Week 7 - New Essay title and Subject

I was ill for the actual lesson, but in my own time i started researching my essay on technology. As  i researched i realised i wasn't particularly interested in the subject but i had come across some research on feminism in animation and so have decided to do my essay around that.

New Subject:

Female Role Models in Animation

Title - How has the female role models changed throughout the years in animation? (especially looking at Disney and the Disney Princess)

Breakdown -

Chapter 1 - The evolution of the female role
                    how it has changed over the years
                   How it hasn't changed over the years

Chapter 2 - How it has affected audiences, old and new

Chapter 3 - Key studies:
                                      Sleeping beauty             ---------
                                      Snow white                    --------     past views of women

                                       Brave                                    -----------
                                      The Princess and the Frog     -------------     21st century view
                                       Frozen                                  -----------
                                       Tangled                                 -----------



Other things to maybe include :

• Damsels and Heroines
• Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White were all created by men, good explain the ideologies of women used in that era
• Stereotypes of women through the years
• Bechdel test