Date of Award
5-2014
Document Type
Honors Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Communication
Advisor/Committee Chair
William Husson
Abstract
This thesis will provide an in- depth analysis of the films Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast, drawing principally (though not exclusively) on techniques of film analysis propounded by David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson’s Film Art. Bordwell and Thompson provide explanations of the devices that should be used to critique a film. These include repetitions and patterns, visual and aural techniques, and narrative structures, which all serve to enhance the overall film. After examining each film individually, the two films are compared and contrasted. This highlights the progress made by Walt Disney Studios and their filmmakers in the years between the making of Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast. In those forty-one years, the depth granted to a heroine increased and has continued to develop in their subsequent films.
Recommended Citation
Gurrieri, Victoria Margaret, "Investigating the World of Disney’s Heroines: A Close Analysis of Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast" (2014). Communication. 12.
https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/honorscollege_communication/12