The document discusses the student's initial ideas for their creative project, which is inspired by Alice in Wonderland. They plan to portray Wonderland as a scary place that represents issues like drugs, alcohol, depression, and anxiety. They want to show Alice's journey from childhood to adulthood and losing her innocence. Key themes they highlight include personal growth, developing one's identity, saying what you mean, and following your own advice. For their project, they plan to use Bryson Tiller's album "TRAPSOUL" for the score to reflect the story's dark tones. They also discuss using voiceovers and flashbacks, dramatic cinematography, theatrical costumes, and carefully crafted locations like in Baz

1. INITIAL IDEAS

2. Initial Concept
My initial idea revolves around my favourite Disney film as
a child which is Alice in wonderland. The reason being not
only because I enjoy the film but I think the themes are
still highly important. The idea of being lost in your own
world without an escape where everything is surreal. The
style is very important in the film as there's a clear
difference between the reality we see her in at the start
compared to when she enters wonderland a place
interpreted in her head where creatures can talk and
everything is surreal to the world she lives in. the
protagonist character Alice is shown to be vulnerable and
naïve and oblivious to the world around her which applies
to most children to this day in modern society the film is
buried in todays society and still holds key themes and
morals which makes the film timeless and applicable to
the ideas I want to show. the Disney film is controversial
as it doesn’t necessarily hold a happy ending and some
call the film a 75 minute nightmare for a poor young girl

3. interpretation
For my idea I wanted to make wonderland a scary place that relates to
our modern day of drugs alcohol depression and anxiety many believe
the film has small hidden references that relate to drugs. Wonderland
isn't a place but almost a nightmare dreams don’t make sense which
relates to wonderland as it makes no sense meaning Alice is always
lost. Drugs is a very central theme in society and also establishes the
target audience as young teens rather than it being a child movie in
which the Disney version is rated U.
The film also focuses on the idea of going from a child to becoming an
adult as Alice is engaged in a romance quest for her own identity and
growth, for some understanding of logic, rules, the games people play,
authority, time, and death. This is shown by the use of the drink me
and eat me which she faces challenges of always been too big or
either too small she can never find the perfect size or the right
balance
I also like the idea of there being no happy ending throughout the film
allice is constantly lost and miserable resulting in the end where she
wakes up and moves on with life I think this is a true representation of
the real worlds ideology as not everything has a happy ending which I
hope to portray in my piece

4. Key Morals
Personal Growth
The most important metaphor in the story is one of growth. We see Alice grow from tall
to short and from big to small. Growing up is about changing body size, dealing with ups
and downs, and feeling confident or insecure about oneself. When Alice eats, she grows
when she drinks, she shrinks. She soon learns to use the resources in her world to
control her personal growth.
Develop your Identity
The characters in wonderland continually ask Alice who she is. As a result, she questions
her identity. When we have doubts about who we are and what we stand for, it affects
our entire life.
Say What you Really Mean
Alice is continually told to say what she means. How often do you really say what you
mean? When did you last have a really meaningful conversation? When you connect
with people who share similar values, you will find that you share more meaningful
thoughts, feelings and ideas.
Follow the Advice you Give Yourself
“Alice generally gave herself good advice (though she very seldom followed it).”
it?

5. Relating back to my research project?
The use of modern day music. In each one of my three focal films
they’ve all featured modern music which goes in against the time
period shown in each of the films. I have chosen to use Bryson
Tillers debut album TRAPSOUL as my films score and soundtrack
this is because the album itself tells a story and even though
there's 12 songs each one blends together to create one big track
the album reflects the story as the songs at the start are about
being introduced to the world and discovering new things
whereas the midpoint of the album starts getting grimy and
becomes quite dark which is reflective of the ideas I would like to
portray its also a direct link to Gatsby as Baz used post modern
rap mixed with jazz in order to reflect the roaring 20s. Whereas I
feel like rap reflects the current issues of drug and alcohol abuse.
I also like the use of voice over similar to what the character nick
caraway does in the Great Gatsby whereas he's telling his story
from his perception and his ideology of events in his head it
allows the audience to get inside the characters mind and process
there thoughts and feelings.
Sound

6. Continued…
The use of the iconic flashback start will be a predominant feature
of my film as its used effectively in all three of my focal films. It
allows the audience to know the ending without seeing the film.
While some may see this as a spoiler Baz portrays its so that it
makes you want to view the film to see what happens in the end.
I had the idea of starting with a flashback to when my protagonist
is older and she's reflecting on her “wonderland” and the
mistakes she made as a child
Cinematography + editing
The use of long shots to show the extravaganza and everything on
a larger scale. Baz is well known for his camp and over the top
party and ball scenes. Obviously being on no budget and being
limited to space and equipment I wouldn’t be able to create
something that would even come on par to the scenes so instead
I can substitute by making my cinematography feel more dramatic
than it already is creating the illusion that everything is bigger.
The use of zooms will be heavily predominant in order to show
how it’s a dream and none of it makes any sense which relates to
the wonderland aspects and allows me to make specific links to
my research piece

7. Continued…
Mise en scene
In terms of costume my film is of a different genre and time
period so therefore wont follow any specific costume ideas as
each film baz does the costume changes but its always very
theatrical and feels more like a stage production then a fil. I could
follow ideas about the costume by making it reminiscent of the
Alice in wonderland timeline by sticking to the mise en scene in
each of the films (aka the blue dress)
Location is also a central points in which I have many different
directions to go. I want to follow my research by having the
location be reflective of the time period and for everything to be
like art which is seen when Juliet dies in Romeo and Juliet and
throughout Gatsby from the use of art deco. Gatsby has always
fascinated me in the way the everything in new York and long
island is so beautiful and well crafted its given me a goal and
inspiration for my own findings