For students studying media at college or university, our collection of free media essays will be a valuable inspiration to dip into, time and time again.
Katarina Stratford and Bianca Stratford are the two daughters of over-protective father Walter Stratford, an obstetrician who is raising the girls as a single parent. He has two rules: “What are the house rules? #1: no dating till you graduate. #2: no dating till you graduate. That’s it.” (00:14:18). He changes it to “Old rule … Read more
CASE BACKGROUND The Flint water crisis case study, will examine how the state and city government officials handled the situation through communicative and management practices, highlighting key issues and concepts surrounding polluter pays principle, decision making and recommendations on communication strategies, whilst providing solutions for the aftermath. The crisis started in March 2014, when state … Read more
Peter Cattaneo’s 1997 film The Full Monty was released during a time of political turbulence in the UK; for the first time in eighteen years the sitting Prime Minister was a member of the Labour party, the general election won in a landslide after Tony Blair’s rebranding, and despite her not having been in office … Read more
In this essay I will be investigating potentially manipulated photojournalistic images, the way they have been manipulated, the ethical implications of the manipulations and the resulting consequences. The term ‘photographic manipulation’ can be applied to many different practices. Simply changing the brightness and contrast of an image is considered manipulation, as well as cropping certain … Read more
The Matrix Directors – Lilly Wachowski & Lana Wachowski The Matrix, directed by Lilly and Lana Wachowski, is a film about Thomas A. Anderson, otherwise known as Neo in the hacking world. He is contacted by a man named Morpheus who shows him the real world, where it’s nothing like we know it. Morpheus explains … Read more
Dissociative Identity Disorders have been in the literature and entertainment culture for over a century. Beginning with Jekyll and Hyde in the late 1800s, up to the rather recent film in 2016, Split. This movie most focuses on three girls who are kidnapped by a man named Kevin. Kevin is suffering from the extremely rare, … Read more
INTRO: Screenwriters have a romantic and dependent engagement with the “hero”; it is a challenge to find a film that does not employ a “Hero” element. Films transcend entertainment and enter cinematic artistry when the writer takes the generic “hero’s journey” and deconstructs or manipulates it. The monomyth-as termed by Joseph Campbell in The Hero … Read more
In today’s society, men and woman are bombarded by the media in all aspects of life. The overall idea of masculinity has shifted over the years, in reflection of the change of media culture around us. With the emergence of online media and the impact that this has on the ideals surrounding masculinity, magazines has … Read more
In popular media, the portrayal and aftermath of 9/11 resulted in stories and documentaries depicting people distrusting “the other” and even their own governments. After 9/11, many people felt paranoid that intruders from other countries would continue to bring war on US soil. This prompted many US citizens to sign-up for the draft and fight … Read more
Comedy is often used to criticise conventional values in society as the comical elements alleviate the harsh truth that is being exposed. In Modern Times (1936) Chaplin utilises comedy to question the value of work in the modern age. In our capitalistic society, work is considered the most valuable concept as it incorporates other values, … Read more
The role and responsibility of the media in eradicating social isolation, promoting cultural harmony and leading the charge in truth-telling. In this era of extreme political polarization, affronts to human rights, flagrant bigotry and actual denial of cold, hard facts – the power of the Mainstream Media as a tool of social connectedness has never … Read more
J.K Rowling’s Harry Potter series is among the few pieces of literature which have equally gained immense popularity, critical acclaim and success worldwide. The seven Harry Potter movies are based off of the Harry Potter series written by J.K. Rowling. The series has earned around $7.7 billion in the box office and is known as … Read more
The effects of media have changed drastically in the last decade itself, on consumers and publication houses alike. Earlier, media, whether in the form of films, televised serials or books, was seen as something to be received and consumed. In contrast, today’s consumers are taking an active role. The participation of these fans is increasing … Read more
‘Operatic heroines are delivered into numberless violent deaths’ . Unfortunately, both heroines in Strauss’s Salome and Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk meet the same fate. However both female protagonists are completely different to their contemporaries – we feel complete empathy for these arguably terrible women. We feel they are victims of their situations, forced to … Read more
The versatility of Shakespeare’s original plays, such as Macbeth, allow modern directors to individually interpret them. Vanessa Gerhard says that, “Shakespeare’s plays are not stable and fixed anymore but are used, transposed and transformed by various elements and cultures”. This is true of Maqbool, where the alterations director Vishal Bharadwaj (who transformed Macbeth into his … Read more
