Literature has always been a major source of inspiration for cinema. Countless films draw their scenarii from the pages of a book This assertion is just as true when it comes to children’s or junior literature.
The questions addressed in this blog are the following ones :
If literature, the art of saying, goes hand in hand with cinema, the art of showing, do they form a happily-married couple ? Or do they betray each other ?
By way of answering these, we have asked 17 among its young addressees their opinion :
What do they like about a given written work ? What do they like about its adapted cinema version ? What do they dislike about it ? Which one do they prefer and why ? Do they regard video translation as treason, or do they positively regard the liberties taken by filmmakers ?
Our curriculum this year will focus on three major works.
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, by Roald Dahl and Tim Burton’s adaptation.
- The Twilight saga by Stephenie Meyer.
- Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling.
Each one of these works will allow our team of investigators to provide a short biography of its author and a summary of the work. For each chapter studied in class, they will fill in quizzes (available on the blog), give their analysis of both the written and filmic versions et finally vote for the one or the other. At the end of each book, we’ll get to know whether literature or cinema has got the upper hand.
There will be debates on the forum in which each one’s opinion will be more than welcome.
The team of pupils will manage this blog under their teacher’s supervision.
