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Walt Disney An American Auteur
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Page 1: Disney auteur presentation

Walt Disney

An American Auteur

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What do we mean by 'Auteur'?

●Is the director technically competent?●Do the films show a signature style?●Do the films project a consistent world view?

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Disney

Remember, it's not just the name of the company – Walt Disney was the head of the studio until his death in the late 1960s.

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Technically Competent?

Did things nobody had managed before – Snow White put together over 140,000 individual drawings to tell its story. Even then, working from observation the animators studied the way a dress would move as she danced, how leaves flew in the wind, how shadows changed on different surfaces...

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Stylistic Characteristics● Fairy tales

● Anthropomorphic sidekicks

● Teenagers (especially teenage girls) growing into adulthood and breaking away from their parents

● Realistic animation rather than squash and stretch cartooning

● Songs – Disney films are musicals

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Messages and Values● A clear good -v- evil view

of the world

● Standing up for what you believe in

● Rewarding 'good' behaviour (eventually)

● Children's/Young People's lives are important

● Good hearted, honest innocent loyalty will wiin over scheming evil

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Possible Disney Projects?

Look at the changing representation of women in Disney films

● Snow White● The Little Mermaid● Mulan

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What Would You Do?● Choose a focus film.

● Watch, watch and watch again, noting ideas about representations of gender

● Watch the other films and make notes

● Research Disney and Gender – research the specific films – research gender and fairy tales – research the 'root' stories (fairy tales, myths and legends)

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And then what would you do?

● Record your findings● Evaluate your

findings● See where your

findings lead you next

● Go back to your notes, and the films, and think again

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What else might you look for?● Marketing material

● Audio material – podcasts – discussions – press conferences

● AV material – as for audio.

● User generated AV

● Financial information – how much did they cost and how well did they do

● Awards

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What will you do with this stuff?

● You will use what you've learned to write a presentation script

● You will refer to your research in the presentation

● We will worry about exactly how to write this in the autumn.


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