Contexts - Essay Ideas
Idea 1 - Imerssive Physical Storytelling and Art
Q1: Purpose
To explore how an immersive attraction and worlds are on the same level of art and storytelling as movie, book etc, except isnt archived and treated as so.
Q2: Key Theories ideas
Disney Park attractions in relation to other archived media
Q3: Historical Context
How preservation has changed over time if at all? in relation to other media.
Q4: Next Step
Find reputable sources, do further research into other media archiving and watch more documentaries.
Idea 2 - Disney War/Post War Package era
Q1: Purpose
To explore how the war/post war package era of disney was as influential as the Disney Renaissance.
Q2: Key Theories
The influence of the era, coming off Golden era and creating the silver era, compared to influence of Renaissance.
Q3: Historical Context
War time inffluence and strikes - loss of animators etc.
Q4: Next Step
Find reputable sources, watch more documentaries.
Q1: Purpose
To explore how an immersive attraction and worlds are on the same level of art and storytelling as movie, book etc, except isnt archived and treated as so.
Q2: Key Theories ideas
Disney Park attractions in relation to other archived media
Q3: Historical Context
How preservation has changed over time if at all? in relation to other media.
Q4: Next Step
Find reputable sources, do further research into other media archiving and watch more documentaries.
Idea 2 - Disney War/Post War Package era
Q1: Purpose
To explore how the war/post war package era of disney was as influential as the Disney Renaissance.
Q2: Key Theories
The influence of the era, coming off Golden era and creating the silver era, compared to influence of Renaissance.
Q3: Historical Context
War time inffluence and strikes - loss of animators etc.
Q4: Next Step
Find reputable sources, watch more documentaries.
So I'm really drawn to the 'theme parks as cultural history' vibe - I think it's rather fascinating - and pretty specialised. In terms of broad context, I'd suggest looking at the idea of the World Fair...
ReplyDeletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%27s_fair
also - The Great Exhibition:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Exhibition
also - Festival of Britain
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festival_of_Britain
I found this... you probably know it already:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Amusement_Park_Historical_Association
Their website: http://www.napha.org
Their library and resources link: http://www.napha.org/LibraryResources/tabid/54/Default.aspx
saw this too - the UCA library can probably source it for you maybe?
ReplyDeletehttps://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781136146701