Princess Script Draft 2 (Re post)

Presentation Script - An investigation, into how wider perceptions of Disney princesses have been influenced by historic and modern cinematic representations of Princess characters. 

Slide 1: Disney title and Title of Presentation

• Disney was founded on the 16th October 1937, by the brothers Walt Disney and Roy O. Disney.
• The first Disney princess to appear on our screens was Snow White in 1937, this was the first full length feature that Disney had created. Based on the traditional fairy tale that was written in 1823.
• Disney's Snow White set up, the fairytale genre Disney is now continuing to produce from 1923 to the modern day.
• Disney's films are not the only the only thing branded by Disney. The brand has increased to a worldwide company, through its opening of numerous theme parks, shops and a huge range of merchandise.
• The main three films I will focus on during this presentation are: Sleeping Beauty (Item 1), Pocahontas (Item 2), Frozen (Item 3) and Mona (Item 4), these films are from the classical, middle and newest era, and show the change of the how Disney portrays women has strong and independent.
• The presentation will explore how the image of Disney princesses has changed over time, from being dependent of being rescued by a Handsome Prince to being independent.

Sleeping Beauty (Item 1)

Slide 2: Visual of Sleeping Beauty being awoken by the Prince (Item 5)
Play Clip of Sleeping Beauty being awoken. (Item 6)

• Sleeping Beauty was released in cinemas on 29th January 1959, it was the 16th animated Disney film to be released. It was one of the first American animated musical to be released by a worldwide company.
• Sleeping Beauty is the main motion picture that sparked the main stereotype amongst princesses. The stereotypical princess who does housework, but who meets a handsome prince and falls in love with him.
• This representation of the princess, lives up to the stereotype of women needing a man in her life as a necessity.
• Within the first 3 Disney films, each princess has been shown and subject to a mass amount of house work, Sleeping Beauty was the last Disney film to show the representation of women.
• Sleeping Beauty was one of the films that began the frenzy of young girls being attracted to Disney films. This was because Sleeping Beauty became an idol for young girls.

Slide 3: Visual of Sleeping Beauty doll. (Item 7)

• Since it's release the Sleeping Beauty doll has contributed to the $5.5 billion made from the sale of Disney's princess dolls over the years.
• However, the Sleeping Beauty doll may have some negative impact on young girls, as the princess are supposed to be the perfect role model for young girls. 
• This creates a negative effect as young girls may think that they need the blonde hair, blue eyes and skinny waist to become a perfect girl or a princess. 

Pocahontas (Item 2)

Slide 4: Visual of Pocahontas and animals (Item 8)

Play Clip of Pocahontas and John Smith Kiss (Item 9)

• Pocahontas was released on 23rd June 1995. It was the 33rd Disney film that was released, Pocahontas was the first coloured princess to appear in the world of Disney films, and in a animated musical.
• The film was the first, where the Princess had two love interests, up until the film Frozen in 2013 was released. 
• The musical/film contains songs which carry many important messages that wanted to be conveyed to the audience, songs such as: Colours of the Wind, Just around the Riverbend and Steady as a Beating Drum.
• The film is set in 17th century America, where the conflict between English colonialists and Native Americans is in full force. This gives the back ground story to why the love between Pocahontas and John Smith is so frowned upon.

Slide 5 Visual of Pocahontas (Item 10)

• The princess of Pocahontas opened up a new world of Disney, a whole new set of audiences and merchandise opportunities.
• Opening up the world of coloured Princesses to audiences, gave younger audiences a wider view on society, it gave the message that anyone no matter who they are can be a Disney Princess.
• Pocahontas breaks every stereotypical princess ideology formed by Disney, other than falling in love with a handsome prince. She becomes the heroine of the film, breaking the ideologies that the princess is always the victim. 
• This film also breaks many of the happy endings that are stereotypical to Disney films, as the ending of this film is not happily ever after, or a marriage between Pocahontas and John Smith.

Frozen (Item 3)

Slide 6: Visual of Elsa and Anna (Item 11)

Play clip of First Time in Forever Reprise (Item 12)

• In Frozen we see the unbreakable bond between the two sisters of Elsa and Anna.
• In the film we see the challenge of stereotypes towards women, and how this has changed over the past 90 years of Disney films.
• Elsa and Anna have an independent presence within the film. This differs from many of the past Disney films, as within many of the past films women have always relied one a man in order to be able to survive. 
• However, in Frozen it is shown that Elsa and Anna do not need men to survive, they just need each other and their independence. 

Play clip, Anna turns into ice. (Item 13)

• From this scene we see how Disney has adapted the damsel in distress from being a female to being an entire kingdom.
• In this film, Disney has created the heroine as being a female instead of being the stereotypical male hero. 
• This scene also shows the unbreakable bond between sisters and family, that isn't always shown within Disney films.
• This draws away from the typical Disney ideologies on how females/princesses are portrayed in the films, as Anna is portrayed as the hero and saves the kingdom. Also, within this film there is now handsome prince which comes to the rescue, it is the handsome prince which turns out to be he villain, differing from other films where there is usually as wicked witch. 

Moana (Item 4)

Slide 7: Visual of Moana film poster. (Item 14)

Play clip of How far will I Go. (Item 15)

• From this we see the complete change Disney has experienced, we see that we now have a Princess of colour. 
• This Disney film, has also adapted its focus to show the main female character to be the hero, along with the the special power to control the water, which in past Disney films the only character who would have a special power would be a a witch. 
• This Disney film is one of the first to be set in Hawaii, however the second to show tribal life behind Pocahontas.
• This film is one of the first Disney films, to have a coming of age story as it's base story. This film shows the story of Moana from when she was essentially a baby, up until she is a teenager. 

Play clip of Moana International Trailer. (Item 16)

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Urban Setting of Chungking Express (Extension Task)

How is the urban environment represented? 
Within Chungking Express the urban environment is represented in a number of ways, such as the over crowdedness of Hong Kong's streets, the multi-national people and cultures that appear, along with general 'hustle and bustle' background noise of Hong Kong. From this opening scene we see how Hong Kong has completely destroyed the entirety of anything that is natural, in this sequences there is no sign of anything green or anything to express that any form of nature exists. Hong Kong is represented as a post modernist, purely concrete environment, with no form of natural life. The urban environment has also been represented as a consumerist environment, through the showing of the international brands such as Coca Cola or McDonalds, and the use of high visibility and neon lighting shows a post modernistic view on what many cities around the world will look like in years to come. 

How does this relate to the stereotypes which exist about Hong Kong?
Many of these representations, follow on the stereotypes about Hong Kong. Including the stereotypes based around Hong Kong such as Hong Kong being an international travel hub as at the time the film was Hong Kong airport was directly in the centre of the city. These representations also support the stereotype of Hong Kong being a multi cultural society, as in the opening scenes you see a range of nationalities and cultures. The stereotypical showing of the fast pace of Hong Kong is represented with the unusual camera work used.  

Disney Princess Draft 2

Presentation Script - An investigation, into how wider perceptions of Disney princesses have been influenced by historic and modern cinematic representations of Princess characters. 

Slide 1: Disney title and Title of Presentation

• Disney was founded on the 16th October 1937, by the brothers Walt Disney and Roy O. Disney.
• The first Disney princess to appear on our screens was Snow White in 1937, this was the first full length feature that Disney had created. Based on the traditional fairy tale that was written in 1823.
• Disney's Snow White set up, the fairytale genre Disney is now continuing to produce from 1923 to the modern day.
• Disney's films are not the only the only thing branded by Disney. The brand has increased to a worldwide company, through its opening of numerous theme parks, shops and a huge range of merchandise.
• The main three films I will focus on during this presentation are: Sleeping Beauty (Item 1), Pocahontas (Item 2), Frozen (Item 3) and Mona (Item 4), these films are from the classical, middle and newest era, and show the change of the how Disney portrays women has strong and independent.
• The presentation will explore how the image of Disney princesses has changed over time, from being dependent of being rescued by a Handsome Prince to being independent.

Sleeping Beauty (Item 1)

Slide 2: Visual of Sleeping Beauty being awoken by the Prince (Item 5)
Play Clip of Sleeping Beauty being awoken. (Item 6)

• Sleeping Beauty was released in cinemas on 29th January 1959, it was the 16th animated Disney film to be released. It was one of the first American animated musical to be released by a worldwide company.
• Sleeping Beauty is the main motion picture that sparked the main stereotype amongst princesses. The stereotypical princess who does housework, but who meets a handsome prince and falls in love with him.
• This representation of the princess, lives up to the stereotype of women needing a man in her life as a necessity.
• Within the first 3 Disney films, each princess has been shown and subject to a mass amount of house work, Sleeping Beauty was the last Disney film to show the representation of women.
• Sleeping Beauty was one of the films that began the frenzy of young girls being attracted to Disney films. This was because Sleeping Beauty became an idol for young girls.

Slide 3: Visual of Sleeping Beauty doll. (Item 7)

• Since it's release the Sleeping Beauty doll has contributed to the $5.5 billion made from the sale of Disney's princess dolls over the years.
• However, the Sleeping Beauty doll may have some negative impact on young girls, as the princess are supposed to be the perfect role model for young girls. 
• This creates a negative effect as young girls may think that they need the blonde hair, blue eyes and skinny waist to become a perfect girl or a princess. 

Pocahontas (Item 2)

Slide 4: Visual of Pocahontas and animals (Item 8)

Play Clip of Pocahontas and John Smith Kiss (Item 9)

• Pocahontas was released on 23rd June 1995. It was the 33rd Disney film that was released, Pocahontas was the first coloured princess to appear in the world of Disney films, and in a animated musical.
• The film was the first, where the Princess had two love interests, up until the film Frozen in 2013 was released. 
• The musical/film contains songs which carry many important messages that wanted to be conveyed to the audience, songs such as: Colours of the Wind, Just around the Riverbend and Steady as a Beating Drum.
• The film is set in 17th century America, where the conflict between English colonialists and Native Americans is in full force. This gives the back ground story to why the love between Pocahontas and John Smith is so frowned upon.

Slide 5 Visual of Pocahontas (Item 10)

• The princess of Pocahontas opened up a new world of Disney, a whole new set of audiences and merchandise opportunities.
• Opening up the world of coloured Princesses to audiences, gave younger audiences a wider view on society, it gave the message that anyone no matter who they are can be a Disney Princess.
• Pocahontas breaks every stereotypical princess ideology formed by Disney, other than falling in love with a handsome prince. She becomes the heroine of the film, breaking the ideologies that the princess is always the victim. 
• This film also breaks many of the happy endings that are stereotypical to Disney films, as the ending of this film is not happily ever after, or a marriage between Pocahontas and John Smith.

Frozen (Item 3)

Slide 6: Visual of Elsa and Anna (Item 11)

Play clip of First Time in Forever Reprise (Item 12)

• In Frozen we see the unbreakable bond between the two sisters of Elsa and Anna.
• In the film we see the challenge of stereotypes towards women, and how this has changed over the past 90 years of Disney films.
• Elsa and Anna have an independent presence within the film. This differs from many of the past Disney films, as within many of the past films women have always relied one a man in order to be able to survive. 
• However, in Frozen it is shown that Elsa and Anna do not need men to survive, they just need each other and their independence. 

Play clip, Anna turns into ice. (Item 13)

• From this scene we see how Disney has adapted the damsel in distress from being a female to being an entire kingdom.
• In this film, Disney has created the heroine as being a female instead of being the stereotypical male hero. 
• This scene also shows the unbreakable bond between sisters and family, that isn't always shown within Disney films.
• This draws away from the typical Disney ideologies on how females/princesses are portrayed in the films, as Anna is portrayed as the hero and saves the kingdom. Also, within this film there is now handsome prince which comes to the rescue, it is the handsome prince which turns out to be he villain, differing from other films where there is usually as wicked witch. 

Moana (Item 4)

Slide 7: Visual of Moana film poster. (Item 14)

Play clip of How far will I Go. (Item 15)

• From this we see the complete change Disney has experienced, we see that we now have a Princess of colour. 
• This Disney film, has also adapted its focus to show the main female character to be the hero, along with the the special power to control the water, which in past Disney films the only character who would have a special power would be a a witch. 
• This Disney film is one of the first to be set in Hawaii, however the second to show tribal life behind Pocahontas.
• This film is one of the first Disney films, to have a coming of age story as it's base story. This film shows the story of Moana from when she was essentially a baby, up until she is a teenager. 

Play clip of Moana International Trailer. (Item 16)

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Opening Sequence of Chungking Express and City of God

How do the opening sequences of Chungking Express communicate some of the key messages of the film, refer to micro elements in your response.

From the opening sequence of Chungking Express, one of the main key messages that is communicated is the message of time. 

• This is communicated through the use of cinematography, camera work and editing. 
• In the very opening scene of the film, during the chase scene, we see the fast pace nature of time whilst an action is being is carried out. 
• The time in the police officers world goes very quickly when he is carrying out a chase on a criminal. This is shown through the use of editing, the editing is used in this shot to show the speed time is travelling at. This is done through the film makers film the shot, speed it up, remove frames and then slow it back down. Giving it the notion that time is moving very quickly but everything is shown very slowly. 

• Also the message of time is also communicated in the opening sequence, when the police officer is stood in the take away waiting for his food. 
• In this scene, we see the officer stood waiting aimlessly, staring into space and having a pointless conversation with the owner about one of the girls who works in the take away. 

• Also through the message of time in the opening sequence, the editing of the sequence shows how fast time moves on a build up to something (handover of Hong Kong to China). In the scene when the western female is counting out the money for the smugglers it is done in a very fast paced way, the ending makes the counting look very snappy and fast. 

From the opening sequence of Chungking Express, another main key message that is communicated is the message about globalisation.

• This is communicated through the time being shown throughout the entirety of the film, and the importance time holds in the film.
• This is also shown through the back ground of the film as it is filmed on the run up to handover of Hong Kong to China from Britain. 
• This is also shown through the use of sound, as the main sound heard in the opening sequence is the sound of planes flying over head. Shows how Hong Kong has become a global travel hub. 
• Globalisation is also show through sound, by the choice of music that is used in the opening sequence. In the opening sequence we hear a range of music from oriental techno, to western pop music, to Indian music. 
• It is also shown through the mise-en-scene, and the addition of western brands shown around the city. Including McDonalds and Coca Cola.

From the opening sequences, what evidence is there of the film as a 'new wave' product?

Define what a new wave film is.

A new wave film breaks away from the conventions of the mainstream movement which pre - existed it. New wave is considered by many film writers as an oppositional. New waves are usually associated with the film movement of a country.

The evidence which suggests that Chungking Express is a New Wave film:

• Everything is filmed in one place.
• It doesn't follow a narrative pattern, pay more attention to the mise-en-scene rather than the script. (Chimneys)
• Doesn't contain well known actors. 
• No specific genre.
• Low Budget costs.
• Natural lighting.
• Handheld camera.
• Unpredictable sound.
• Unorganised editing.
• Uneven tone.
• Elliptical editing.
• Limited emphasis on causes, effects or events.

How does the opening sequence of City of God communicate key messages of the film, refer the micro features.

One of the key messages communicated through the opening sequence of City of God is the message of Hope.

• The message of Hope is communicated through the opening sequence of City of God, this is through the use of the mise-en-scene.
• This message is communicated through the brightness of the favela, during its early years, it is a wide open space, with space for children to play, the use of the bright sunshine, white houses and the use of the light brown ground helps to add to the brightness of the favela. 
• Through the use of the brightness, shows how the lightness of the favela corresponds with the type of crime that happens throughout the opening sequence. This includes the hold up of the gas truck in the opening, this form of crime communicates the community spirit that is within the favela.
• The brightness of the favela, helps to communicate this as it helps to show the decline in the favela and the form of crime later on in the film.

Another key message that is communicated through the opening sequence of City of God is the message of Generational Recycling. 

• The message of Generational Recycling is shown in the opening sequence through the Tender Trio and Li'l Dice. 
• The Tender Trio are the first gang shown in the film, from the crimes we see them commit they are a gang who are seen as lovable rouges, and are in direct comparison to the gangs shown later on in the film. 
• From the Tender Trio we also see Li'l Dice get his first taste of the violent gang lifestyle, which then contributes to his violence later in the film. 
• The generational recycling is shown as a downward spiral of each gang learning and developing on the ways of the gang before, this is shown as the Tender Trio passes their ways onto Li'l Dice's gang who then develop the violence and finally they pass their ways onto the Runts who then develop the violence later on in the film. 

Also a key message that is communicated through the opening sequence of City of God is the message of Hopelessness. 

• The message of Hopelessness is shown in the opening sequence through the use of the City of God sign.
• Within the opening scenes when we see the favela in its early years the sign looks brand new, without a scratch on it. Whereas when we see the sign in present day, it is covered in graffiti and has bullet holes in it.
• The sign shows the hopeless decline in the lifestyle in the favela, and it seems to be on a constant decline throughout the entirety of the film.  

Disney Princess Presentation Script Draft 1

Presentation Script - The Change in Disney Princesses over Time

Slide 1: Disney title and Title of Presentation

• Disney was founded on the 16th October 1937, by the brothers Walt Disney and Roy O. Disney.
• The first Disney princess to appear on our screens was Snow White in 1937, this was the first full length feature that Disney had created. Based on the traditional fairy tale that was written in 1823.
• Disney's Snow White set up, the fairytale genre Disney is now continuing to produce from 1923 to the modern day.
• Disney's films are not the only the only thing branded by Disney. The brand has increased to a worldwide company, through its opening of numerous theme parks, shops and a huge range of merchandise.
• The main three films I will focus on during this presentation are: Sleeping Beauty (Item 1), Pocahontas (Item 2), Frozen (Item 3) and Mona (Item 4), these films are from the classical, middle and newest era, and show the change of the how Disney portrays women has strong and independent.
• The presentation will explore how the image of Disney princesses has changed over time, from being dependent of being rescued by a Handsome Prince to being independent.

Sleeping Beauty (Item 1)

Slide 2: Visual of Sleeping Beauty being awoken by the Prince (Item 5)
Play Clip of Sleeping Beauty being awoken. (Item 6)

• Sleeping Beauty was released in cinemas on 29th January 1959, it was the 16th animated Disney film to be released. It was one of the first American animated musical to be released by a worldwide company.
• Sleeping Beauty is the main motion picture that sparked the main stereotype amongst princesses. The stereotypical princess who does housework, but who meets a handsome prince and falls in love with him.
• This representation of the princess, lives up to the stereotype of women needing a man in her life as a necessity.
• Within the first 3 Disney films, each princess has been shown and subject to a mass amount of house work, Sleeping Beauty was the last Disney film to show the representation of women.
• Sleeping Beauty was one of the films that began the frenzy of young girls being attracted to Disney films. This was because Sleeping Beauty became an idol for young girls.

Slide 3: Visual of Sleeping Beauty doll. (Item 7)

• Since it's release the Sleeping Beauty doll has contributed to the $5.5 billion made from the sale of Disney's princess dolls over the years.
• However, the Sleeping Beauty doll may have some negative impact on young girls, as the princess are supposed to be the perfect role model for young girls. 
• This creates a negative effect as young girls may think that they need the blonde hair, blue eyes and skinny waist to become a perfect girl or a princess. 

Pocahontas (Item 2)

Slide 4: Visual of Pocahontas and animals (Item 8)

Play Clip of Pocahontas and John Smith Kiss (Item 9)

• Pocahontas was released on 23rd June 1995. It was the 33rd Disney film that was released, Pocahontas was the first coloured princess to appear in the world of Disney films, and in a animated musical.
• The film was the first, where the Princess had two love interests, up until the film Frozen in 2013 was released. 
• The musical/film contains songs which carry many important messages that wanted to be conveyed to the audience, songs such as: Colours of the Wind, Just around the Riverbend and Steady as a Beating Drum.
• The film is set in 17th century America, where the conflict between English colonialists and Native Americans is in full force. This gives the back ground story to why the love between Pocahontas and John Smith is so frowned upon.

Slide 5 Visual of Pocahontas (Item 10)

• The princess of Pocahontas opened up a new world of Disney, a whole new set of audiences and merchandise opportunities.
• Opening up the world of coloured Princesses to audiences, gave younger audiences a wider view on society, it gave the message that anyone no matter who they are can be a Disney Princess.
• Pocahontas breaks every stereotypical princess ideology, other than falling in love with a handsome prince. She becomes the heroine of the film, breaking the ideologies that the princess is always the victim. 
• This film also breaks many of the happy endings that are stereotypical to Disney films, as the ending of this film is not happily ever after, or a marriage between Pocahontas and John Smith.

Frozen (Item 3)

Slide 6: Visual of Elsa and Anna (Item 11)

Play clip of First Time in Forever Reprise (Item 12)

• In Frozen we see the unbreakable bond between the two sisters of Elsa and Anna.
• In the film we see the challenge of stereotypes towards women, and how this has changed over the past 90 years of Disney films.
• Elsa and Anna have an independent presence within the film. This differs from many of the past Disney films, as within many of the past films women have always relied one a man in order to be able to survive. 
• However, in Frozen it is shown that Elsa and Anna do not need men to survive, they just need each other and their independence. 

Play clip, Anna turns into ice. (Item 13)

• From this scene we see how Disney has adapted the damsel in distress from being a female to being an entire kingdom.
• In this film, Disney has created the heroine as being a female instead of being the stereotypical male hero. 
• This scene also shows the unbreakable bond between sisters and family, that isn't always shown within Disney films.