This document discusses adapting Disney's "The Little Mermaid" into a film focused on the villain Ursula. The adaptation would have more violence and explore controversial themes like a child being forced away. It would be influenced by the film "Maleficent" and change the original good vs. evil storyline. The genre would be fantasy, action, and drama. Constraints could include budget issues due to special effects and ethical concerns over certain topics. Opportunities include using special effects to create magic and appealing to audiences with the resolution of Ursula and her daughter reunited after being separated. The target audience would be teenagers and young adults who enjoy fantasy and action films like Harry Potter and Marvel movies. Unique aspects would

1. Katie Field
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2. I have chosen to adapt the little mermaid Disney film into a film once again
that differs from the storyline in the original adaption and focuses more on
the villain with more presence of such themes as violence and debatable
topics that arise such issues like being forced to give your child away. I chose
to adapt it into this as watching the new movie maleficent with Angelina Jolie
influenced me to change another Disney classic and change it making it
slightly more adult with a twist on the original story line of good vs. evil.
WHAT AM I ADAPTING

3. The genre of this film would be a fantasy film but also sub genres such as action
and drama too as the film involves essence of fantasy with mystical creatures and
characters. There is action involved with the fighting mainly at the end of the film
where obviously the good and the evil fight, it also is classed as a drama to with
the story line involved the fact that Ursula was forced to give her child away, she
and her farther clashed and then the drama with finding her daughter and actually
telling her.
Narrative- situation: the queen of the sea Ursula has changed her ways and
become an evil person, complication: it was because of her father who took her
child away as soon as it was born and her partner was sent away/ killed by her
father, her child has grown up to hate her and wants to kill her and they fight,
resolution: the little mermaid is made aware from visions of the past that Ursula is
her mother and she was taken away from her she tries to forgive and they finally
drop their weapons, they come together as mother and daughter than go their
separate ways.
GENRE AND NARRATIVE

4. Constraints: Typical issues may arise that would make it difficult for this adaptation to
become successful for instance the Budget, with all the technical stunts involved, the props
and cost of the technical resources may cause the budget to be bigger and the production
company might not be able to afford that so the film would be limited to what it can do
using the technical resources making it less successful. In addition ethical issues may arise
because the film overs certain topics like giving your child away this may cause ethical
concerns for people with different beliefs and therefore would cause the film to be less
successful. In addition another constraint would be that is an adaptation of an existing txt
and people may not be convinced it is a successful adaptation and therefore would prevent
the film becoming as successful as it could.
Opportunities: Although the technical resources is used as a constraint, it could also be an
opportunity for this adaptation to become a success as the technical things that are involved
help create the mystical affect for the film which people would enjoy watching in the film
and helps make the film more appealing. In addition the ethical concern of giving your
child away could also actually be an opportunity for the film to be a success as the audience
may like the fact that even though Ursula was forced to give her child away they reunited in
the end this aspect may appeal to the audience that there was a happy outcome.
CONSTRAINTS AND
OPPORTUNITIES

5. The typical target audience would be teenagers around 12-18 years of age this
target audience would most likely be fan of films like Harry Potter and Marvel
films which is similar to my adaptation as like these films my adaptation has
essence of action and fantasy involved and the use of technology such as CGI
would help this make appealing to this audience. It also may be for young
adults who have seen the first adaptation and at this age still enjoy fantasy and
action combined similar to Harry Potter and Marvel films as the film contains
action which would appeal to both genders and fantasy.
TARGET AUDIENCE

6. There are many parts of the film that make it distinctive such as the use of
CGI for the effect of the sea which is used as a weapon in many parts and
also because Ursula is part of the sea and actually the queen of it, and because
of that she uses it a lot for a weapon, or even when she materializes and also
as she is in the sea constantly there would be a lot of CGI involved to give the
affect making the film more distinctive.
CINEMATIC IDEAS

7. STORYBOARD