The wider context of visual effects on fairy tale film

Fantasy films sell tickets not only due to the impressively visual effects but also because they could somehow offer escapist entertainment. Such films can show opinions in a nonthreatening way as fairy tale films (Greenhill and Matrix, 2010) which were made”for adults who needed to lay bare the real in order to entertain the hope that change might be possible… the goal of fairy tales is not a conservative but a Utopian one… as if to say ‘One day we might be happy, even if it won’t last’” (Petrie 1993, 26).  Fairy tale film is to show people a world which could not exist in real situation. What is more, to make the imaginary world “come true”, post-production should be the best way. The advanced technology of post-production is transforming the way visual effects are used in films (Cram, 2012).Visual effects (VFX) is a term used to describe any kind of special effect that is added after an image has been captured (on film or digitally) (Cram, 2012). “One thing that modern effects have brought is the ability to be utterly perfectionistic” says Dixon (cited in Cram, 2012). To make the unreal film looks real, use post-production should be better than design a real object.

 

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.” The mystery helps audiences know that, there are plenty of possibilities in their lives they never aware before. It enables them feel anxious and grateful, and it makes them regard lives as small as the mysterious powers that around them (Andrew, 1984). Fairy tale film could influence spectators’ thoughts, so the effects of film would partly reform audiences’ cognition of the word even themselves.

 

Therefore, fairy tale film is relevant with supernatural events, post-production, and could influence audiences’ thought.