Between Attraction and Narration: Early Film Adaptations of Fairy Tales

Between Attraction and Narration: Early Film Adaptations of Fairy Tales

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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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Main Author: Peter Verstraten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Radboud University Press in cooperation with Open Journals 2010-12-01
Series:Relief: Revue Électronique de Littérature Francaise
Online Access:https://revue-relief.org/article/view/8994
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description 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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