My question for Film & Media

' A close study of whether representations of women in Disney films mirror the societal and cultural changes that have dominated gender and cinema over the last 70 years.'

My chosen three focus films are:

Snow white

Mulan

Cinderella

I have chosen these films to compare and contrast the different representations of women over the 70 year period (Snow white being the earliest in 1938 to Mulan 1998) to see if the representations that Disney has of women have moved on in these films as much as it has in society.

I am interested to find out what people consider to be a 'Princess' and why these representations have stuck throughout the years and are now being taught to younger children.

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Tuesday 20 January 2009

Life of Brian

Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) Directed by Terry Jones. 
This film is a comical take on religion using Brian (a jewish man) who is mistaken as Jesus Christ. There seems to be a shock element that runs throughout the whole film with regards to religion and the Bible. However this film would only effect people that have religious beliefs. As I don't, I find the film humorous but can still sympathize with people that might easily become offended by this film. When the film first came out there was a huge amount of controversy with regards to christians commenting on Terry Jones' work. I believe that he as an individual is allowed to make any film with any concept of his choice. I just feel that it is a shame that Christians can't respect his views on the Bible and of Jesus. As the film is now a few years old it is starting to become more acceptable to people who choose to view it, as apposed to years ago when the film was getting slaughtered for its humorous and comical edge to a serious issue. 

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