Reflection of reading the book: Fairy Tale Films Visions of Ambiguity

The main book that could help me to develop my project is Fairy Tale Films Visions of Ambiguity. It introduces every fields of fairy tale film such as the narration, sounds, visual effects, and so on, it used plenty of examples and case studies to demonstrates fairy tale film. After reading this book, I have got following ideas:

 

 Firstly, fairy tale film is not only presents a fiction story, but also shows a reflection of audiences themselves.  As Greenhill and Matrix (2010)stress  in their introduction, “the mirror of Fairy tale film reflects not so much what its audience members actually are but how they see themselves and their potential to develop (or, likewise, to regress). The research of post-production is the important way to know how to allow audiences to comprehend more about themselves.

Secondly, research the post-production features in Fairy tale film would offer better understanding of making this genre of films. Filmmakers could easily deliver their thought to audiences when making a fairy tale film. As Greenhill and Matrix (2010) argues that “the fairy tale film’s frame—not only the physical limits of what it actually shows but also its containment in time and space—allows an often-succinct and telling expression. Its metaphorical flexibility means that viewers can potentially return at different times and receive different, sometimes even contradictory, impressions of the film’s meanings and intentions.”  Fairytale film is not only what it shows, but also the film spectators could get their different opinions after watching it. Therefore, my research is a important way to stimulate audiences’ different ideas about fairy tale film.