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Kenneth Branagh's Cinderella

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Literature adapted into film presents a new visual experience to the audience through color, movements and sound effects. When reading literature, the reader must imagine the descriptive language; thus, in film the image is already presented with a vivid detailed creation. Through stories, the writer is who controls the evolving set of actions and plot events; however, in a film several professionals such as: producers, directors, and actors come together to create a rein action of the story by graphic presentations in cinemas ("Adaptation: From Novel to Film"). For my fiction into film, I decided to read “Cinderella” written by the Grimm’s brother in 1812. As the adapted film, I selected the newest Cinderella movie, directed by Kenneth Branagh, …show more content…

They were left to aid their younger siblings after their mother’s death in 1808. The moved to their mother’s homeland Kassel, Germany, in hopes to find a better future for their family; thus, four years later after Dorothea their mother’s death, the first volume to folktale short stories, this edition was called “Kinder-und Hausmarchen”, known as “Children’ and Household Tales” the English version (“Chronology of Their Life”). The fairytale story “Cinderella”, was about a young girl, named Ella, who has suffered the loss of her mother, and is left to be comfort by her only family member, her father. Years had passed since her death, and father had decided to remarry. Her step-mother and two step-sisters become the evil ladies, who mistreat Cinderella as their slave. After Cinderella’s father passing, she becomes the house servant. But one day, the prince holds a grand ball, in which Cinderella attends without her step-mother knowing anything. As Cinderella dances with the prince, she realizes must get back home before midnight, so she rushes down the stairs, but leaves behind her golden slipper. The prince becomes eager to know who that beautiful young lady was. So he seeks to find the queen, by having the town women try the shoe. Soon enough, after Cinderella tries on the shoe, it fits her. Cinderella is married to …show more content…

The brothers collect tales from the community people to then make revisions to their work and present the Christian morality at the time. After spending thirty years of war, many German’s had died early and others were left to face deadly diseases. As the short story, “Cinderella” begins with the horrifying tragedy of her mother’s death, and soon after the replacement of her evil stepmother. This was a common arrangement at the time; young children were left without their biological parents and mistreated as servants by their stepparents. In the film Cinderella, Barangh continues to represent the old years of 1812 from the original story. However, he transitions

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