Dawn and Lila research

From our previous project, we used Buffy and Dawn from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. In episodes 'The Body' and 'Blood Ties' which I analysed their relationship. In 'The Body' Buffy becomes more maternal and like a mother - Dawn is a bratty teenager and unsympathetic as the group is sad 'I still know how to pee', and gets herself into danger with her naivety.

'Blood ties', I like the argument in her Dawn's room 'Get out! get out! GET OUT!' and the subtextual argument heavily influenced the argument in the bedroom. 

I started to think of other sisterly relationships that I was influenced by, in Daria, Daria and Quinn are two sisters that are binary opposites and therefore conflict is born and they argue with each other. 'Daria Please' in Quinn the Brain. 

I also picked out specific traits from Gossip Girl younger sister Jenny Humphrey as she can come across as a 'bratty bitch' as well as Lizzie McGuire. 

I also looked at the Powerpuff Girls as they have arguments and gang up on each other as they are opposites of each other, especially shown through the colours that they are, they are advancing colours not complimentary. 

The Parent Trap twins show that they are binary opposites that creates conflict especially at the beginning of the film where they don't get along and have subtextual arguments. 

Frozen sisters Anna and Elsa are similar to the characters of Dawn and Lila as Lila assumes the parental role when their parents pass away. 

From this I learned that we had a specific type of character and it was also helpful as I was able to tell the actresses what characters from popular films and TV shows to channel in their performance. 

I thought it was peculiar that these tv shoes and films of sister relationships were mainly from the 90s and I thought about new tv shows such as Adventure Time, Amazing World of Gumball and Regular Show that show brother relationships. It provoked the thought of what happened for it to change? Feminism was strong in the 90s with popular media  such as Spice Girls, Tatu, Destiny's Child, TLC and Bewitched. This might be down to the fact that fighting for gender equality isn't just the problem anymore, there's islamaphobia, transphobia, black lives matter.