Disney's Alice in Wonderland
Disney has adapted Alice in Wonderland into a colourful animation that relies heavily on music to communicate with its audience the importance and tone of events. This version of the original text incorporates both Carroll's original Alice in Wonderland with his later work Through the Looking Glass (1871) which was actually written about another Alice that he met after Alice Liddell.
The bright colours and excessive music attract young viewers who have grown up in a time where technology has enabled the use of many different types of techniques to capture their audiences' attention and imagination. Disney movies in particular are aimed at families but tend to attract a much younger audience due to their seemingly innocent characters, bright colours and use of music to engage their audience.
The story flows seamlessly, there is no definite divide between the two Carroll books that have been used and the characters are often combined to create an easy to follow timeline of events. The bright colours keep even the most easily distracted mind entertained which prevents young children from getting distracted and the constant music creates a more emotional story line for those that are too young to fully comprehend the importance of particular scenes.
This version of the tale has shown Alice crying when she wishes to go home and cannot as well as bowing to the Queen when she originally did not see the point in it. This shows her as being reliant on others to feel safe and to work out her issues rather than being the polite, brave self reliant girl that is painted by Carroll's original words. The little violence that was included in the original published text has been stamped out in the Disney version as evident in Bill being sneezed out of the chimney rather than purposefully kicked and the lack of the Queens favourite saying "Off with their head(s)" which simplifies the overall persona of the protagonist to being a polite, well mannered girl who only does what is expected of her or what is seen as being the right thing for a young girl to do.
The story flows seamlessly, there is no definite divide between the two Carroll books that have been used and the characters are often combined to create an easy to follow timeline of events. The bright colours keep even the most easily distracted mind entertained which prevents young children from getting distracted and the constant music creates a more emotional story line for those that are too young to fully comprehend the importance of particular scenes.
This version of the tale has shown Alice crying when she wishes to go home and cannot as well as bowing to the Queen when she originally did not see the point in it. This shows her as being reliant on others to feel safe and to work out her issues rather than being the polite, brave self reliant girl that is painted by Carroll's original words. The little violence that was included in the original published text has been stamped out in the Disney version as evident in Bill being sneezed out of the chimney rather than purposefully kicked and the lack of the Queens favourite saying "Off with their head(s)" which simplifies the overall persona of the protagonist to being a polite, well mannered girl who only does what is expected of her or what is seen as being the right thing for a young girl to do.