The legitimacy of the text no longer mattered, as Zipes claims that to Disney, all importance was focused on the images which "intended to smash the aura of heritage" and turn the attention from the author to the animator. This is a very slanted way of looking at things, as the animated fairy tale is clearly a vehicle for animators to show their artistic ability, imagination and incredible talents to help create the ultimate tale. The animators" intentions are to draw in an audience for self-gratification, and, therefore, they will know that their talents are being shown off and admired. Intentions are, however, not to make the viewers forget about the actual story line, but to enhance it with amazing and lively characters. In a film with children as the target audience, it is important to keep them watching in an environment full of distractions such as noise and food. Characters must stand out, be bright in colour, music must be lively, often emotional, and action must be short and fun. Disney's animators accomplished this with the use of coloured gels and all sorts of new techniques that only a mastermind like Disney could develop with the limited technology available.
For his film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Disney spent thousand of dollars on research and the best equipment in order to make his first full-length animated fairy tale the best ever made in history. With a multiplane camera and totally new experiments with coloured gels, blurring focus, filming through frosted glass, and using the latest inventions in sound and music (437), Disney, and his partners, became "the kingpin of animation" (442). Zipes argues that Disney made some radical changes to the literary text in his film version of the fairy tale. Some of these modifications include making Snow White an orphan, having the Prince appear on a perfect white horse and singing about his love and devotion to Snow White, and having dwarfs that not only have actual names, but that are fleshed out and become main characters in the film.
There are very clear moral codes embedded into Fairytale scenarios. ... Fairytales have been passed down through the ages, originating from the old oral Folk tales. ... It is tradition for these Fairytales to portray women in rather a negative light. ... The heroine in fairytales is seen as a mentor to show what is right and wrong. ... Fairytales encase the stereotypical `Ideal Virtues` of women. ...
The fairytale I like is Mulan. This tale is most popularly known as a Disney story. ... The reason why I enjoy this fairytale is because it is a female going after what she believes in, and not a male. ... Lang's version, quite grotesque for children, is very different from Disney's version. ... The beginning of this fairytale is quite different. ...
The Mickey Mouse Monopoly documentary reveals the obscure social messages behind the animated films created by the Disney Company. ... The speakers in the documentary argue that Disney is extremely political and hides its ideas behind innocence, magic and fun. ... One of the main controversies discussed in this video is the way that Disney portrays women in its productions. The way that females are shown is similar across all Disney films, even animal characters. ... All of these fairytales about princesses needing to find a man to marry or rescue them go against all of my beliefs about being ...
Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida was established in 1971. ... Walt Disney World covers 30,080 acres of land and on that it has four major theme parks, two water parks, six golf courses, many resorts, and the Downtown Disney shopping area. ... The first theme park in Walt Disney World was Magic Kingdom. ... It is fairytale/carnival themed. ... Disney's Epcot was the second of the four theme parks built. ...
The fairytales read by children often influence their vision of reality. ... Often times, there is a need to see stepmothers as evil, especially in fairytales. ... Evil is not exclusive to stepmothers though; fairytales often portray witches as old women. ... Even though they are drawn to her sweet gestures, "Fear not, children, "Come in and dine and rest (Disney 15)," they are still leery of her. ... When the witch orders Gretel to "Test it, dearie I"m going to bake some bread--put your head inside and see if the oven is warm enough" (Disney 19), she turns her passive ways around. ...
He lived a simple life until his swamp was invaded by fairytale creatures that were banished by lord farquaad. ... I also noticed the theme of Disney characters was obvious. ... In my point of view that weakened the film and made it unoriginal and it also made it more confusing as this was a DreamWorks production but it is as if it was a Disney production. ...
Campbell Grant's "Walt Disney's Cinderella'- and Tanith Lee's "When the Clock Strikes-, paint different! ... This black and white identification system for the characters assists in setting up the fairytale as a simple fable that illustrates through personification the triumph of good over evil. ... Unlike in "Walt Disney's Cinderella'-, the protagonist of this tale is a witch, a class of people traditionally associated with evil. ... The relationships between the characters also are indicative of the good versus evil overtones in Grant's "Walt Disney&#x...
Into The Woods, fairytale like in design, was a mix of, or a more appropriate term would be, a uniting of characters from Cinderella, Little Red Ridinghood, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Rapunzel. ... Unlike most fairy tales you will see done by, say, Disney for example, Into The Woods focuses on the darker side of the story showing the consequences to actions, and that choices are not easy (Miler 111). ... Some examples would be in Gone in 60 Seconds, when the bad guy falls to his death and Nicolas Cage gets let off by the police even though he knows he killed him, and even in most of the rec...
Show Me the Money Fairytales have been around for a long time. ... Finally, the tales were published in books, and soon seen on the big screen by Disney. ... Fairytales are based on using imaginary ideas with some truth throughout the story to tell a moral. Whoever you are, you have heard a fairytale from one time to another. ... The fairytale Aladdin originates from The Thousand and One nights. ...
