Between Attraction and Narration: Early Film Adaptations of Fairy Tales
Adaptations of fairy tales were particularly popular in the years of early cinema. In the period preceding the year 1903 films consisted of a series of animated tableaux since filmmakers had difficulties in telling a coherent story. Allusions to a well‐known tale could then function as a guide for t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Radboud University Press in cooperation with Open Journals
2010-12-01
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| Series: | Relief: Revue Électronique de Littérature Francaise |
| Online Access: | https://revue-relief.org/article/view/8994 |
| Summary: | Adaptations of fairy tales were particularly popular in the years of early cinema. In the period preceding the year 1903 films consisted of a series of animated tableaux since filmmakers had difficulties in telling a coherent story. Allusions to a well‐known tale could then function as a guide for the spectator. At the same time, filmmakers were fond of experimenting with cinematic tricks, such as stop‐motion techniques and superimpositions. The fairy tale offers a legitimate backdrop for these tricks and these film adaptations even display an excess of the marvelous at the cost of the actual story itself. |
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| ISSN: | 1873-5045 |