In our class we were given the task of looking at a modern telling of a piece of fairy relating to the works of Narratives.
The first thing we can say about this version of Cinderella is that it is modernized version, so it will change the state of Todoros equilibrium, as the film is modern the equilibrium will be less cruel and more of a run of the mill average life for adult woman. During the short film, the disequilibrium is she can't get an interview, such as her in the original story couldn't go to the ball, the situation has change to suit the time period. Like the Cinderella story, the structure and basic plot still happen in the same way, but the context and the time period make changes to how the story plays out, the story is more about the modern struggle of being in a job role someone hates, rather than a family. The equilibrium comes at the end which is when Prince relishing that his chose the main hero (Cindy). Like the story it has a happy ending, but is not as simple as the original story.
The times have changed so she is not forced to life in a family, but has gained independence and confidence this is because she is a modern women and is older. In this there are more disequilibriums as it is a more complex story. Such as the conflict between the two characters (Cindy and Prince) as it is more intresting story.
As for characters. Propps theory is still relevant, there is a differentiate ideas of which character is which. Cinderella is still remains the Protagonist, however she is no longer all golden and sweet hearten like in old fairy tales, she now has move of a defined personality, she has more motivation. The re telling still keeps in with her character model of her being sweet and to shy to speak up. Other character are also made obverses, by they role. For example the profession Prince character is meant to be the Princely character, however during the short film, it is less romance between the Cinderella and the profession even at the very start the two share conflict together, this is done because it is more modern audience it's more realistic. The Antagonists are all keep same as well, but rather than ugly step sisters, the young female enemy have been changed to be students at a university students, which fits in to the general idea of the goal being a work post, and not a wife; this is because the time which marriage isn't a value anymore. The help character is similar to the old version, being a "God mother" but not in the litery sense, rather that a friend to help her. The characters also have different motives in this version, as this is made for modern audiences the goal is more relateable, which is the character wanting a carer path of there dreams and there fight for it.
easily shown as what type of character they are, but they are
more relaxed and less old fashioned than they fairy tale
counterparts. Cindy ( Cinderella) is center frame and looks
more tomboyish, showing her heroic and more relatable;
the other mains are shown around her, the step sisters are
shown though there cruel manner and the prince is shown though
his confident demeanor and the god mother though her kindness.
Barthes theory of codes also comes in to play, the technical code is not very large, it is filmed and edited in simple terms, the is no really big editing changes in this short film, but there are many dialogue codes which are important. Such as the modern use of swearing which would never be in the traditional version of Cinderella, and is used to fit it with modern contexts and make the characters more realistic and adult. One of the biggest code use is the symbolic code, this code uses the tropes and reconcilable parts of the fairy tale in to modern context. For example the "Pumpkin taxi" which mirrors the "Pumpkin carriage." and the focus on shoes which are the main focus of the fairy tale and what many people remember from it.
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