Today's class started with the realization that none of the
three groups that were supposed to present were able to as all the presenters
seem to have dropped the class. It really has started to scare me a little to
see how many people dropped the class. Nevertheless after reviewing Ms Newsam's
newest additions to our blackboard page we went on to start a short class discussion
on The Beauty and the Beast.
We mainly focused on the "Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont" version and the Disney version today, and tried to underline some of the key differences in both of these tales. We first talked about why characters like Lumiere and Cogsworth were added to the tale in the Disney version. This brought us to discuss several concepts on how these characters were used as communication aids between Belle and the Beast, as they really were not able to spend much time together otherwise. We also argued that it might be useful to have such characters in order for children to better grasp the moral of the story, they allow the tale to be narrated by several different characters, helping young ones follow along with the tale without being overly confused by it. In my mind not only do these characters serve as means of clarifying the tale, but they also help make the story more exciting and fluid ensuring that children are kept entertained and watching.
This
really led us into a good discussion on how children today are so over
stimulated with visual inputs and media information, it seems that especially
over the last decade these industries have evolved way beyond what they were in
the early nineties when this movie was released. One would think that if this
movie was made in 2009 it would greatly contrast the original, a film that was
only released in 1991. It really does drive generations apart, and one gets the
feeling that children, and people in general are constantly presented with more
vivid forms of entertainment, causing our desire and threshold for more
excitement in everything we do for fun to grow more and more. The age of
Videogames and constant streaming information really has taken over, and
hopefully this wont effect us negatively in the future.
When talking about the original tale, published in the late seventeen hundreds we all thought that although it wasn’t as filled with characters and imagery stimulus, the tale its self seemed more elegant and developed, in terms of its characters, like Belle and her sisters, who seemed better introduced and appeared to have greater depth in the written tale. Most of us felt that although today's children might find the Disney version of the story more entertaining and easier to follow, as a parent the original tale should be considered as it offers many other interesting aspects that could very well leave a child just as mesmerized.
We mainly focused on the "Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont" version and the Disney version today, and tried to underline some of the key differences in both of these tales. We first talked about why characters like Lumiere and Cogsworth were added to the tale in the Disney version. This brought us to discuss several concepts on how these characters were used as communication aids between Belle and the Beast, as they really were not able to spend much time together otherwise. We also argued that it might be useful to have such characters in order for children to better grasp the moral of the story, they allow the tale to be narrated by several different characters, helping young ones follow along with the tale without being overly confused by it. In my mind not only do these characters serve as means of clarifying the tale, but they also help make the story more exciting and fluid ensuring that children are kept entertained and watching.
This
really led us into a good discussion on how children today are so over
stimulated with visual inputs and media information, it seems that especially
over the last decade these industries have evolved way beyond what they were in
the early nineties when this movie was released. One would think that if this
movie was made in 2009 it would greatly contrast the original, a film that was
only released in 1991. It really does drive generations apart, and one gets the
feeling that children, and people in general are constantly presented with more
vivid forms of entertainment, causing our desire and threshold for more
excitement in everything we do for fun to grow more and more. The age of
Videogames and constant streaming information really has taken over, and
hopefully this wont effect us negatively in the future.When talking about the original tale, published in the late seventeen hundreds we all thought that although it wasn’t as filled with characters and imagery stimulus, the tale its self seemed more elegant and developed, in terms of its characters, like Belle and her sisters, who seemed better introduced and appeared to have greater depth in the written tale. Most of us felt that although today's children might find the Disney version of the story more entertaining and easier to follow, as a parent the original tale should be considered as it offers many other interesting aspects that could very well leave a child just as mesmerized.
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