...College Writing 4 December 2014 Disney Princess Films’ Influence Disney princess films often influence young girls into thinking they must conform to princess-like attributes. The films are teaching girls that they should live their lives like the fairy tales. Disney noticed the opinions that some viewers had on their past films and tried to change their old habits with their new films. Jennifer Hartstein, a child psychologist, wrote a book for parents in hopes to rid their daughters of the anxieties they develop when exposed to the consumer goods that are Disney princesses (Teitel online). Disney films are known to teach the younger female generation “everything from ‘only appearances matter’ to ‘don’t expect to rely on yourself; you'll need a prince to rescue you’” (Teitel online). Hartstein brought up the great point about what Disney films are perceived to be teaching. Hartstein believes that the typical princess is not only unreasonably airy, destitute, and vacant, but a threat to the development of girls who worship at their pink, sugary altar (Teitel online). If a young girl becomes obsessed with princess movies like Aladdin, Sleeping Beauty, and Cinderella, she may become determined with maintaining her princess-like beauty and become indifferent in her own freedom; so kind of like a princess, herself (Teitel online). Frozen is often seen as the revolutionary movie that broke the stereotype that some viewers have on Disney princess movies. However, the males in...
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...in Disney movies are portrayed visually and behaviourally, and how these portrayals are intended to engage and assist the audience’s perception of such characters. Many Disney productions are adaptations of traditional fables and fairy tales which can often be traced back to Victorian times. In particular, stories from “Kinder -und Hausmärchen” written by Jacob and Wilheim Grimm are commonly employed in producing Disney films which adapt and elongate their storylines for the big screen. Consequently, much of the original storylines are altered for theatrical and practical purposes when adopted by the Walt Disney Company, and creative liberties often distort the intended portrayals of the characters that were determined in the original stories. For instance, in Walt Disney’s film “Cinderella” (1950), Cinderella’s stepsisters are portrayed as unattractive, with boyish figures and rectangular frames as well as facial features which may be considered ‘manly’. The discrepancy between the physical traits of the stepsisters featured in Disney’s film versus Grimms’ original description, which characterized them as having “beautiful features but proud, nasty and...
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...Since the early twentieth century, Disney and it’s films have been a major influence to society and pop culture. Many people today enjoy the classical films that have been created throughout the years and the lasting characters who have evolved from their success. These character’s became our idols and exemplify everything that an average person would want: fame, glory, looks, and a happily ever after. Beneath the story lines that compose an idealistic world, these films possess the stereotypes and are riddled with gender roles that have fabricated our generation. Social issues such as offensive stereotypes and gender roles that are reinforced in Disney films can contribute to a negative impact on susceptible minds. Gender roles are a perceived...
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...An Analysis of Gender Roles in Disney Princess Films Jasmit Singh 213749361 Traditional and Popular Culture – 1900 9.0 Susan Niazi – Tutorial 6 Whether it’s the colours they wear, the activities they engage in or how they behave, men and women are known to play different roles in society. These established gender roles “are not innate or natural but a product of society”. Children, adolescents and adults all learn gender roles through the environment they’re surrendered by. One of the many huge influencers that help shape gender roles is media. Although “there has been a lot of change over the years in terms of what is considered appropriate societal roles for men and women, this change is not reflected in contemporary film”. The ideology of mainstream media continues to focus on the males being the heads of society, which in result, shows an unequal representation of the females. From an early age, media puts an image into young minds, informing them how males and females should think, act, behave and appear. In many television shows and films, one can easily see the distinct difference between the role of a male and a female. Often films are enforcing stereotypical gender roles where the male is seen to holds more importance in society than the female. Amongst many film producing companies, Walt Disney Pictures for decades have been enforcing stereotypical gender roles in their princess films. Though it may not be outright obvious, Disney productions play a huge role in...
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...curly black hair; in that moment, I felt inferior because I knew I could never be like the “real” Cinderella.” (Hill 83) “The Disney reference changed forever my mental image of how a princess should look.” (Hill 84) “In the movie, Cinderella was white, and all of the other Disney princesses were white as well; none of the princesses I saw in my favorite films looked like me.” (Hill 84) Diversity is one thing Disney lacks. Since all the princesses are light skin, little girls of color think they can not be beautiful, find true love, change the world, and can not be princesses. For example, Disney did not make a “colored” princess until Aladdin which aired in 1992. Even then princess Jasmine is very light...
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...It influences the youth in our society that they have to act gender appropriate, and act a way that the youth are socialized to learn. Media uses the gender socialization to their advantage just as how Disney production does. Movies like Cinderella, Snow White Disney movies target particularly the youth and their thinking as well as putting ideas into their head about what is to be proper man and proper women. Growing up, a lot of young children love to watch Disney movies, but they don’t realize that they are affecting them. Young girls look up to the different princesses hoping that one day when they grow up, they will meet their prince charming the way Cinderella met as...
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...Femininity in Disney film "Alice in Wonderland" Leanne Lo Does 'femininity' show what it means to be as a woman in Disney film? The issue of gender does not necessarily show the original meaning of femininity in the Disney film "Alice in Wonderland" in 2010. This film is an American computer-animated and live action film by director Tim Burton, which gets its ideas from the British novel "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll in 1865 and its 1871 sequel "Through the Looking-Glass". The story tells about the latest adventure of the main character Alice Kingsleigh to Underland, where she visited thirteen years ago when she was six. At that time the Underland (or Wonderland as Alice calls it) was the White Queen's reign, but now being controlled by her easily-irritated sister the Red Queen who hates animals and uses them as servants. Alice is foretold to be the only one who can slay the dragon-like creature Jabberwocky which is controlled by the Red Queen who terrorizes Underland's inhabitants, and finally with her courage restores the White Queen to power. The film Alice in Wonderland has showed different meaning of femininity by the three main characters Alice, the Red Queen , and the White Queen, who play other than traditional gender roles of women as expected by the society. Like Alice who is brave to confront the society's expectations of a young woman by being strong and courageous to choose her own life. Also, the Red Queen and the White Queen have shown...
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...The Changing Gender Roles in Disney Animated Movie Productions For decades Disney has been using gender inequity to portray the females and males as princes, princesses, and evil character roles influencing the youth of our world that watch animated movies. However they are not alone. The animated movie making industry has long been known for its gender bias following in the footsteps of long ago written fables, folktales, myths, and fairy tales generalizing stereotypical male and female images from the movie industry and our society in general. The culture surrounding animated Disney movies has showcased females through feminine weak characteristics and identities that have influenced the younger generations by their actions, and they have...
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...Disney Heroines and America: Yesterday and Today Haley Hayes English 311c Section 02 Movies reflect current American values. Symbols and signs of these shifting values creep into every aspect of the American people’s lives. The entertainment industry provides an example by depicting the powerful influence animated heroines have on cultural trends. In animation, the heroine archetype has come to mean the “ideal person”: a symbol of the qualities, attitudes, popular trends, and those socially acceptable norms which are the most desirable. Has the public brought this upon themselves by buying into the movie-madness scheme, which dictates how one should think, feel, and, in part, be? This introduces another interesting question: Does the shift in societal values affect the nature and content of animation, or do the values portrayed in animation and public’s willingness to be overpowered create these changes in American beliefs? Regardless of which comes first, analyzing a character is synonymous with analyzing the culture from which the character is spawned. These symbols in animation, unfortunately, don’t always depict America’s best values and more often than not are targeted at children. Truly, the influential impact of animation on children is most perfectly depicted in the famed Walt Disney Heroines. These Disney girls have come to reflect America’s ever-changing values and the evolution of its popular culture. Despite the public’s initial skepticism...
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...Trial Assignment Name Institution Date Trial Assignment PART 1 Disney organization is the world’s best entertainment organization owing to several factors. This organization affects the lives of most Americans and people around the world through their films, theme parks and resorts. The company has been a key player in the film industry through its animations and other children’s films, this level of growth and identity comes with great wealth and financial strength to an organization like Walt Disney (Silverman, 2008). The financial security at Disney originates from several factors that the management considers as the pillars of driving the organization to higher levels of competition. Walt Disney uses several business standards that cover ethics and compliance to maintain a competitive spirit within the growing business of entertainment. This essay will explore the role of ethics and compliance in Disney’s financial environment. Ethics and compliance at Disney has helped in improving the general outlook of the business in three main areas. The firs area is employee appreciation. Most workers at the organization work with passion and enthusiasm because of the level of transparency and trust within the organization. The company incorporates trust by availing to each staff member a copy of the Standards of Business Conducts handbook to enable their role and relationship within the organization. They stress on this by taking online training and learning on ways of...
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...Today I want to tell you something about 'Walt Disney'. First, I will tell you who Walter Disney was, than I will talk about his career and explain why I choose this topic. I think most of you have seen one or several of Disney's movies. First, who was 'Walt Disney’? Walter Elias Disney was the inventor of the company Walt Disney. He was born in 1901 and he grew up with his parents and his five siblings on a farm in Missouri. Every child had to help on the farm but Walt Disney was interested in drawing and at the age of 14, he started taking art classes. After the First World War, he made promotional films and he mixed actors with animated cartoons. After his first success, Walt Disney went to Los Angeles. He stopped drawing!. His friend Ub Iwerks became the Art Director at this moment and invented Ub Iwerks Micky Mouse? Disney's next plan was to create sound and music effects for his pictures. Therefore, in November 1928, he presented the premiere of Steamboat Willie in New York and Minnie Mouse had her first performance. More of Disney's fantastic characters are Donald Duck, Goofy, Pluto, Daisy Duck and the three little Pigs. The great classics of Disney movies are Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo and Bambi. In 1964 the most-successful Disney-Movie appeared – Marry Poppins. It was honoured with five Oscars. Some interesting facts concerning Disney are: - his favourite movie was 'Bambi' - he was a chain smoker but he never smoked...
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...Walter Elias "Walt" Disney was born on December 5, 1901, in Hermosa, Illinois. He and his brother Roy co-founded Walt Disney Productions, which became one of the best-known motion-picture production companies in the world. Disney was an innovative animator and created the cartoon character Mickey Mouse. He won 22 Academy Awards during his lifetime, and was the founder of theme parks Disneyland and Walt Disney World. Early Life Walter Elias "Walt" Disney was born on December 5, 1901, in the Hermosa section of Chicago, Illinois. His father was Elias Disney, an Irish-Canadian, and his mother, Flora Call Disney, was German-American. Disney was one of five children, four boys and a girl. He lived most of his childhood in Marceline, Missouri, where he began drawing, painting and selling pictures to neighbors and family friends. In 1911, his family moved to Kansas City, where Disney developed a love for trains. His uncle, Mike Martin, was a train engineer who worked the route between Fort Madison, Iowa, and Marceline. Later, Disney would work a summer job with the railroad, selling snacks and newspapers to travelers. Disney attended McKinley High School in Chicago, where he took drawing and photography classes and was a contributing cartoonist for the school paper. At night, he took courses at the Chicago Art Institute. When Disney was 16, he dropped out of school to join the army but was rejected for being underage. Instead, he joined the Red Cross and was sent to France for...
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...location for Disney. Already, the company has been successful in Tokyo. While its park in Hong Kong has been less profitable, the company believes that further expansion into the region is worthwhile. However, the company faces a number of cultural challenges that must be overcome. Certainly language poses a problem for the company. At Hong Kong Disneyland, the company has chosen to be trilingual for example. In addition to dealing with language differences, Disney must also tailor other components to meet the local needs. The Hong Kong location includes more covered space to allow people to enjoy the park without dealing with the region’s rainy weather, special gardens for picture taking that appeal to the preferences of tourists visiting the park have been created, and the menu has been adapted to local preferences. Plans for the Shanghai location will incorporate Chinese cultural features as well as more traditional Disney themes. 2. How do cultural variables influence the location choice of theme parks around the world? Answer: Disney’s parks first and foremost promote Disney characters and themes. Visitors to the parks want to experience the Magical Kingdom. In Asia, Disney has encouraged acceptance and desire for all things Disney by exposing the population to its characters, films, and other products over time. This type of strategy facilitates the company’s efforts to then market its theme parks and reduces the need to customize its products and services. Disney does adapt...
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...Gender Roles and Disney The Disney princess has become one of the most iconic symbols of Walt’s ever growing empire. The disney Princess’ franchise first began in 1937 with the movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs making Snow White the first princess in the now infamous princess lineup. The franchise continues with the most recent disney princess movie Tangled ( Rapunzel) which came out in 2011. Disney and their filmmakers caused great controversy with their princess’ such as race. Disney broke their european tradition by adding their first African American Princess to the line up. Princess Tiana of The Princess and the Frog in 2009 which still caused controversy. Another one of Disney’s biggest controversial topics was gender roles and how women and men are portrayed in these disney films. Gender roles are separate patterns of personality traits, mannerisms, interests, attitudes, and behaviors that are regarded as either "male" or "female" by one's culture. They are what is considered the “ Norm” for the male and female sex. There are stereotypical behaviors normally associated with either gender such as Women are suppose to be more passive aggressive, overly emotional, and illogical, just to name a few characteristics. While men tend to be more tough or in control, leaders, Not crying or wimpy and a womanizer As suggested in Kimmel’s “ Bros before Hos”: The Guy Code in Language Awareness (469). These same messages are often presented to children through the media they...
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...Cinderella & Sleeping Beauty Once upon a time, most young girls grew up watching Disney’s classic princess films. Most of these films ended with the princesses marrying the prince and living happily ever after! For example “Cinderella” and “Sleeping Beauty” they are both princess that have evil villains trying to ruin them, but their stories are not the same. For example, they have different struggles, and how they overcome them. They both sing magically, but have different songs. They may be two of the most known princess in the world, but they also have many differences. However, in the end either the glass slipper fits, or true loves kiss wins. Cinderella and Aurora are two of the most beloved Disney princess of all time. How they got to be the most loved princesses is two completely different stories literally! Cinderella is a good-hearted girl, who is a servant in her own home to her cruel step-mother and two step-sisters because her father died at a young age. As Aurora is a kind hearted princess born into royalty. Although she is living with misfortune, as Cinderella, because and evil fairy named Maleficent curses her to die on sixteenth birthday. So Aurora is a more tragic story. However, Cinderella is a more hopeful and optimistic story that one day things will turn around. She dreams of a day that she will no longer be a servant in her own home. Her chance comes true when there is a ball at the castle, where the prince is looking for his future wife. With the...
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