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Introduc6on

Thisessayisananalysisoftheuseofanimatedfilmstoinfluencechildren,inves6ga6ngtheitsoriginsand

jus6fica6ons.Itpar6cularlyfocusesonthecontemporaryfilmHappyFeet(200,dir.GeorgeMiller),ananimatedfeaturefilmthatwasaboxofficesuccessbutwaswidelycri6cisedforitspropagandacontent.

TheessaywillbeginbydefiningpropagandausingmaterialfromNicholasReevesbookPowerofFilmPropaganda:MythorReality(2004)

Itwillthenbrieflyexaminethehistoricaluseofartasamediumtocreatepoli6calinfluenceinordertoplacethetermpropagandaincontext.EvidenceforthiswillbesourcedfromPhillipTaylorsbookMuni8onsoftheMind:AHistoryofPropaganda(2003)

Theessaywillthendiscussindetailthepoli6calandculturalcontextthatthecri6cismofHappyFeetarisesfromusingkeysourcesElizabethBellsbook,FromMousetoMermaid:ThePoli8csofFilm,Gender,andCulture(1995).andMaireMessenger-DaviesreaderDearBBC:Children,TelevisionStorytelling,andthePublicSphere(2001)

Thiswillbecomparedtohistoricalusesofanima6ontoinfluencechildren,withreferencetoIanWojcik-Andrews,Children'sfilms:history,ideology,pedagogy,theory(2000)andSarahSmithsChildren,Cinemaand

Censorship:FromDraculatoDeadEnd(2005).Itwilltheniden6fythelinksbetweenhistoricalandcontemporarypropagandaanima6onforchildren.

Theessaywilltheninves6gatethewayinwhichcontemporaryanima6on,suchasadver6sing,iso]enusedtoinfluencechildren,withinforma6onfromMaireMessenger-DaviesChildren,MediaandCulture(2010),anddiscussthereasonsthiscouldbejus6fied.

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defini6on

Definepropaganda

NicholasReevesbookPowerofFilmPropaganda:MythorReality(2004)

Timeline

WinsorMaCayforpropagandaanima6on

Eisensteinforpropagandafilms

PhillipTaylorsMuni8onsoftheMind:AHistoryofPropaganda(2003)

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cultural

3)Theculturalcontext(poli6calandsocial)inwhichthetopiccameoutof/wasinreac6onto.

HappyFeetenvironmentalconcernscurrenttrend Australianfilmdoesthishaveanybearing?ElizabethBells,FromMousetoMermaid:ThePoli8csofFilm,Gender,andCulture(1995).

MaireMessenger-DaviesreaderDearBBC:Children,TelevisionStorytelling,andthePublicSphere(2001)

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Whoswho

4)Anillustratedwhoswhoofkeyindividualsassociatedwithgiventopic,withaclear

explana6onofwhatyouthinktheir

significanceisandwhy.

Disney,Eisenstein,Winsonetc

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historical

5)Historicalexamplesofkeywords/images/artefactsassociatedwithgiventopicandanassessmentoftheirimportance.

historicalusesofanima6ontoinfluencechildren:Disney,Popeye

IanWojcik-Andrews,Children'sfilms:history,ideology,pedagogy,theory(2000)

SarahSmithsChildren,CinemaandCensorship:FromDraculatoDeadEnd(2005).

linksbetweenhistoricalandcontemporarypropagandaanima6onforchildren.

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contemporary

Howcontemporaryanima6onisusedto

influencechildren

Adver6sing,merchandising,jus6fica6ons

MaireMessenger-DaviesChildren,Mediaand

Culture(2010)

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Conclusion

7)Abulletpointconclusion.

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BIBSANDREFS

Wojcik-Andrews,Ian(2000)Children'sfilms:history,ideology,pedagogy,theoryPsychologyPress Bell,Elizabeth(1995)FromMousetoMermaid:ThePoli8csofFilm,Gender,andCulture.[online].

IndianaUniversityPress.Availablefrom:8March2012

Smith,Sarah(2005)Children,CinemaandCensorship:FromDraculatoDeadEndLondon:I.B.Tauris

Reeves,Nicholas(2004)PowerofFilmPropaganda:MythorReality?London:Con6nuumInterna6onalPublishing

Taylor,PhilipM(2003)Muni8onsoftheMind:AHistoryofPropagandaUK:ManchesterUniversityPress

Messenger-Davies,Maire92001)DearBBC:Children,TelevisionStorytelling,andthePublicSphereNY:CambridgeUniversityPress

MessengerDavies,Maire,(2010)Children,MediaandCultureMaidenhead:OpenUniversityPress