ENG 222 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Faun, World War I, High Fantasy

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: English
• Course: ENG 222
• Professor: Andrew O' Malley

Document Summary

Technical aspects: suggest fairy world on par with real world. Scene transitions: uses wipes allows both worlds to occupy both screens at the same. Lighting + colour: fairy world brighter + more vivid. Special effects: real animatronix, stop motion, makeup. Thematic/narrative: fairy world affects real world (mandrake, chalk, faun) Fairy world: nature world fairies are nature spirits (like in ancient folk traditions: looks like it"s part of forest, fairies as insects leaf winged, unruly and dangerous world, scary but powerful + beautiful. Other folk tale elements/allusions: captain as ogre/giant figure doesn"t care for needs of poor, devours them; victimizes the weak. Resources hoarder food locked in the mill. Parallels monster resource hoarder giant banquet nobody can touch. Hansel and gretel has gold and money, but doesn"t need it/use it. Symptoms of their evil keep other people from getting their necessities. Monster is also a cannibal destroyer of the future/community.