Essays Tagged: "actors"

Review on Monty Python and the holy grail

h and funny as ever. The sheer idiocy and ridiculousness that runs rampant through the film and its actors cannot be denied its fair share of humor value. I know that this being one of the "kings" of ...

(2 pages) 182 6 3.6 Dec/2001

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Edgar Allen Poe

e must be known.Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19, 1809. His parents were touring actors and both died before he was three years old. After this, he was taken into the home of John A ...

(6 pages) 192 0 4.6 Apr/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

Hamlet - Video Comparison

his or her own views of the play, like which words are emphasized in a speech and what actions the actors are making throughout the play. Several Hollywood directors have created their own versions o ...

(2 pages) 60 0 5.0 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Hamlet

Life of William Shakespeare

William ShakespeareAround 1568, a group of actors visited Stratford and put on a play before the entire town, with permission from John Shakesp ... of the town. The people loved the play, especially the small children. All of them looked up to the actors, as they returned each year to perform different plays. They had dreams of one day becoming a ... se children fulfilled this dream. This child was the mayor's son, William Shakespeare.At this time, actors in England usually spent their careers traveling to new towns, performing plays at city build ...

(6 pages) 192 0 4.9 Feb/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Steven Spielberg

lped him make miniature sets out of paper mache.He turned out his first production, with script and actors, when he was thirteen, and a year later he won a prize for a forty minute war movie titled Es ...

(3 pages) 93 0 4.7 Jan/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Directors

Twister

ed was called Twister. It is a movie that is about the study of tornado's and a story of one of the actors lives called Joe. As a little girl, Joe's father was killed by an F-5 tornado( This is the la ...

(4 pages) 49 1 3.2 Jan/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Merlin

wise is supposed to have lived. I am not the only person to dream this dream, many play writers and actors have shared this wonderful trip through time and space to where we may all interpret an event ... e we may all interpret an event as we see fit. I will now show you who the real Merlin was and whom actors have made him out to be. I will then draw a parallel between the two times. I shall also tell ...

(5 pages) 73 0 4.4 Mar/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

To Be Shakespeare, or not To Be Shakespeare, That is the question

nd setting that make this version the director's own. In the time of Shakespeare, one of the actors main challenges was to use the words to paint the scene for the audience, since, for the most ... ort. It seemed dangerous to direct this scene with Hamlet running up on the stage and finishing the actors lines, because almost anyone would stand up and look frightened while observing such atrociou ...

(8 pages) 133 0 3.9 Feb/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

"A Day in the Death of Joe Egg" - Joe Penhall 'As a director, explain how you would create comedy for your audience from the serious subject matter presented in this extract.'

ake the comic extracts of this play easier for the audience to accept.As for the direction of these actors, I would ask them to perform certain lines as follows: When Bri first mentions Freddie, his o ... uld a boy with meningitis want with a cuddly bunny?" When Bri and Sheila say "Ah!", I would ask the actors to say it in unison as if it had been rehearsed for this particular occasion. It is funny bec ...

(2 pages) 97 1 4.4 Apr/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

PERSONAL LOVE FOR FILMS and FILM MAKING...STILL INSPIRING

ally, a story is taken from a novel or the director writes the story. Then the director chooses the actors according to story and how they fit the particular character in the film. It makes more sense ...

(2 pages) 80 2 4.1 Apr/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film History

An essay on the history of Greek Theatre, what types of plays they did, where they took place, etc.

Greek theatre took place in large amphitheaters. The actors were a chorus and their leader. There was not multiple characters as we now have today. The l ... ted than spoken. Masks were worn to represent characters and high-soled boots worn to add height to actors.Greek drama was dominated by the works and innovations of five playwrights for over 200 years ...

(3 pages) 126 1 4.0 Apr/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Performing Arts

Experimenting with the Globe

s unique to his time, has been a matter of recurrent interest both to scholars and to directors and actors of the plays. More than thirty theatres with pretensions to being a replica of the Globe (wit ... productions over the centuries have had difficulty making sure that the thunder does not drown the actors' voices. How what Ben Jonson called the "rolled bullet" and "tempestuous drum"[13] were used ...

(27 pages) 140 2 5.0 Apr/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Basically this essay is about "The Life and Times of Edgar Allen Poe" it will tell you about his early life to his death

Edgar Allen Poe was born on January 19, 1809 to two struggling actors, David and Elizabeth Poe. When his father died at the age of 36, Edgar was left alone with hi ...

(4 pages) 55 0 4.5 May/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe

Seperate But Equal. This is a review for the movie "Seperate but Equal." It analyses the good and bad points of the movie, and suggests areas for improvement throughout the film.

vie was Thurgood Marshall, the famous black lawyer who was played by Sidney Poitier. Through strong actors such as Poitier, the movie was very well done. It was also historically accurate in terms of ... , had very good acting, and was also educational. Sidney Poitier led the way in a talented array of actors, which also included Burt Lancaster, Richard Kiley, and Cleavon Little. The actors played the ...

(2 pages) 125 0 3.8 Aug/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

The Balance of Power Theory

re of international affairs is its state of anarchy. The international stage features many indepent actors each seeking their own best interest and security . With no sovereign body to govern over the ... ir types of regimes and in their level of internal stability. States goals vary depending on these factors and hence all states will not make similar decisions as the B.O.P. theory would suggest. In a ...

(2 pages) 85 0 2.5 Dec/1995

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory

Steven Spielberg

lped him make miniature sets out of paper mache.He turned out his first production, with script and actors, when he was thirteen, and a year later he won a prize for a forty minute war movie titled Es ...

(3 pages) 77 2 3.4 Jan/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Directors

Edgar Allen Poe.

n January 19, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts. Poe wasthe son of "poverty stricken" (Edgar Allan Poe) actors, David and Elizabeth Poe.After his mother died in Richmond, Va., in 1811, Poe was orphaned. A ...

(4 pages) 96 0 4.6 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

"A Raisin in the Sun"

th some sort of hat. It was not what I was expecting. The whole movie was very good because all the actors were extremely dramatic and good at expressing how they felt. The camera angles were very nic ... n't delete any of the scenes unless they were completely irrelevant. I'm not quite sure what other factors I would change in the movie. If the director were to add these tips with the movie he has alr ...

(3 pages) 103 0 3.9 Dec/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

"Lean, Mean, Extreme-Machine" -- This essay is on how Cyrano de Bergerac is able to exceed every man in the realms of art, battle, and love by the extremes.

nd 37). When his motives are questioned, he answers how he cannot stand performances by "lamentable actors" and surrenders his money to hinder Monfleury from remaining onstage (Rostand 25). Cyrano als ...

(3 pages) 51 0 4.8 Dec/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

The marriage of Figaro review of a theater play

rriage of FigaroI went to see this play at the NEW WORLD SCHOOL OF THE ARTS? theater, in Miami. The actors were all students of different ages, grades and experiences. As with many students? plays, th ... did not allow for a realistic scenery or furniture. The 35? wide square proscenium stage where the actors performed stood in front of two parallel rows of seats in a rectangular theater approximately ...

(6 pages) 82 0 3.4 Feb/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama