Thursday, 21 October 2010

ANIMAL FARM IN FILM.

In 1954, an animated film version of Animal Farm was released, directed by Halas and Batchelor, and was actually the first British film to be released worldwide (interesting fact there). This film departs from the original script, yet the characters of the dogs, their personalities and their presence in the film remains the same - they are cruel, and kill other animals on command.
However,in a more recent made for TV (American...) version of Animal
Farm, the story is told from the point of view of a new dog character they invented, called Jessie. It is her puppies who Napoleon trains to be his attack dogs, and in the end they are reunited - therefore the dogs have not turned BAD forever. This truly shows what attachment people have to dogs, for them to invent a new character, for her to be good (which dogs are not in the book or 1954 version), and for her to be the main character - the dogs aren't even really main characters at all!
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  1. CREATIVE MEDIA & PHOTOGRAPHY17 November 2010 at 22:50

    an interesting piece of research - add additions that show you thinking about whay the story was updated - what doesit show about audience tastes now, about the ability of film-makers to refresh a story - OR take an old story and tell it from a new perspective.
    What ideas and influences does this research have on your plans for your production

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