Symbolic Relevance Of The Fall In Disney Animation

When receding into the memories of childhood, many think of the famous Disney movies that have captured audience’s imaginations for decades. Many of these films contain deeper hidden meanings in an attempt to teach young viewers a life lesson. These life lessons can be compared to pieces of literature such as the short story, “Watching and Waiting”. Examples such as The Little Mermaid, Monsters Inc, Lilo and Stitch contain the messages of not taking things for granted, jumping to conclusions, and family is not defined by blood, but by love.

The Disney Way of Death by Gary Laderman talks about how even though most Disney finishes on a “happily ever after” or the princess eventually meets the love of her life (prince), there is always a death of someone the lead actor/actress cared about that lead to him/her understand what the right path is and how they can attain happiness. Not just that it was a coping mechanism for the Americans in the twentieth-century and help them have a better understanding of reality. Death is an element visible in all the movies and plays a big part in the religious power of the American culture.

Walt Disney Productions prestige is to never disappoint and their latest movie Frozen, is no exception. The movie centers around the lives of two sisters, kind-hearted Anna and the frightened Snow Queen Elsa. Fearless Anna sets off on a journey to find her sister, who flees to an icy mountain after she accidentally traps the kingdom of Arendelle in an eternal winter with her ice powers. Disney’s 2013 animated film reeled in its target audience and more; the film intended to appeal to children’s of all ages surprisingly enough enticed a wider audience largely comprised of non-families. Disney’s reputation for promoting happiness and the well-being of American families led to the direct success of the movie Frozen. The film met its purpose, depicting a touching storyline – showing the importance of family and undermining the traditional concept of “true love.” Furthermore, Walt Disney Productions established sufficient credibility within its viewers and audience with the use of artistic proofs such as; ethos, logos, and pathos. Disney’s tradition is to provide the audience with an educational piece of entertainment, Frozen is undeniably one of those Disney animated films worth seeing. Walt Disney Productions strategic use of rhetoric made it evident that the movie was going to be an all-time hit – some may even say “the biggest children’s film of all time” – simply because it was just that, a Disney movie.

“Breaking the Disney Spell” by Jack Zipes talks about Walt Disney’s early adaptations of folk and fairy tales. Zipes talks about even after Disney’s death “the man’s spell over the fairy tale seems to live” (333). This to me has a double meaning which is, that Disney is so know that he literally has a spell on people or how even though the the man figure in the fairy tales never do much they are still very important. Zipes talks about how the oral folktale went from and oral to written, then to film. He describes the written tales as being a violation of the folk tale because it was based on separation of social classes. Even though printed versions “enabled the tales to be preserved and cultivated,” they violated forms and concerns of those that could not read (336). Then he goes on to say that the images of film were a violation to the written versions “for the images imposed themselves on the text” (338). The essay talks about how Disney first started and even how he was at a point of his life in bankruptcy. Zipes states, “He cast a spell over this German tale and transformed it into something peculiarly American” (347). He says how Disney changed the written tales to fit his life and based then on himself and society. Disney is so big with Americans because of the “male myth,” which is about perseverance, hard work, dedication, loyalty, and justice. “Disney always wanted to do something

As a child, most children become infatuated with the newest Disney movie. Although Disney movies target children, watching them as an adult, we start to notice hidden messages and themes in our favorite childhood movies. A category of Disney packed with secret meanings is the Disney princess films. We watch in awe a young girl living, for the most part, the perfect fantasy life. She sings to animals, her hair is always perfectly in place, and there is always a prince to come and save her. In reality, there is much more to the princess persona than we realize. In 2014, Disney’s Frozen took the world by storm and became the highest grossing animated film ever. Frozen takes us on a magical journey with Princess Anna to find her sister, Princess Elsa, whose power to create ice has forever trapped their homeland, Arendelle, in eternal winter. Elsa is haunted by the memory of almost tragically killing her younger sister Anna because of her icy powers. Isolating herself from the world, Elsa dedicated her life to concealing her powers and learning to control them. The movie Frozen teaches the importance of social development among children.

Colin Wells Sherry Minkowski Government 12 26 March 2000 Disney’s Influence on American Culture How does one begin to describe a king? As generations change, society calls for new leaders and kings, that will continue to push the boundaries. Steven Watts describes it as: Hollywood’s leading fantasy factory… (187) Disney is much more prominent in society, its impact now lives in every household, as well as a place in everyone’s soul. Behind it all is a thriving business that will out live most humans now and in the future. Steven Watts breaks it down quite simply: Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck embodied a collective desire to escape the pressures of modern life and return to childhood. (127) The escape from reality, which Disney has provided

The extraordinary industry known as Disney is what this research paper will consist of. Walt Disney is a phenomenal motion picture animator, that’s dynasty, has left a monumental impact on the adults and children of today and generations to come. This paper will incorporate his life, the movies he dreamed up, and the everlasting and memorable theme parks designed by him.

When the times would get tough for Americans, Walt Disney’s movies helped Americans escape the difficulties of life (“Walt”). When tragedy or hard times fall upon people, it is very

Rafiki, the wise baboon from The Lion King, explains to Simba that “the past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it, or learn from it.” Rafiki teaches Simba a valuable lesson: to use other peoples’ mistakes to avoid making the same ones; when people reflect on their past and are willing to confront the mistakes head on, they can be very successful. Waking Sleeping Beauty gives viewers an inside look from 1984 to 1994 when Disney reached the peak of “The Disney Renaissance”—during this period of time, Disney produced some of their best animated movies. Although Disney was successful during this era, it took a lot of work for them to get to that stage. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, Disney was put into shambles due to the death of Walt Disney and his brother, Roy Disney. Simultaneously, Disney produced The Black Cauldron which proved to be a failure; not only was it expensive and made little return, it was beat out in the box office by The Care Bears Movie which was an embarrassment for Disney Animation Studios. At this point in time Disney was a hopeless, downwards spiral on its way towards bankruptcy. Disney needed a leader that was willing to take charge and restore the company to its magical ways and beyond. Ultimately, Waking Sleeping Beauty answers the following question: After their downfall, how was Disney able to recover and produce successful movies in the 1980s and 1990s? The documentary has several responses to this question, but its main focus explains that Disney was able to thrive once again by hiring new personnel in leadership positions who were willing to lead Disney into “The Disney Renaissance”.

There’s no doubt that somewhere along your childhood you watched a Disney movie. Even with the great the depression that America found itself in from 1929-1939, Disney was surprisingly able to make 1,499 million dollars with Snow White released on 1937, the first color animated musical sound feature film. While it wasn’t his first animated piece the success of the movie would give him the ability to go on to create more family oriented films, based around classic fairy tales. This means because of Walt Disney, America and the world now have movies such as Bambi, Pinocchio and Fantasia to show for generations to come. Disney’s work in animation also sparked a new wave of creativity is young artists. As a result of his companies success more animation studios would be created as the

A hundred and forty years later, the story was (once again) retold: The Disney film

Have you ever heard the true story of “The Little Mermaid”, Ariel? Well, come and get to know it! You are going to be surprised how much Disney changed the story to make the film. It not only made it more child oriented, but it gave it a completely typical finish, “And everyone lived happily ever after.” However, Disney and Hans Christian Andersen are not the same.

The image that Disney’s films portray their stories is a very powerful product that can influence our kids in a negative way.

As children, people grow up watching Disney movies wishing that one day they could be the beautiful princess that is saved by the ultimate fairytale prince or the town hero that slays the mighty dragon. The power Disney has on the public is unmatched by almost any other corporation as they have the power to influence the minds of young children. Disney movies have central ideas that are being put into the minds of kids and conveying the wrong messages about society today. Disney’s portrayal of Andersen’s short story ultimately destorys the story for what it is. In Disney’s Sub/Version of Andersen’s The Little Mermaid, the idea that Disney is selling the concept of love short is brought up multiple times by Roberta Trites. Disney presents

The Development of the Genre of Animation in 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' by Madagascar