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Salas_Alexis_Filmadaptation
- 1. The House onMango Street film adaptation - first one ever made!
- 2. Short summary Memoir -covers one year of twelve-year-old Esperanza’s first time moving into her new house. Explores immediate society and culture. Setting - Chicago, in one of the poorer, racially segregated neighborhoods. Focuses mainly on Esperanza’s... racially segregated neighborhood i.e. first friend is white but she was already moving out heritage + new american culture, i.e. Bilingual naming
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- 4. Bits and pieces... Theplot of this memoir is quite scattered, like memories of a distant past Episodic childhood memories; lightbulb memories Perceptive senses illustrated; taste, sight, hearing, touch, etc Emotions captured Each vignette captures Esperanza’s insightful thinking and internalizing of the culture that she is surrounded by in her neighborhood. Definition of vignette - a short descriptive literary sketch Poetic effect of literary sketch - picturesque details, imagery, personification, similes and
- 5. Adaptation: Form speaksfor itself a story of hope... Art is an element of culture; involves storytelling and gifting values. Medium: Mixed-media film, Genre: Drama Mixed media includes... Animated oil paintings Animated collages News media montage Filmed theatrical drama All characters and scenes included. It’s short. Composition of realistic filming and animated visual art communicates the narrative and meaning of each vignette.
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- 7. Inspiration for style- Street art in Pilsen, Chicago
- 9. Realistic filming -transition from narrative to script This is how I can capture the trauma she went through; capture distress upclose. Realistic film dramatizes Esperanza social interaction with her neighbors: Scenes dramatized… Hairs In her new home, she holds onto her mother; home is brought by the smell of her mother's hair, the sound of the rain and her father’s snoring Drama: her attachment with her mother for security; growing up Boys and Girls She scoldes her sister not to be friends with the Vargas kids; longs for new friends Drama: her sisterly protective instinct
- 11. In between vignettes... Totie together the vignettes into a smoother flow, add short scenes in between and utilize transitional techniques both traditionally in film and creatively in visual art Add: News media montage of neighborhood Simple transition Zoom in to end the scene and out to start a new one Creative transition from realistic to animated painting, or vice versa Animation fades out and realistic film fades in to replace the animated figure as the realistic version
- 13. Visual Art Animation- Transition from poetic words to visual art... Boys and Girls: “Until then I am a red balloon, a balloon tied to an anchor” (9) - metaphor; Esperanza wants to make new friends. - Animated painting of balloon and anchor dramatized; illustrates wishful thinking for freedom from responsibility Darius and the Clouds: “You can never have too much sky. You can fall asleep and wake up drunk on sky, and sky can keep you safe when you are sad” (33). - metaphor; The sky is compared to imagination and daydreaming as a limitless outlet for overwhelming emotions. - Scenery of Darius and Es looking at sky transition from real to cartoonish; clouds transform into different shapes...swirls of oil paint expresses freedom from social structure, order and control There was an Old Woman She Had So Many Children She Didn’t Know What to Do: “Angel Vargas learned to fly and dropped from the sky like a sugar donut, just like a falling star, and exploded down to earth without even an “Oh” (30). - Simile; the Vargas kids are reckless. In this novel, concerning marriage, boys are described as shooting stars to land and women are described as women waiting by the window.
- 15. Some vignettes aremore poetic than others... Some focus entirely on characters with no interaction with Esperanza, so in order to alter the characterization of her neighbors, the vignette will be entirely animated. i.e. Sally, Papaya Juice on Sundays, Linoleum Roses Others focus mostly on social interaction and conflict between characters and Esperanza. i.e. The monkey garden, Three Sisters, Red Clowns Purpose of selecting which is more animated and which less is to draw a distinction between...
- 17. Audience Main concerns toconsider: Each character and scene must be captured as described So, every detail in the book is meaningful If the narrative is not accurately dramatized or if the poetic content is not accurately expressed in visual art, then interviews and discussion will simply allow an outlet for learning from mistakes. On the good side; to draw a cause with this novel: The film will support children who are living in poor neighborhoods in Chicago by building a new library.