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·                     How are women represented in the film trailer? Use specific examples from the trailer to support your points. How is she subversive (unexpected)

·                     How are young people represented in the film trailer (eg tough, independent, feisty)

·                     How are men represented in the trailer? Is this a typical representation for Disney films?

·                     How are Pacific Islanders represented? Is the representation fair? Accurate? Does this reinforce or subvert stereotypical representations of race/ethnicity in Hollywood film?

Conventionally, men are known as masculine and intelligent and the main hero but in Moana the main character is a teenage girl. The representation of women in Moana is that they are independent and are high achieving as this is shown as Moana  wants to save her island and she does this by getting a boat and her animal side kick. Conventionally, Disney has strong, male heroes and the female characters are usually more feminine Princesses with perfect bodies and fulfilling stereotypical roles like house wives or love interests. She is shown as 'feisty' because she leads the mission and she answers back and she has a masculine character as she is strong.Also Disney has changed the way the female characters are represented because Moana has a more conventional body shape, a normalised body and is the main hero who the audiences will support. The demi-God is represented as her side kick and is foolish which is against the normal action adventure male stereotype.

Young people in this film are represented as energetic and curious as Moana is the main hero and wants to save her island from the curse Maui brought to the island when he took the heart of te fifti and Moana is courageous as she sets off to find the comical Maui and restore the heart and save her people. In Disney, male characters are usually Princes which means they should find a princess and save her and is the main bred-winner but in Disney the gender role is reversed as Moana is courageous and is masculine .

The pacific islanders are represented as positively as normally they are shown negatively and it shows acceptance towards ethic minorities also most of the cast are from a pacific islander background.