Film Portrayal of Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia has often been portrayed in films, sometimes accurately and sometimes, not. It was the core of a very popular film in 2010, the Black Swan. The film depicts the main character’s descent into madness but what kind of madness was it? This paper uses examples from the film to demonstrate psychotic breaks and offers opinions that the character did not really portray schizophrenia. There are five sources listed in the bibliography of this six page paper.

The Film Chinatown by Director Roman Polanski

Six pages and 5 sources used. This paper provides an overview of Roman Polanski's 1974 film Chinatown. This paper considers the nature of the themes in this film and their impact in terms of film-making as a whole. This paper relates the fact that this film was unique and introduced themes that were never covered in films before. This paper also relates the major views of this film since it was first created.

Preparation for a Study on the Important of Marketing and the Marketing Mix Elements

The paper is a theory based paper looking at the marketing mix in the airline industry in preparation for a large paper examining Southwest Airlines. The paper includes an introduction and the questions that will be addressed in the research. Sixteen sources are cited in the bibliography of this eight page paper.

Tools to aid with Quality Implementations in a Home Care Agency to Help Reduce Fall Incident Rates

The writer looks at some of the tools that may be used to improve quality of care by reducing fall incidence rates. The paper examines three risk assessment tool which look a the risk an individual faces, including personal risk and environmental risk. The writer then looks at IT tools, such as the balanced scorecard. The last part of the paper considers the role and importance of benchmarking. Eight sources are cited in the bibliography of this ten page paper.

2 films: America and The Patriot

A 12 page research paper that reports on these films: D.W. Griffith's 1924 film America and Roland Emmerich's 2000 film The Patriot. The writer summarizes both films, compares them, discusses their historical accuracy and then offers personal opinion as to whether or not the filmmakers made the right creative decisions and whether the films should be used by educators. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

The Purpose of Film Montage

This 5 page paper discusses the viewpoints of French film critic and auteur Andre Bazin, and Russian director Sergei Eisenstein, on the use of montage in film. Eisenstein argued that the overall theme or message of a film should be presented through the montage technique: brief segments within the film that serve as counterpoints to each other. Bazin however thought that this technique was too artificial and argued for realism in film. There are 5 sources listed in the bibliography.

The 4 P's of the iPad Marketing Mix

This marketing paper looks at Apple and the way that the iPad is marketed. The paper starts by looking at the background to the firm identifying some of their most important geographical markets. The main section of the paper examines the elements of the marketing mix. These are considered in general and the differences in the way that are applied across different areas is discussed. Three sources are cited in the bibliography of this five page paper.

Social Propaganda and Utopian Qualities in Adam Sandler's Big Daddy

This paper consists of 12 pages and uses Benedict Anderson's imagined communities, Jacques Ellul's sociological propaganda and Richard Dyer's paradigm theories to examine how the film represents social propaganda and utopian qualities. There are three sources cited in the bibliography.

Pulp Fiction and Human Anxiety

In seven pages this paper describes 3 scenes from Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction film in a discussion of how human anxiety is conveyed. Three sources are cited in the bibliography.

Witness to Jonestown, An Analysis

This research paper critiques Stephen Stept's 2008 documentary Witness to Jonestown, which commemorates the 30th anniversary of the Jonestown mass suicide. The principal themes of the film are discussed and analyzed in term of accuracy. Eight pages in length, ten sources are cited.

Middle Ages

This paper discusses Medieval Europe and the Renaissance. The paper offers events that changed the culture such as humanism in the Renaissance. The paper demonstrates the domination of the Church and generally reports on the mentality of the people. There are nine sources listed in the bibliography of this eight page paper.

Dogma, Reflection on a Film

A 4 page film review and reflection paper that discusses the way in which the 1999 film “Dogma” by writer/director Kevin Smith portrays religion. The writer briefly alludes to the plot of the film, but principally discusses the theological implications of the film and the factors that it satirizes. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

Cradle Will Rock

An 8 page analysis of this film. Every theatrical production and film recreates an alternate reality in order to provide the backdrop to form of storytelling that incorporates visual elements. The following analysis of Tim Robbins’ 1999 film Cradle Will Rock discusses the theatrical and cinematic elements that make up this compelling film. No additional sources cited.

Scorsese/Gangs of New York

A 4 page research paper that discusses director Martin Scorsese's epic drama Gangs of New York (2002), which is set in 1863, but this historical film can also be classified as a New York gangster film, just one set in another era. Dark and foreboding, the film chronicles a young man's revenge against his father's killer. The writer describes several scenes and how they relate to the film's overall meaning. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing

A 5 page film review that summarizes and analyzes Spike Lee's 1989 film "Do the Right Thing," which raises a number of questions about ethnic, racial relations and what constitutes moral behavior. It is a film about racial conflict within a multiethnic community, Bedford-Stuyvesant located in Brooklyn, New York, The film's climax causes viewers to consider what is important--what is the right thing? Spike Lee's answer brings into question the mainstream society's standard reaction to violence that results from systemic social injustice. No additional sources cited.