My Featured Film

Alice in Wonderland

I. About the Film

　

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 novel written by English mathematician Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. It tells of a girl named Alice falling through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures. The tale plays with logic, giving the story lasting popularity with adults as well as with children. It is considered to be one of the best examples of the literary nonsense genre.Its narrative course and structure, characters and imagery have been enormously influential in both popular culture and literature, especially in the fantasy genre.

Works Cited

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 21 June 2016. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland>.

II. Versions of the Film

• Alice in Wonderland (1903), a British silent film directed by Cecil Hepworth and Percy Stow, with May Clark as Alice
• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1910), a silent film directed by Edwin Stanton Porter
• Alice in Wonderland (1915), a silent film directed by W. W. Young
• Alice in Wonderland (1931), the first talkie adaptation, directed by Bud Pollard
• Alice in Wonderland (1933), a film version directed by Norman Z. McLeod, US
• Alice in Wonderland (1951), a film version in traditional animation from Walt Disney Animation Studios. Arguably the most well known of the Alice film adaptations, and today considered one of Disney's great classics.
• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972), a musical film version starring Fiona Fullerton as Alice

Works Cited

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 21 June 2016. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland>.

III. About the Author

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (/ˈtʃɑːrlz ˈlʌtwɪdʒ ˈdɒdsən/; 27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll (/ˈkærəl/), was an English writer, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon, and photographer. His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, which includes the poem Jabberwocky, and the poem The Hunting of the Snark, all examples of the genre of literary nonsense. He is noted for his facility at word play, logic, and fantasy. There are societies in many parts of the world dedicated to the enjoyment and promotion of his works and the investigation of his life.

 Works Cited

"Lewis Carroll." Wikipedia. Wikipedia, n.d. Web. 21 June 2016. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Carroll>.

IV. My Reaction

A. Reaction Point - character

⇒ persons — or animals or natural forces represented as persons — in a work of literature

This story has a lot of unique characters. 

For example:
Alice, Bill the Lizard, Pat, The Caterpillar, The Cheshire Cat, The Dodo ,The Dormouse, The Duchess, The Duck, The Eagle, The Gryphon, The Hatter, The King of Hearts, The Knave of Hearts,The Lory, The March Hare, The Mock Turtle, The Mouse, The Puppy, The Queen of Hearts, The White Rabbit

B. Reaction Point -  Personification
⇒giving human characteristics to something non human

This story's character is two-footed walking and speaking human language.

C. Reaction Point - scene
⇒A segment in a narrative film that takes place in one time and space

I felt nature at the place such as the forest.

D. My General Opinion

I think that this story is interesting because has many unique characters and is impossible reality.