidentally finds a ballet class while on his way to […]

Miss Julie was really well written by August Strindberg, there were so many forms and structure in this play for example Monologue, Duologue, Use of Chorus etc. and the play well made as the development, denouement and the exposition. The effect on the play is that it’s an naturalistic tragegy play and to put these […]

The first main aspect of entertainment and leisure that has progressed over the years is portable music player (iPods, mp3 players). Years ago listening to music would have been to listen to a radio or cassettes. Now there is portable music players, people can take them wherever they go. All ages are using these devices, […]

Aboriginal beliefs and cultural influences have existed for thousands of years. With the movement of European settlement to Australia, many Aboriginals ways of life and attitudes were changed to fit those of aliens, the British. The staged drama, ‘Kullark’, written by Jack Davis, represents a time of injustice of a group that were considered to […]

In an age of digital cinema, exquisite computer animation and giant talking robots, it is a small wonder that theatre has even survived this far. And yet it consistently receives high reviews, people still flock to the curtained stage in eager anticipation to see centuries-old stories performed before them. But is there a place in […]

Antonin Artaud was the creator of the ‘Theatre of Cruelty’; Artaud was attempting to change the view of the word and society as he now thought that the world of theatre had become nothing but an empty shell. Artaud believed that the Theatre should affect the audience as much as possible, therefore he used a […]

The Romans had theatres like the Greeks. However, different from the Greek theatres (in which only solemn religious played were performed), theatrical performances in Roman theatres became more secular. Theatrical performances were different from other kinds of Roman entertainment, like gladiatorial fights and chariot racing, they had nothing to do with cruelty or bloodshed. Roman […]

In this essay I will be analysing Moulin Rouge, directed by Baz Luhrmann and the film’s running time is 2 hours and 6 minutes. The time of the clip I shall be analysing is 1. 12. 00 until 1. 18. 40. The film is in the musical genre, with a hybrid genre of drama and […]

“Casino Royale”, the newest installment in the James Bond film series, was globally released on November 16, 2006. Due to the popularity of the Bond movies, the producers must meet high expectations. Four years before “Die Another Day” was Peter Brosnan who played the Bond character. Every film had the famous theme tune and typical […]

The big bang theory is a situation comedy. The show conforms to the codes and conventions of situation comedy as its: set in a place where the characters all meet up to be together for example in this show it is set in the apartment of the main characters, it has a set of characters […]

The two versions of Romeo and Juliet from directors Baz Luhrmann and Franco Zefferelli are very different from each other as they enhance the theme of the productions using very different methods. To achieve this, both directors use very different elements to create an enjoyable experience for the viewer. An example of the effects would […]

Within media there are many different stereotypes that we see different people as, these help to sell products targeted at the specified target audience because they can be related to, they are meant to be like your Grand Father, Mother or Aunty to name a few. The lure of certain comedy and snappy lines attracts […]

Graham Lineham, the co-creator of Father Ted and Black Books, has written a new sitcom series, The IT Crowd, shown on Channel 4 on Friday. Directed by Ben Fuller (Dead Ringers) produced by Ash Atalla (The Office), this sitcom is the most bizarre satire of office dramas but one that attracts a lot of viewers. […]

Baz Luhrmann starts the film’s prologue by disguising it as a television news broadcast. The scene commences with a deliberate camera movement towards a television set against a stark black background, alternating channels. This choice by Baz Luhrmann serves the purpose of drawing the audience’s attention specifically to the television screen. In my observation, the […]

LeisureThe leisure industry is one of the largest, most diverse, profitable, and ubiquitous, and fastest-growing industries in the world. In the United Kingdom it is estimated that, on average, almost one sixth of total household expenditure goes on leisure, with a 150 per cent increase between 1985 and 1995. The leisure industry employs approximately 8 […]

Oliver Goldsmith’s ‘She Stoops to Conquer’ focuses on the seemingly inconsequential and often innocent mistakes of distinctively human characters. Goldsmith has portrayed his characters through various types of humour, including comedy of manners, farce and comedy of situation, which are the three basic types used in the play. Goldsmith also uses wit, puns, satire and […]

An auteur is someone who has a consistent visual style; Auteur theory was never thought of as a theory of film until Andrew Sarris translated the popular writings in Cahiers du Cinema known as ‘la politique des auteurs’ into ‘the auteur theory’, thinking that it would make it easier but it had the opposite effect. […]

Genre is a very important concept in film studies. A genre is a type of film. Genre is very important because it helps us to compare similar films and see patterns and similarities between them. It also helps audiences by classifying films, giving them a list of what they can expect to see in a […]

Iconic figures play a large part in our lives without us realising it. It doesn’t matter if it’s a film star, a pop star, sports hero and so on. Television, radio, magazines, advertising and any other type of media force them upon us. We allow this because we enjoy it. We enjoy having these heroes, […]

The opening sequence is one that few films can rival- I have heard it being described as a ‘city symphony’. Abstract cityscapes fade into actual overhead shots of Manhattan. There is an aerial shot of a bridge and some cars over a river. The camera then starts to use tracking shots of freeway junctions, boats, […]

The use of entertainment by Emperors was intentional to prevent rebellion resulting from bad governance, and the theatre played a vital role in Roman culture. Both amphitheatres and theatres existed, with even small towns featuring the latter. Typically, theatres were shaped like a horseshoe, had a stage at the front, and seating arranged around the […]