RTF 365D Study Guide - Final Guide: Danah Boyd, Moral Panic, Viral Video
20 Dec 2018
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*media is a storage for memory, for most of history nothing was written. Thus there was a reliance of oral tradition. Each is a collection of expectations that can satisfy or thwart/frustrate. Worldview could show the potential based on who is telling the story. Children are abandoned and alone: structuralist, propp - seven different characters. Fairy tales expected to have a few functions. Does film have qualities of a fairytale: coming of age story, family struggles, magical elements of the characters. How are emotions personified: reflected by aesthetic, stereotyped, appearance and personality. How does the film envision children/childhood: riley"s emotions have trouble working together while her parents" emotions are more collaborative. Central thesis: maybe it"s a children"s film. New ways of reading are producing new ways of writing. A time when books, specially written for children became a lucrative market and. Screen adaptations and ways in which storytelling formats are converging through new technology.
