General outline of each chapter:
1. Underrepresentation of women in the animation industry 1.1. The early history from a feminist perspective
The first chapter will go through the early history of the animation film industry from a feminist perspective. It will describe the reasons that led to the underrepresentation of women.
1.2. The increase of representation over time
This chapter will discuss the reasons that led to the increase in gender representation over time and the position of women in the industry in modern times.
This chapter will help to see the positive dynamics of gender representation over time. It will also mention the representation in different departments, top positions and creative roles in the early stages of the industry development through to the present.
2. Who can influence the representation on screen
A second chapter will focus on the inside of the industry production and what roles can influence an idea and a final piece. This chapter will go through creative roles as modelers/animators and top positions such as directors, producers, screenwriters. The purpose of this chapter is to see what roles need to be taken by women to enrich an animated film with a better female representation.
- Female representation in animation film 3.1. Female representation in animation filmThis chapter will go through the representation of women on screen over the years to evaluate its development.3.2. How to define a good female representation on screenThis chapter will define criteria which will help to identify whether female representation in animated films is in a healthy state. The criteria will relate to the definitions of the female look, subjectivity and desire in the narrative of the story. It will help the process of categorising animated films in the statistics presented in the next chapter.
- Does the increase of females in the industry has a direct relationship to a female representation on screen
The last chapter will focus on data which numerically describe the correlation between the percentage of women working on films, particularly in creative and leading positions, and the presence of a better female representation in the films.
5. Conclusion
In the conclusion the result of the quantitative research will be summed up with the theory in the first chapters. The outcome will answer the main question of the research – whether the gender representation in the industry influences representation on screen.