Back in (Summer) School
Sorry for not blogging over the past couple of days. I have to sign up for at least one class every summer in order to keep my Graduate Assistantship for my program. While we had a greater selection of classes during the Summer session, I chose the Children’s Film class which runs from July 8th to August 8th. However, I forgot to check over the long July 4th holiday to see if we had readings/viewings posted for the class (we did), so I’ve been working really hard to play catch-up with the readings for the movies. Luckily, we’re watching (& discussing) movies in class, so I’m only having to read scholarship outside of class, but still that takes time.
Disney and the Disney Formula
Since this is a Children’s Film course, Disney is a titan in the industry and we are devoting a week to Disney films. We started with the original film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves and we have moved up into the Disney Renaissance with their more modern classics, such as The Little Mermaid, Frozen, and The Lion King. Next week we will be moving away from Disney, but right now, we’re investigating Disney and the Disney Formula, and we’re looking at how the movies’ messages and characterizations are changing, and have changed, over the years.
Deep Dive
As this is a graduate course, we are doing a “deep dive” into many facets of the movie and, so far, I’m really enjoying the class. I missed most of the “Disney Renaissance” movies, although I managed to see a great majority of Disney’s older movies (Disney Channel) and their newer movies (Pixar) through DVDs/BluRays. So, for me, this class is a great chance to catch-up on a segment of movies that is very much the foundation of the current generation.
Anyway, I have quite a few blog entries that I want to write (I’m in the middle of one now that I really need to finish), so even though it will be sporadic, I still to plan post as regularly as I can. Talk to you all later.
Sidney
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