...goes into the movies, which our children love until this day and age. This is paper is to go into detail about the ever so classic “Cinderella” (Jackson, 1950). This is to break down the basis about the genre and the technique components of the movie as well. | | Ilene Woods | (Voice of Cinderella) | | | | | | Helene Stanley | | (Model for Cinderella and Anastasia) | | | | | Eleanor Audley | | (Voice of Lady Tremaine) | | | | | Luis Van Rooten | | (Voices of the King and the Grand Duke) | | | | | Verna Felton | | (Voice of Fairy Godmother) | | | | | Don Barclay | | | | | | | Claire DuBrey | | (Model for Fairy Godmother) | | | | | Rhoda Williams | | (Voice of Drizella Tremaine) | | | | | James Macdonald | | (Voices of Jaq, Gus-Gus and Bruno) | | | | | Betty Lou Gerson | | (Narrator) | | | | | Lucille Bliss | | (Voice of Anastasia Tremaine) | | | | | William Phipps | | (Speaking voice of Prince Charming) | | | | | Mike Douglas | | (Singing voice of Prince Charming) | | The Title of the movie is “Cinderella”, directed by Wilfred Jackson, was released on March 4, 1950. There was no cinematographer or this movie since it did fall in the animation genre. However, several people were behind bringing the characters to life and making the movie come together. It falls under the genre Children’s work and then...
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...are not the best role models to idolize. Disney Princesses do not represent positive icons for young girls because they glamorize unrealistic concepts of beauty and promote naïve life choices. Disney released its first Disney princess film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, in 1937. Since its release, Disney has created twenty-three other animated Disney films that could be considered princesses. These princesses bring in billions of dollars of revenue through Disneyworld merchandise, attractions, characters, and movies (Disney...
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...Once upon a time… but exactly when is that time? The time is past present and future. Oh how times have changed since the time of Snow White and Cinderella now we have Rapunzel and Moana. If you have ever seen these movies then hopefully you see the differences I see not only in the quality of the movies made, but the way they portray the characters in each movie. Gender roles have changed throughout time which is clearly seen in everyday life. Women are finally able to do many to most of the things that men do. We also see a huge difference on the way Disney portrays love in their older movies compared to now where a male love interest in not even included in the story. Disney is even beginning to give credibility to the LGBTQ community through...
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...worry about odd or uncharacteristic features, which we will get to momentarily. Synchronic features: archetypes (characters, symbols), binary oppositions, plot conventions, tropes/motifs, etc. For example: A character is jealous of another’s beauty or goodness Main character is a virtuous woman who is put to a test (she is helpless in the face of external predicaments, setting up the need for a “knight in shining armor”) Heroine is afflicted by evil female (archetypal “bad mother”) Heroine is helped out by magical creature(s) – Godmother as archetypal “good mother” Heroine is poor, both defined by and imprisoned within the domestic space Because of her virtue, she is rewarded Goodness is always rewarded; foolishness or evil are punished Lessons are learned therefore Heroine marries into royalty Heroine is transformed into something better Good characters live happily ever after Heroine is rescued by the hero Diachronic features: What conventions are in order for the chronology of these events? Orientation Events Complications Resolution Happily-ever-after ending Now let’s vary the scenario… In this version, we hit the part of the story where the Prince comes to rescue Cinderella, and then—suddenly, she dies. Is...
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...For most little girls, growing up wishing to become a princess and finding their Prince Charming is nothing out of the ordinary. From the very first Disney princess movies in the early 1900s, young girls are portrayed naturally falling in love with the princess characters. However, the fairy tale ideals these movies contain are only in place to mask the negative impact that they are actually having on young girls. For years these movies have been teaching girls to be sweet, emotional and a damsel in distress so that their Prince Charming will fall in love with them and save them from danger. This trend is shown in multiple Disney princess movies where the princesses are dependent on their prince, these insecure and naïve princesses are not the role models that young girls...
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...Angel Pelaez Mrs. Larsen AP Language, Period 3 21 November 2014 Disney Research Paper In society, gender roles (a set of social and behavioral norms that are widely considered to be socially appropriate for individuals of a specific sex) are everywhere. For a long time men and women had to do certain things throughout their lives. It was expect that men would be the ones that had to work, while their wives had to stay home to take care of the house, the kids, bills, etc. Over time, these gender roles have changed. Females now take on tasks that only men were supposed to do. Gender roles appear in places that one wouldn’t expect: Disney movies. Disney movies do a great job at showing how gender roles were portrayed at the time the movie came out. Most notably, in these movies, males fulfill a certain appearance stereotype (tall, muscular, handsome, etc.). The same stereotype applies to females as well (makeup, being slim, posture, etc.). In Disney movies, the male protagonist is almost always good-looking, muscular, tall, etc. An example of this is Prince Eric from the Little Mermaid movie. In the movie, he’s tall, light-skinned, muscular, and handsome. He’s almost “perfect”. In the essay ....Happily Ever After (Or What Fairy Tales teach Girls about being Women) Alice Neikirk states “the hero, often a prince, is generally described as brave and handsome.” Over time, the appearance of the male protagonists have changed. For example, Flynn Rider from Tangled is just a slim, not...
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...for best short film of 2012. Although no sound, the music in the background composed by Christophe Beck perfectly sets the mood, so you have a feel of their emotions. Paperman is about a guy who tries to get a girls attention after seeing her for the first time. This short film tells a story of a guy who is hopeful, unpredictable, and somewhat romantic, and a girl who is pretty, shy, and punctual, who first meet at a train station, and pretty much experience ‘love at first sight’. Sadly, they end up on different paths until later that day. While upset over the girl, the guy was at work and happened to see the girl of his dreams once again on the opposite skyscraper. Building a bunch of paper airplanes to get her attention, he ended up failing. Until, the paper airplanes magically swept him off his feet and led him to his love. What makes this short film so great is the way it can capture a moment without words. Throughout the whole movie the characters don’t actually speak, but the music gives you a feel for what’s going on. The music lets you know whether characters are happy or upset and if something good or bad is going to happen, but at the same time it leaves you thinking, “What’s gonna happen next?”. As well as the intriguing characters who make you laugh or make you wonder “WHY?”. Many can agree that the scene with the paper airplanes was amusing and made you...
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...with all this social influence there is a lot to take in, especially when it comes to the media’s influence in beauty. Most people think that they can decide what to take in from it all. Like all they have to do is to just say yes or no, like whether or not to buy something off a commercial. However, there is countless evidence that shows that it’s not that easy. Today’s media is influencing people’s perception of beauty without even realizing it. The way people are seeing themselves and others is being negatively impacted by media from media’s “ideal body image.” Thanks to the constant exposure everyday throughout our lives from early is radiating on people making them...
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...It is at this point that the question of whether or not “character is fate” seems most relevant. The course of Connie’s actions in partaking in her fantasies leads to the arrival of Arnold Friend. In the story Connie finds herself examining Arnold Friend, where as in the movie, she simply passes him by. Oates describes her firth encounter with Arnold: “She drew her shoulders up and sucked in her breath with the pure pleasure of being alive, and just at that moment she happened to glance at a face just a few feet from hers. It was a boy with shaggy black hair, in a convertible jalopy painted gold. He stared at her and then his lips widened into a grin. Connie slit her eyes at him and turned away, but she couldn't help glancing back and there he was, still watching her” (61). Connie didn’t knowingly instigate any connection between herself and Arnold. It was Arnold that chose to go after Connie upon seeing her in a place where she shouldn’t have been in the first place. Connie’s actions in a sense did lead to her ultimate “fate” whatever that may be, such as sneaking out and leaving with boys of whom she didn’t know, resulted in her eventually finding a real source of danger. These are risks that are more likely to occur;...
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...As child, the topic of Disney always come into discussion. Who’s your favorite character? What’s your favorite film? It has become an imperative element in our lives; it would be considered strange or unusual if we have never seen a Disney film. The films have become a classic, from “Snow White” to “Cinderella” to “Sleeping Beauty,” these will never be out of style. Disney has taken fairy tales written in a much darker context and transformed it into a global sensation. It is indisputable that Disney is much more well known and popular than the first versions of the fairy tales. There may be many factors contributing to this. For instance, the change of the plotline would make it more relatable and appealing to children, especially the happy endings. Furthermore, since Disney tells the stories in the form of films, it is more captivating as children are more likely to be drawn t images than...
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...were shown images of realistically a proportioned doll, named Emme, had better body image than the girls shown images in Barbies (Anschutz). Anschutz and his partner wondered if the results would be any different if the girls actually played with the dolls so they designed an similar experiment where one young group of girls played with Emme, another group played with a Barbie, and a third played with legos and found that there was no difference in “body size discrepancy” between the three groups; in fact, the only difference was that the girls that played with the realistically proportioned doll ate more candy than the others (Anschutz). While these experiments suggest many ideas, a large one is that there is a big difference between just seeing something and actually interacting with it. If a girl sees a fashion model, all she will see is a pretty face, so that is all she can copy. If a girl sees Rapunzel, she will see a pretty face, but think about magic hair, frying pans, chameleons,...
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...actually don’t know the real story of the man behind this. The content of this chapter was written by a mother to her son, King Lamuel, who most people believe to be King Samuel. So if it was King Samuel than that means that the mother was Bathsheba, also the wife of King David. Proverbs 31 was actually meant for men, not necessarily women. It’s the man’s responsibility to find this woman who is rare to find because she is a jewel among many stones that symbolize the worldly women. Proverbs 31 was meant to be memorized for Jewish men. Yet many Christian women seem to cringe when reading Proverbs 31 because of the feeling of inadequacy. Some even speculate and wonder if this woman actually exists, or if it’s some kind of fairytale like Cinderella. The Proverbs 31 woman shouldn’t be a woman who is looked down upon, but a woman of such wisdom we need to dig deep to find. Many people who read Proverbs 31 will say that the passage is a feminist approach. One woman on a blog I read said, “I am a Christian, and I strive to be everything that...
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...2005). These are the wise words from one of the greatest choreographers of the 20th century, not only were her words inspiring but also her techniques were the major game changer for the face of dance. Graham had a vision of change, and her push for that change is the reason dance is the way it is today. Before Martha graham was a name known to the world, the history of dance began hundreds of years in advance. At first, ballet was “thought of as a French art because the first school was in France.” (Martha Graham and Modern Dance) it wasn’t until the nineteenth century when ballet changed to the two popular forms we know today, Romantic and Classical. The boundaries of romantic ballet was to express moods, emotions and actions of the characters, it was concerned with ‘mysterious and mythical themes, haunted by supernatural, feminine creatures, beyond the grasp of mortal men.’ (Martha Graham and Modern Dance) after many years,...
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...Even worse, when characters of color are present, they’re usually portrayed as “bad” or are misrepresented. Films that don’t portray a diversity of race or worse, portray it in a harmful manner, are bad for a child’s development and self-esteem. The messages that these films send to white children are messages of dominance and power while the messages that they send to children of color are negative. One example regarding race was the original lyrics for the introduction of Aladdin, where the characters are singing about a fictional Middle-Eastern country and sing “Where they cut your ear off if they don’t like your face. It’s barbaric but hey, it’s home.” Another thing to point out is that most of the characters in the film are pretty white-washed, except of course for the “bad guys,” who have dark skin and look traditionally Middle-Eastern. Jasmine specifically was presented as Disney’s attempt to embrace other cultures but other than a couple different physical traits, her features are mainly white. Similarly, The Princess and the Frog seemed like a step in the right direction for Disney because it introduced their first African-American princess but unfortunately, the film also actually reinforced several different African-American stereotypes. Racial issues that also would have been going on at the time that the film is set aren’t mentioned at all. The main character of Tiana probably wouldn’t be able to buy her own business and...
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...era. *All about paying close attention to historical context of literary works (e.g: poems, novels, plays) GOALS: 1) Study how a work of literature reflects its historical/sociocultural context 2) Understand how literary works comments on and relates to its context Therefore, approach is interdisciplinary Example of this lens: Always by Erasure MARXIST LENS (Karl Heinrich Marx + Friedrich Engles) * A form of critique for interrogating all societies and their texts in terms of certain specific issues like race, class, and the attitudes shared within a given culture (see terms) * Marxist critique may begin such an analysis by showing how an authors text reflects his/her ideology thru an examination of the fictional worlds characters, settings, society, or any other aspect of text leads a look into: 1.Authors social class 2.Its effect upon the authors society 3.Examines the history and culture of the times reflected in the text 4.Investigate how the author either correctly/incorrectly...
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