Research Areas: Influence of audience demands on the creation of Disney works.
Key words: Audience demands, Hermeneutics, Implied reader, Audience awareness, Mimesis
Does the topic motivate you to research and discover?
The motivation part of why I am willing to do this research is because I had already done the research on how politics affect the films in class. So, it would be of special interest to find out how audience preferences infect the way of the Disney’s content creators (Animator, writer, producer) present their stories, characters, and work. My original topic was ‘Influence of audience preference on the creation of Disney works’. Through the continuous advancement of my research, I found that all these are related to the change of audience needs, so I finally adjust the word ‘audience preferences’ to’ audience demand’.
How might the research impact present or future theoretical and practical study? Are there potentials to apply new learning?
It goes without saying that all the artwork, whether films or drawings were created in order to present to the public. Therefore, the audience’s feedback will take a huge portion of evaluating whether the film is a success or not. So, I chose this topic on Disney to search if Disney’s artworks were influenced by the audience.
Will you be able to fulfil and evidence the outcomes outlined in the assignment?
I’m planning to find out whether there are any changes in creation by comparing the characters of the Disney princess movie series in different periods. I found that Disney had made changes in many places comparing its previous animations, but I did not carefully consider why. I’m going to find out what affected these changes through this research.
Audience: who and what is the report for?
My target audience is content creators, and I want to inspire them by creating stories and characters according to the audience preference and demand. What’s more, through my research, I want to sensitize the audience to the fact that the authors have considered the type of their target audience when they are creating stories. Also, I want to find the relationship between audience demand and characters.
Purpose: what do you want them to know?
By comparing the characteristics of characters in princess films in different time periods, the audience will realize that the writers or animators create stories according to the needs of the audience and the changes of social background (related to politics) from the perspective of hermeneutics.
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