Essays On Entertainment

The media has had a vast effect on the female-perception of identity over the past 50 years. Drawn to this topic by personal experience, we have each found that the media’s influence over gender roles and the female identity is evident in our every day lives. Whether in television, advertising, the music industry, press, or […]

“Individuals attain life’s completeness by aiding others in their existence. Life is truly experienced when one breathes life into the lives of companions. The fullness of cultural wealth can only be gained through respect and honor towards diverse traditions. Furthermore, it’s through our reverence for nature that humanity’s survival is secured (“Culture Quotes”).” Greek culture […]

The poem “A Tree Telling of Orpheus” by Denise Levertov is an interesting poem that explains how a man with such a beautiful voice and such skill on his lyre that his crazed fans tore him limb from limb. His talent was so rich and amazing that even the trees would uproot themselves from the […]

The definition of OPM (Original Pinoy Music) is as diverse as the country from which it originated. It began in 1970s as an effort to establish a kind of music that is uniquely Filipino despite the great preference of foreign music at that time. At that time, it was not called OPM but was separate […]

This paper provides a brief description of the work of Helen Linquist Bonny. Bonny developed a technique of “music-imaging” known as GIM (Guided Imagery and Music). Bonny wrote that GIM therapy, “Created specific music programs, which a trained facilitator can use to guide a client.” Bonny went on to describe GIM therapy in this way: […]

The rundown of this story is that Ivan the main character is bullied by his village (the villagers called him Pigeon or mocked him with the title Ivan the terrible. ) Ivan tries to show to the village that he is not timid or afraid but when the lieutenant gives him a bet Ivan shows […]

At the dawn of the twenty-first century, and a generation after the emergence of the Chicano movimiento of the 1960s, popular culture and especially popular music functions as a vital marker of the changing shape of Chicano/ a identity in the 1990s. The music of Ozomatli reveals much about an important moment in the changing […]

According to Pamela and Martin Mordecai, they opined that culture is referred to “whatever traditions, beliefs, customs, and creative activities characterize a given community. ” Every group has its own specific culture, its own way of seeing, doing and making its own traditions. Jonkunnu is a Jamaican traditional dance of African origin. Cheryl Ryman postulated […]

There was an old man, named Shamengwa who had wing-like curled arm and lived in a place, boarding reservation settlement. He was known as butterfly-Shamengwa for the very shape of his twisted up wing-like arm. Handsome was he with charming physique of medium height. He had quality of being elegant, and having good taste. Shamengwa […]

The importance of international music and traditional music is a problem of controvesy. Some people think traditional music is more important than international music while others claims the opposite thing. I think two kinds of music have the same importance because of the following reasons. First of all, the aim of music is to satify […]

Apart from having the same director, Baz Luhrmann, Moulin Rouge and The Great Gatsby have an astounding amount of similarities. They are both passionate love stories with similar characters in coinciding roles. Although the two movies are set in the early 1900s and 1920s, they use modern music to captivate the audience’s interest. Baz Luhrmann […]

It includes five projects, each consisting of an introduction, case study describing the project specifics, implementation steps, exercises, and examples. These projects can be completed while studying the corresponding lessons throughout the course. The objective of the projects is to create an entity relationship diagram presentation using the data obtained during the project steps. How […]

In 1977, Chris Maher, composer and massage artist, articulated his vision of what he termed “Marxist music. ” His idea was simple: no musical material could be owned——all music makers should be able to take whatever they want from whomever they want and use it as they see fit. “Material” could range from a melody, […]

“I Want to Conquer the World” by Bad Religion – 1989 Bad Religion is a Los Angeles based band ot the punk rock genre that was formed In 1979. The punk rock genre began Its emergence In the mid 70’s and Is the basis of many genres since Its birth. The maln topics of punk […]

Musicals have been a significant part of the film industry for many years. Directors, like Randall Klies in movies such as “Grease”, use musical scenes to captivate audiences with intricate styles and dance sequences. These scenes allow audiences to indulge in imaginative settings with vibrant costumes and extravagant dance routines, while still following a realistic […]

The opening sequence of both films starts off like an advert, introducing the world of Truman and Pleasantville. In “the Truman show”, it begins with the director of the show (Christophe) speaking about the Truman show and how it all started, and how he created this perfect life for Truman. After, it slowly introduces the […]

The melody is transcendent and abstract. This abstraction originates from its invitation to picture things that don’t exist, as it illustrates a fantasy of an imaginary future. In the book “Lennon in America” by Geoffrey Giuliano, Lennon has stated that Imagine is a song against religion, nationalism, conventionality, and capitalism; however, its popularity arises from […]

An extract from this document… In ‘A Lady of Letters’ how does Alan Bennett sustain the audience’s interest in a play with only one character? ‘A Lady of Letters’ is a dramatic monologue by Alan Bennett produced in 1988 and was a part of a series called ‘Talking heads’ which was written for the BBC. […]

I have watched three trailers for films that I will compare, contrast, and analyze by examining the various persuasive techniques used to convince the audience to watch the film. The three trailers I will be discussing are Mission Impossible Two (MI:2), Xmen, and Chicken run. The opening of a film trailer is crucial as it […]

“This is Spinal Tap” (1984) chronicles the American leg of Spinal Tap’s World Tour to support Tap’s latest album “Smell The Glove”. This “Rockmentary” tells of all the struggles that a band can face whilst on the road. From drummers spontaneously combusting on stage to an eighteen-inch Stonehenge monument that was in danger of being […]

The opening of the film is the compulsory showing of the film company that funded the film. The company that funded it was Universal, so straight away you get an impression that this is a big budget movie, along with the first impression you’re expectations are to assume it will be a slick Hollywood Movies. […]

The focus of this essay is on the opening scene of Jurassic Park. I intend to discuss and identify how cinematography has been used to entice the audience into the scene and make hem want to watch it. Jurassic Park is an action-adventure film about a human manufactured herd of dinosaurs, which are said to […]