Rikki-tikki-tavi is a short story about a brave mongoose that was washed out of his home by a monsoon flood. He was then adapted by a kind human family that live in India, as a pet and as their protection against the two vicious cobra snakes. This story was first published in 1894 along with some other short stories. The short story was written by Rudyard Kipling's the same author from The Jungle Book. Soon in 1974 Chuck Jones constructed a short animation of Rikki-tikki-tavi. On the other hand, even though the short story version of Rikki-tikki-tavi was written and described well, the digital adaptation was able to create an easier way to understand the characters, plot and setting.
In my opinion, the plot in the digital adaptation are preferable
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For example, the fight between Nagaina and Rikki-tikki-tavi demonstrated the way they fought and you won't even have to imagine it in your mind or get confused on how they were fighting and how it started in the first place.
I think the characters in the digital adaptation are more suitable to the characters in the short story.
The reason is that in the digital adaptation the characters such as Rikki-tikki-tavi, Nagaina, Nag, Darcee. etc are very well constructed and the diegetic sounds that they make makes it more appealing to the audience. For example, the scene where Rikki-tikki-tavi was wrapped up in a small cover that Teddy's father wrapped him with was really adorable and the sounds that he made when he ran was well fitting unlike in the short story there wasn't any diegetic sounds you will have to again imagine with your mind on how the characters look like which is in my opinion, quite annoying
I'm convinced that the setting of the digital adaptation is eligible to the setting of the short
Rikki tikki tavi I cannot get that song of the brave Rikki Tikki Tavi the mongoose out of my head. A mongoose is a furry creature from India who kills cobras or other types of snakes and if its eyes get red, the mongoose is mad. Also the mongoose is a curious creature It is strange how similar the book is in the movie. Some of these similarities are the conflicts, the resolution and the rising action.
The intermix of a great literary work into a modern production is not a new concept, but the use of digital enhancement to carry a theme was unheard of prior to the making of this film. Both Director of Photography Roger Deakens, and Business Development Director Sarah Priestnall from Kodak, helped to explain that the digital process used is the modification of the film at the pixel level, in which the film is digitized frame by frame and each frame is color matched to allow for manipulation. The mastering process was done in the film developing...
are what keep us interested in the plot of a book. The ongoing battle between a
To represent and to appeal to today's society while a large amount of the themes and values stayed the same, some of these ideas I had to alter. I did this through the language and form of the play and also by using film techniques, if I hadn't of done this the appropriation would have seemed unrealistic and the audience would be unable to relate to the film.
At this point, the readers create their own movie in a way. They will determine important aspects of how the character speaks, looks like, and reacts. Whereas, in the movie, the reader has no choice but to follow the plot laid out in front of them. No longer can they picture the characters in their own way or come up with their different portrayals. The fate of the story, while still unpredictable, was highly influenced by the way the characters looked, spoke, and presented themselves on screen.
film and novel not all characters that are introduced are in both the novel and film. The
James, Henry. "The Beast in the Jungle." The Story and Its Writer: An Introduction to Short Fiction. Ed. Ann Charters. Boston: Bedford Books, 1995.
The story “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi”, written by Rudyard Kipling, tells the tale about Rikki Tikki’s war-like situation with the beastly cobras. A bungalow in India is protected by one ferocious mongoose. Only Rikki-Tikki’s protectiveness, tenacity and intelligence will allow him to overcome the garden’s most feared creatures.
Writers often change specific literary components when creating a film of a book or short story. While many literary components are kept in a story, director have often chosen to change some components to add a specific element to the story. Through analyzing the literary components of setting, plot and the use of characters in the stories of Sleepy Hollow, Rappaccini’s Daughter and The Jilting of Granny Weatherall, the writer can better determine and understand the differences of the short stories and the film versions.
The characters make a big difference in the movie and the book. One thing they both have in common is that Otis Amber and Berthe Erica Crow get married. And that Edgar Jennings Plum and Angela Wexler get engaged instead of Doctor Denton Deere. Also Jake Wexler is a gambler instead of being a bookie.
Many time in our lives, we have seen the transformation of novels into movies. Some of them are equal to the novel, few are superior, and most are inferior. Why is this? Why is it that a story that was surely to be one of the best written stories ever, could turn out to be Hollywood flops? One reason is that in many transformations, the main characters are changed, some the way they look, others the way they act. On top of this, scenes are cut out and plot is even changed. In this essay, I will discuss some of the changes made to the characters of the Maltese Falcon as they make their transformation to the ?big screen.?
Characterisation is vastly different in the film when compared to the play. This, however, is done so as to make more sense to a modern
One of the most obvious changes being in that the book is understandably vastly wordy in comparison to the film, which is wordless at points, and deeply internal. The novel takes place almost completely inside the characters heads, which turn out to be overly complex and complicated, which was understandably one of the hardest elements to convert to the screen. What the novel depicts through long sentences, paragraphs, and long scenes, the film concludes in one angry stare or longing glance – showing the audience what a certain character is thinking, and how they may behave as the story continues. It takes the reader some time to ease into McEwan's complex structural pattern and slow, considered pacing. The film on the other hand, with its extended silent pauses, excess dialogue, and striking images, make it more accessible.
...ther than some of the characters and reworded a little but other than that everything seems to be a replica.
Adaptation of any kind has been a debate for many years. The debate on cinematic adaptations of literary works was for many years dominated by the questions of fidelity to the source and by the tendencies to prioritize the literary originals over their film versions (Whelehan, 2006). In the transference of a story from one form to another, there is the basic question of adherence to the source, of what can be lost (Stibetiu, 2001). There is also the question of what the filmmakers are being faithful to or is it the novel’s plot in every detail or the spirit of the original (Smith, 2016). These are only few query on the issue of fidelity in the film adaptation.