Reference research of fairy tale film and post-production (1)

These work above is the reference that relevant with my project, at the beginning, I want to research all the post-production fields of fairy tale film. However, when I narrow it to supernatural events, the editing and the sound effects can not work any more, therefore, this part is not present in my Learning Agreement, but from research these information. I can firmly know the general understanding of  post-production. And know what is fairy tale film, the progress of research reference is a improvement of my film theory. It helps me from confusing to clear gradually.  

Post-production is an important part of film. First of all, the narration of post-production is mentioned in many books. One of the most important ways to present the fairy tale film is the narrative method (Jack, 2011). Besides, John and Connelly (2011) rose that ‘editing is the main activity in post-production’. Post-production as a magical method, could stimulate the emotion of film by adding music in (John and Connelly, 2011). Then, the advanced technology of post-production is transforming the way visual effects are used in films (Cram, 2012). “One thing that modern effects have brought is the ability to be utterly perfectionistic” says Dixon (cited in Cram, 2012). Thus, editing, narration, sound and visual effects are significant elements of film.

Greenhill and Matrix (2010) explained about fairy tale film that, once the story has explained what the supernatural event is, why it has occurred, and its meaning within the person’s life, the fantastic then becomes either the “marvelous” or the “uncanny.” If the story attributes a rational explanation (such as drug-induced illusions or bad dreams) for the “apparently supernatural event”, it instantiates the uncanny. But if the narrative instead accepts the supernatural event as real and magical, it is marvelous (such as in fairy tales). If the narrative does not specify how the actions took place (as in Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw, which offers no rationale for its supernatural incidents), the story remains simply classified within the fantastic (cited in Greenhill and Matrix 2010, 63). Hence, supernatural plots could determine the quality of a fairy tale film.

Real scene could hardly create supernatural events, so fairy tale film should be relevant with post-production.

Keith (2001) mentioned that ‘post-production involved the transfer of the negative to video, off-line and on-line editing, recording music and narration, and final track laying’. In my project, I would investigate the editing, music and narration of post-production.