"An anthropological view on the nightmare before christmas" Essays and Research Papers

Sort By:
Satisfactory Essays
Good Essays
Better Essays
Powerful Essays
Best Essays
Page 1 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Good Essays

    with things that seemed quite queer to jack he was an etic observer of this town‚ a land filled with cold soft snow‚ little houses adorned with bright flashing lights‚ and filled with decorated pine trees and oversized socks. Things he had never seen before. He then discovered "Sandy Claws" his equivalent in this town‚ he is adored by his people much like jack yet he is so very different instead of being morbid and scary he is jolly and cheerful but is reveered in the same light‚ this just shows how

    Free Sociology Anthropology Horror film

    • 417 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    The Nightmare before Christmas The Plot Halloweentown is a fantasy land overflowing with ghosts‚ vampires‚ and witches. Jack is the leader of this town and is known as the “Pumpkin King”. Jack realizes he has grown tired of the same routine‚ and is faced with an identity crisis. As Jack wonders through the forest he stumbles upon a doorway to Christmastown‚ he is impressed by the excitement and feeling of Christmas. Jack shows Halloweentown what he has found and tries to explain Christmas. He

    Premium Leadership Christmas Santa Claus

    • 1930 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    The Art Centre Theatre in Plano‚ Texas showcased a marvelous play based on Tim Burton’s movie‚ The Nightmare Before Christmas. Originally generated as a poem‚ this tells a story about Jack Skellington‚ a citizen of Halloween Town‚ who coincidentally tumbles upon a portal that leads to Christmas Town and becomes determined to celebrate the holiday with barbarous and witty repercussions. The cast and crew members of the Art Centre Theatre executed the play miraculously. When entering within the theatre

    Premium Tim Burton Theatre Lighting

    • 756 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    In the Nightmare before christmas‚ the story tellers use the Hero’s spiritual death and rebirth to show that we as humans have good intentions can end up going wrong because we get so clouded by our visions of what we portray as right and forget about the people around us that we are affecting. Reason 1: He had good intentions but did not do the right thing and tried to fix a problem that was not broken. Evidence: In the beginning of the movie Jack is not content with being just the pumpkin king

    Premium Charles Dickens Christmas A Christmas Carol

    • 345 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    Movie Critic Katy Norris HUM/150 November 10‚ 2014 Lori Martindale Movie Critic The Nightmare Before Christmas is a children’s stop motion movie which was directed by Henry Selick and produced by Tim Burton. The plot of the movie is based on the poem written by Tim Burton in 1982. The movie was released in 1993 by Touchstone Pictures and distributed in the United States. I was nine years when I first saw this movie in theaters and even now this movie continues to entertain me. During this film’s

    Premium Film A Christmas Carol Christmas

    • 1280 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    the mix of Halloween and Christmas? Some believe that the movie “The Nightmare Before Christmas” is more of a Halloween movie‚ and others believe that it is more of a Christmas movie. I believe that it is more of a Christmas. The first piece of evidence that I have is that the song “What’s This?” This song is all about how he is questioning Christmas Town and mentions stuff about Christmas like snow‚ decorations‚ and more. Plus the song talks about the meaning of Christmas a little bit. The second

    Premium Christmas A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens

    • 287 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    chose to critique is Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas”. The story is an animated musical that puts in a world where Halloween is always celebrated but also gives you a brighter side of the joy in the Christmas holiday. Although the movie is not directed by Tim Burton‚ Henry Selick brings an animated holiday musical to the big screen. Unlike other holiday movies like Rudolph the Red nose reindeer and Frosty the Snowman. The Nightmare before Christmas has a wide variety of misfit characters

    Premium Santa Claus Christmas Christmas Eve

    • 2089 Words
    • 9 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    movie. Yet‚ people are still fighting‚ whether The Nightmare Before Christmas is a Halloween or Christmas movie. Some people say that there is evidence that The Nightmare Before Christmas is a Halloween Movie. Then some say The Nightmare Before Christmas is a Christmas movie. This essay will explain to you why The Nightmare Before Christmas is a Halloween movie. First‚ almost all of the characters in The Nightmare Before Christmas are scary. Our main character in the movie is in

    Premium

    • 430 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    The Nightmare Before Christmas Rough Draft ----------------------------------------------------------------- Have you seen Nightmare Before Christmas? Do you think it’s a Christmas movie or a Halloween movie? The Nightmare Before Christmas is a Halloween movie. In this essay‚ I will explain why Nightmare Before Christmas is a Halloween movie considering most of the characters are Halloween‚ main setting is in Halloween Town‚ and they ruin Christmas by making it scary.

    Premium Halloween English-language films Gothic fiction

    • 343 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    The Nightmare Before Christmas is a stop-motion film. Stop-motion is an animation style in which the characters are puppets with moveable parts that are placed in small detailed settings (Magill’s Survey of Cinema). In the Nightmare Before Christmas’ case‚ the characters are made of clay and are moved little by little each frame. This is a tedious process‚ and one minute of can

    Premium Film Film director Alfred Hitchcock

    • 1270 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Better Essays
Previous
Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 50