My first idea was to base my project around Disney's transition from traditional hand drawn animation, such as "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", 1937,
to using computer generation animation in Disney-Pixar pictures such as "Finding Nemo", 2003.
To find out which technique is more popular in the box office, and whether or not the technological advance in animation has altered the quality of the narratives. I also find it interesting that Disney has re-introduced the hand drawn technique into their productions, with "The Princess and the Frog", 2009, so I thought that this would be a good area to study in to. Another idea I have had was to research the representation of the "princess" character in Disney animations, as the position has changed from being nothing but a cleaner, or inferior and weak character, such as Cinderella or Snow White, to an aspirational young woman, working hard for a successful future on her own, like Tiana in "The Princess and the Frog", 2009.
However at the end of all Disney fairy-tales, it is the union with the Prince that guarantees the Princesses true happiness. I could extend this idea further by not only focussing on Disney fairy-tales but other fairy-tale films such as "The Princess Bride"1987. 
My third idea is to research the themes that run through Disney films, acting as a signature for it's auteur-ism. Disney protagonists are constantly recognised to have just one parent, or be orphaned entirely, from Pinocchio ("Pinocchio", 1940)
, to Mowgli ("The Jungle Book", 1967
), to more recent characters such as Simba ("The Lion King", 1994)
, and Andy ("Toy Story 3, 2010). 
Family, love and friendship are also constant themes found in Disney films, as well as "good vs evil".
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