Formant: Live-action

Garfield. Dir. Peter Hewitt. 20th Century Fox. 2004.

Garfield. Dir. Peter Hewitt. 20th Century Fox. 2004. 659 332 Caitlin Rooney

This 2004 family comedy revolves around Garfield, a lazy, lasagna-loving cat who has the perfect life with his owner, Jon. Accustomed to luxury treatment, lavish meals and relying on his…

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Beverly Hills Chihuahua. Dir. Raja Gosnell. Walt Disney Pictures. 2008.

Beverly Hills Chihuahua. Dir. Raja Gosnell. Walt Disney Pictures. 2008. 736 491 Caitlin Rooney

Figure 1: Panning shot of the dogs’ being served In Beverly Hills Chihuahua, the superiority and entitlement of animals are used as tropes to represent Chloe the chihuahua and her…

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Togo. Dir. Ericson Core. Walt Disney Studios. 2019

Togo. Dir. Ericson Core. Walt Disney Studios. 2019 150 150 Dionne Clark-Patterson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMfyueM-ZBQ&ab_channel=WaltDisneyStudios What does he bring to the breed? The heart of a survivor. [1] Seppala leading Togo and the dogs The relationship between men and dogs is often explored within…

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Dumbo. Dir. Tim Burton. Walt Disney Studios. 2019.

Dumbo. Dir. Tim Burton. Walt Disney Studios. 2019. 150 150 Aisha Khan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NiYVoqBt-8&ab_channel=WaltDisneyStudios Magic. Mayhem. Friendship. Freedom. Come on down to Medici’s circus, where the newest attraction is an adorable baby elephant with ears too big to handle. Watch him soar above…

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Dumbo. Dir. Tim Burton. Walt Disney Studios. 2019.

Dumbo. Dir. Tim Burton. Walt Disney Studios. 2019. 150 150 Aisha Khan

“Fly, Dumbo! Fly!” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLkgthbJIyM&ab_channel=CLIPSwithSubtitles Scene of Dumbo flying at the circus for the first time. Did you know that the story of Dumbowas based on a real elephant, Jumbo, in…

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The Lion King. Dir. Jon Favreau. Walt Disney Pictures and Fairview entertainment. 2019.

The Lion King. Dir. Jon Favreau. Walt Disney Pictures and Fairview entertainment. 2019. 150 150 Grace Horth

Jon Favreau’s 2019 recreation of The Lion King is something David Attenborough would be proud of, or is it? Disney seems to have a habit of reproducing the same stories,…

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