2 Common Children’s Movie Plots
There are 2 tracks the story usually uses. One is the Harry Potter approach when a character is an orphan coming of age without a family.
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Film Analysis
Why and How Music Scores Hook Viewers
Music is often overlooked when talking about films. However, music is constantly helping audiences follow along with the story emotionally. Each character has their own theme music;
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The importance of maturity in a coming-of-age film
The heroes need to learn different lessons in each movie as they mature. The How to Train Your Dragon trilogy uses the coming-of-age story framework to tell three different arcs to follow the evolution of Hiccup’s and Toothless’ intertwined stories.
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How to role model masculinity
Compare Hiccup’s story to Disney’s Hercules, and you’ll see two types of masculinity. Hercules goes from Zero to Hero in a training montage. Hiccup doesn’t gain notoriety from killing dragons like everyone else. Instead, he changes their minds and is valued for that strength.
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How discrimination leads to unity
In reality, intersectionality can make unity complicated. Being from more than one minority group, you may face more prejudice.The X-Men comics strived to show that persecution of any minority stems from feelings of hatred and bigotry.
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How to make confidence your superpower
In the X-Men Universe “X gene” gives mutants a diverse set of abilities. Shapeshifting is a power that mimics invisibility because you can look and sound like anyone. Mystique is prominently shown in her iconic scaly blue skin and wide yellow eyes. She is confident in who she is and doesn’t use her power to be invisible.
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X-Men: Using disabilities as a source of pride and power
Professor X is Jewish and intentionally embodies the trope that Jews are clever but physically weak. Nonetheless, he is a leader, his powers aren’t connected to his wheelchair, and he has hope that humans will change despite history.
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X-Men Allegory: Disabilities and Dehumanization
The X-Men first appeared in 1963, during the time of the American Civil Rights movement. Real-life events heavily influenced the fictional storylines. The X-Men can be interpreted to represent almost any minority, the fear and discrimination against people who are seen as different and othered in society are universal.
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History of Disabled Superheroes Origins
Science Fiction storylines often parallel current political or social issues through superheroes. Having disabled superheroes helps to provide role models for the disability community, and also exposes “normal” people to disabled protagonists like Matt Murdock/Daredevil, who’s blind, or Professor Charles Xavier, who’s a wheelchair user.
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