Professional Practice: Research 1

After deciding to do a fairytale retelling for the anti-bullying short video for the PQA project, I wanted to research into different TV shows and films that have done an adaptation of fairytales.

TV Show

Once Upon a Time (2011 - present)

'Once Upon and Time' tells the story of a world in which fairytales and modern-day life collides. Emma Swan is surprised when Henry - the child she gave up a decade before - suddenly shows up. He is convinced that she is the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming, who sent her away before the Evil Queen casted a spell freezing the fairytale world in time and bringing them to our world.

Grimm (2011 - present)

Detective Nick Burkhardt receives a visit form his sick aunt, who informs him that he is descended from a long ancestry line of 'Grimms'. 'Grimms' are hunters charged with protecting humanity from the supernatural creatures, that merely look human to most people, however Nick can see the creatures. He must take on the responsibility of his ancestors and deals with the mythology of the Brothers Grimm.

Films

Into the Woods (2014)

A baker and his wife can't have children, due to a curse given from a witch. Three days before a blue moon, they go into the forest to find ingredients to reverse the spell. They have to find a milk-white cow, hair as yellow as corn, a blood-red cape and a slipper of gold. During their journey they meet cinderella, little red riding hood, Rapunzel and Jack.

Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland (2010)

Alice is now a teenager with no memory of wonderland, except in her dreams. Her life makes a turn when at a garden party she spots a white rabbit and tumbles down a hole after him. Reunited with her friends, the mad hatter, the cheshire cat and other, she learns it is her destiny to end the Red Queen's reign of terror.

I mainly focused on recent fairytale adaptations for inspiration. I already have an idea for the anti-bullying video, however it needs to be researched into a bit more before I make it final.

Rough idea outline

Four friends are in secondary school and three of them are being bullied. One is physically bullied, the second is emotionally bullied and the third is cyber bullied. The characters in this film will be from different fairytales, they will have adapted names and will have certain characteristics, so that they are recognisable from their original stories.

One thing I definitely want to include in this film, is more than one type of bullying. This is so that people are aware that there are different types of bullying.