Alice In Wonderland (1903)
The first Alice in Wonderland film is a black and white silent film, as adapted by Cecil M. Hepworth and directed by Hepworth and Percy Stow.
This film is useful to the study of the changes in Alice in Wonderland over time as it acts as a visual aide to prompt further understanding of the events that are occurring within the original book. This film can be compared to the original text as well as Carroll's original images of the characters and settings along with our present day image of Alice and Wonderland. For instance Alice is shown with dark hair in this film, much like Alice Liddell who it is said was Carroll's inspiration for the protagonist, whereas the more recent literature and films depict Alice as being fair haired.
This film is useful to the study of the changes in Alice in Wonderland over time as it acts as a visual aide to prompt further understanding of the events that are occurring within the original book. This film can be compared to the original text as well as Carroll's original images of the characters and settings along with our present day image of Alice and Wonderland. For instance Alice is shown with dark hair in this film, much like Alice Liddell who it is said was Carroll's inspiration for the protagonist, whereas the more recent literature and films depict Alice as being fair haired.
In keeping with the magical themes of the original text this film takes advantage of using a hand-cranked movie camera to create special effects that make props seemingly 'magically' appear and allow Alice change size throughout its entirety.
The images portray many of the words that were used by Carroll to explain characters and scenes so that many important parts of the original story are shared with the audience . The quality of this film is very poor and frequently has white and black blemishes throughout due to the age of the film. There are missing pieces from the film that remain unexplained and take away from the already short piece. There is not much content when compared to the original text and while it does cover a lot of the original journey, there is not as much drawn-out drama and entertainment.
The images portray many of the words that were used by Carroll to explain characters and scenes so that many important parts of the original story are shared with the audience . The quality of this film is very poor and frequently has white and black blemishes throughout due to the age of the film. There are missing pieces from the film that remain unexplained and take away from the already short piece. There is not much content when compared to the original text and while it does cover a lot of the original journey, there is not as much drawn-out drama and entertainment.