Alice in Wonderland Re-draft

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Title-Alice in wonderland

Genre-Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Production companies-WaltDisney Pictures (presents)

Roth Films (as A Roth Films Production)

Team Todd (as A Team Todd Production)

Zanuck ompany, The (as a Zanuck ompany Production)

Tim !urton Productions (un"credited)

Distributor-Walt Disney #tudios $otion Pictures

Target audience- children and %amilies

Director-Tim !urton

Main lead actors/actresses-&ohnny Depp (mad hatter), $ia Wasikowska

(Alice), 'elena !onham arter (red ueen) and Anne 'athaway (whiteueen)


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penin* scene o% Alice inwonderlandThe openin* scene o% Alice in wonderland starts o+

with a ash-ack o% Alice as a child and then .umps%orward /0 years to the present1 The scene starts

with harles kin*slei*h (Alice2s %ather) puttin* hisdau*hter Alice to -ed, she tells him o% her dreamso% a 3wonderland4 -ut tells her she is mad -ut that5all the -est people are61 The close up an*les showsthe audience she has a stron* relationship with her%ather however many years later her %ather passesaway and she misses his li*ht" hearted attitude1 The

movie then .ump cuts to the present where Alice ison her way to a hu*e party where is she hoped toaccept a marria*e proposal %rom 'amish (the son o%her %ather4s -usiness associate)1 When Alice andher mother are in the horse drawn carria*e thecamera shot used was mostly mid" shot %or whenthey were talkin*1 When Alice arrives at the *ardenparty she is distracted -y a ra--it wearin* a waist"

coat and decides to %ollow it1 As most o% theaudience who know the story o% Alice in wonderlandthey may o% already *uessed what2s comin* ne7thowever in this version the e7pectation o% theaudience may -e challen*ed with it4s sli*ht twistand alteration to the story18 think the 9rst : minutes o% the story is very

success%ul considerin* this story was ori*inallytar*eted %or children -ut Tim !urton4s e7tension has-een ada ted %or a wider ran e o% audience,


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inemato*raphyamera ang es:

Mid shot/two shot- shows the character %rom the waistupwards1 This shot demonstrates their wealthy as it shoes

their ornate dresses1Full body shot- a %ull shot is a shot o% the charactershowin* their whole -ody1Long shot- another shot o% the location -ut more %ocusedon a speci9c settin*1 This indicates the actors posture out9tsand actions1

Medium close shot- shows the character %rom chestupwards1 This shot shows the collars on the shirts o% themen really clearly, a*ain showin* the audience what timeperiod this was1stablishing shot- used in the openin* scene to *ive theaudience an idea o% location (at the start o% the 9rst scene o%

Alice2s house and when showin* the horse and carria*e*oin* to the mansion %or the party)


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costumesAward winnin* ostume Desi*ner olleen Atwooddoes a wonder%ul .o- with the costumes, they are

da==lin* and -rin* the traditional Disney princess vi-e-ack to li%e1 #o many colours are portrayed, %ore7ample the distinctly red dress > death %or Red

?ueen and the white dress > peace %or White ?ueen1

All o% the dresses %eatured in the movie have so muchvolume and drama within them, even when Alice

shrinkin* into a si=e o% a pea and ma*ni%yin* into a*iant, each dress would chan*e into somethin*

-eauti%ul every time it would happen1 @ot %or*ettin*&ohnny Depp4s mad hatter4s costumes were

elouently -eauti%ul with the most astonishin* detail-rin*in* the character to li%e1


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ce n won er ancostumes

The dresses worn -y the main

character Alice are decodi9ed-y the audience to -e seen asCictorian styled which makesthem old %ashioned andenchantin*1 The dress Alicewears at the -e*innin* o% themovie to the party is -lue this*ives the idea o% a youn*erAlice, there is em-roidery athem pre emptin* that shewould -e runnin* throu*h9elds, -ecause she had the %alldown the ra--it hole she has alot o% layers on underneath sowhen she *oes upside down

you *et to see the -lue and allthe %un stripes with the

This red dress is wore -y Alice in the scene where Alice *rows into3*i*antic Alice4 the red ueen welcomes her and tells her servants todress Alice with whatever would 9t her, she said they could use the

curtains i% needed so that2s e7actly what they did1This dress is -ri*ht red with a -lack and *reyishsilver %eathered sashdraped over her shoulder1 The -odice has lar*e pink stripes that %adeinto white stripes, the -ottom hal% o% the dress then ares out like aruEed skirt and has a e7tra clear mesh layer at the -ack with -lackstripes runnin* down vertically with white dots evenly spaced verticallyon the -lack stripes1


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%eature later on in the movie such as the madhatter1

The $ad hatter is the heart and soul o% the movie sohis costume had to reective his character in acreative way1 olleen Atwood said 58 kind o% had anidea %or it early on that it was a wonder%ul walkin*carnival as well as havin* remnants o% his past1

There were all sorts o% hat makin* -its that wereincorporated into his costume such as ri--ons,scissors and shreds16 this character is eye"catchin*and da==lin* creatin* a sense o% %un yet thecharacter is still mysterious1 The coat he wears wasmade -y layerin* over layers o% sheer silk over

another piece o% silk and then the %a-ric was -urnedin di+erent areas to *ive it its a*e1 The mad hatterhas a .oke tie where it chan*es dependin* on hismood; when he is happy it rises when he is sad it*oes down1 'is out9t is %ull o% random thin*s suchas di+erent coloured -uttons and socks costumedesi*ner Atwood descri-es the mad hatter as ama*pie as he .ust picks up thin*s he sees and turns

them into somethin* ma*ical1


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Alice4s look came directly %rom the children ne7t to the trash cansin the $ar*aret eane paintin*s, Calli 4reilly said 58 made $ia

e7tra pale and every-ody keeps sayin* she has nothin* on whichis the whole point o% how 8 like to do makeup1 'er skin looks

(white) , -ut it was painted" every inch o% her -ody16 the colourwhite had to -e the ri*ht white -ecause they were shootin*

a*ainst a *reen screen when she %ell down the hole, i% it was toowhite, it would a-sor- too much *reen and she would -e mint"

coloured1 They used $ia4s own hair -ut they had to keep curlin* itall day lon* on set -ecause it would rela71


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$akeup artist 4reilly said she took a lot o%her ideas %rom artist $ar*aret eane, whopainted the kids with -i* eyes, she *ave allthe characters a darkish look around theireyes and pale skin1 The white ueens lipsare dark plum that was -rushed on with avery 9ne -rush1 #he also -ased her look a-it on arolyn &ones in 3The Adams Family4television show1 n Anne4s hair they tested

her in -lack hair and white, -ut theywanted her to -e the e7act opposite o%'elena, whose look was very hard andstructured1 They decided Anne2s look

should -e very so%t and ethereal1

White ueen

The makeup %or 'elena !onham arter tooka-out two and hal% hours each day to trans%orm

her into the -ul-ous headed Red ?ueen1 8t4s

important %or the makeup to -e more awlessthan normal as they worked in 'i*h"De% and 0"D1 The directors notes %or the makeup artist was

6!ette Davis as ueen


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#ettin*The settin* is esta-lished throu*h mis"en"scene and camera work1 There is an aerial

shot over the dark houses, which 9nally%ocuses on a -ri*ht window o% an old%ashioned house1 As an audience we can seethis is set in the /Ithcentury when we areintroduced to the 9rst *roup shot o% thecharacters (Alice4s %ather and his -usinessassociates)1 The settin* is portrayed -y the

old %ashioned costumes, the style o% roomsand props, another *ive away is o% course theproper


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#oundDie*etic sound

The most o-viouse+ect o% die*eticsound has to -ethe voices o% thecharacters; her%ather and-usinessassociates, Aliceand her %athertalkin* -e%ore -edin their home1

The seconde7ample is whenAlice2s mother andher are talkin* inthe horse drawncarria*e on the

way to the *ardenparty1

@on"die*etic sound

An e7ample o% non"die*etic sound is

when Alice is chasin*a%ter the ra--it in the

waist coat, the-ack*round music

*ets dramatically %ast*ivin* a sense o%

determination, themusic *ets slower ascharacters start to

speak1Another e7ample iswhen there is a

esta-lishin* shot o%the mansion (at the*arden part) and the

noise o% the horsestrottin* alon*


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Ji*htin*The com-ination o% low and hi*h"key li*htin* is

used and so is the traditional three"pointli*htin* techniue portrayed in most 9lms1 Jow"

key li*htin* is de9ned -y the elevated use o%deep shadows, and has a hi*h contrast -etweenthe -ri*htest and darkest parts o% the scene1 8n

the scene where Alice visits the white ueenhi*h"key li*htin* is %eatured, -ri*ht li*hts areshone over everythin*, with minimal shadowand nearly everythin* the viewer sees is so

-ri*ht it almost seems as i% a mirrored li*ht isshinin* over every sur%ace1 The three point

li*htin* system is %eatured throu*hout the 9lmso the actors don4t have harsh shadows acrosstheir %aces and the actors stand out a*ainst the

-ack*round1


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propsThere is %antastic array o% props used in this

movie to create Tim !urton4s surreal and uniue

version o% Alice in wonderland, these includedweaponry props, %urnishin*s and %ascinatin* set

pieces1At the start o% the movie Alice travels to the

*arden party in a carria*e which can -e classedas prop1

8 have included props that aren4t %eatured in the9rst openin* : minutes as there aren2t as many

%eatured so early on in the movie1The most %amous prop in the movie would

pro-a-ly -e the -ottle Alice drinks %rom marked5drink me6 and the cake that4s marked 5eat me6

these props were used to help her 3*row and

shrink41 A %ew o% the props %or the character $adhatter consist o% his hat, his chair %or the teaparty and his sword1 For the red ueen; her

sword, da**ers, spears and other weapons1 Allo% the plates, cutlery and %ood at the tea party

are also all props %or the movie1


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/1 Alice2s ThemeK1 KJittle AliceK

01 KProposalDown the 'oleKL1 KDoorsK

:1 KDrink $eKH1 K8nto the MardenKN1 KAlice Reprise O/K

1 K!andersnatchedKI1 KFindin* A-solemK

/B1 KAlice Reprise OK//1 KThe heshire atK

/1 KAlice and !ayard2s &ourneyK/01 KAlice Reprise O0K

/L1 KAlice

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