Tuesday, 6 January 2015

Into The Woods Trailer


An Original fantasy/comedy/adventure/musical that puts a dark spin on a mixture of classic tales, those tales are: Cinderella, Snow White, Jack and the Bean Stalk, Rapunzel and Little red Riding Hood. These films are tied together by an original story about a childless baker and his wife, who wish to start a family, must obtain items from classic fairy tales to reverse the curse that was put on their family tree by the witch.
On its opening weekend (26 December) it made $31,021,000, however by the 1st January it had made a gross of $72,143,214.
It was produced by : Lucamar Productions, Marc Platt Productions and Walt Disney Pictures
The budget for the film was $50 million.
It was made over a period of four months.

About the Cast and the story
In the Cinderella story she wears gold slippers however in the film she wears gold ones, this is a reference to the original Grimm story in which she wore gold slippers.
Meryl Streep had a no witch rule before this film because she had been offered three witch roles in one day (after she turned 40), but broke that rule for this film after she met with director Rob Marshall and lyricist Stephen Sondheim.
This is the third Musical film that Rob Marshall has directed. Previous musicals he has directed are: Chicago (2002) and Nine (2009).
Johnny Deep modelled the Big Bad Wolfs persona on the slick talking suit wearing wolf in the 1940's Tex Avery cartoons.
While this is Lilly Crawford screen debut she has previously starred as Annie on Broadway.
This is the second time Johnny Deep and Rob Marshall have collaborated on a film, Marshall directed Deep in Pirates of the Caribbean : On Stranger Tides (2011).
Emily Blunt was pregnant while filming.
Daniel Huttlestone previously starred in Les Miserables (2012).
The original film had Adult themes and Dark content, because of this Disney had several scenes revised or omitted.
Some changes were made to "Hello Little Girl" because it alluded to pedophilia, one of the changes was that the tempo was made 'Jazzier'.

Analysis of Into The Woods Trailer
Camera Shots:
A variety of camera shots are used, they include:
side on
behind
close ups
travelling
cut between
characters viewpoint
birds eye view

by using the cut between, primarily used when two characters are talking, the audience sees things from both characters perspective, by using the close ups and the characters viewpoint then the audience can see the other characters expressions and body language, this allows them to enterpret it and decide how they think the character may be feeling if it is not already obvious. the birds eye view is used in the beginning to show the lay out of the kingdom as the narrator begins to talk about who lives in the village.

Mis-En-Scene:
costumes -
wolf: 1940's mafia style suit, similar to the wolf that Depp based his attitude off from the tex avery cartoons, nails are black and pointed this create the illlusion of claws, his whiskers re twisted and this links to his twisted nature, there is fur on his hands that creates the impression of paws which in turn emphasises the illusion of the nails being claws, the fur on the hands also matches the cour of the suit which makes the suit appear to be fur. This also reflects the personality of the character and how Depp portrays him.
























Sound:
Wolf - the music that starts playing when the wolf appears is dark and eerie and even slightly predatory, this emphasises the effect of the costume has on the audience. The sound also matches the edgy and dark mood.

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