“When people watch the short, I hope they can feel more positively about themselves and how they look,' the director said.
" She said she wanted to tell this story because,"I feel like I’m a very body positive person in principle. But when it’s on a personal level, it’s a lot harder to be body positive."
Bradfield said she specifically chose the setting of a dance studio because mirrors are required to master the movements and she wanted Bianca somewhere"she has to look at herself and she doesn’t want to." The title"Reflect" comes from Bianca seeing her reflection in the mirrors and reconciling how she looks with how she feels. While surrounded by the broken mirrors, Bianca is initially scared and self-conscious about how she looks.
To comfort herself, she starts dancing and suddenly the broken mirrors start to move with her, forming shapes and turning into different colors. Bianca realizes that moving just as she is controls the formerly broken glass. This silent pep talk ends with her breaking through the mirror altogether and reentering the class with her peers full of confidence.
She acknowledged that it is not a linear path, but one of progression, explaining,"Maybe sometimes you go to the dark place to get to the good place and that just makes the good place that much more beautiful.""This is very encouraging and I am glad Disney decided to include a 'plus-sized' heroine,"