DIVERSITY IN FILMS

What do you think of when you see this word?

What about this word?

Why is diversity important in fi lms?

Which characters in fi lm, TV and books do you most identify with?

Why? What traits do you share with them?

How are they different to you?

Look at the Disney line upsWhat do you notice?

Film Good aspects Bad aspects

Wreck It Ralph Venelope is shown to have a “glitch”, which represents disability. At the end, she gets the chance to get rid of the glitch, but decides not to

The Princess and the Frog

Tiana spends most of her time as a frog, meaning we don’t see much of the racial representation

Frozen Disney have stated that Elsa’s powers represent depression = mental health representation

Tangled All the characters are white- there’s no racial diversity

Analyse diversity in Disney fi lms

Explain how you could improve an existing

Disney fi lm to make it more diverse

orUsing a fairy-tale as inspiration, create a Disney fi lm that has

positive diverse representation

orCreate your own Disney

fi lm that has positive diverse representation.

Your turn!

Explain your characters: how are they diverse?

Explain how your plot explores and represents diversity

Storyboard four moments from the film that clearly show positive diversity

Peer Assessment

Two Oscars

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One retake

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