James and the Giant Peach is a classic story that I was told as a child all the time. I was really excited to be able to do this project, because it is and will always be a good story. In all four of these productions of James and the Giant Peach, each production had very similar ideas overall, and the peach in some productions also seemed to glow. Getting the peach to glow really awesome idea to me because it gives the giant peach a certain look so others know that the peach is not just a piece of fruit on stage its more than that. When I say certain look I mean it makes the peach look glamorous. Seattle and the Bay Area productions had different ideas about what a peach looked like. They still made the peach the center, but it just wasn’t as bold or colorful. In the San Diego production the Peach was represented as a detail with a lot of color and was also the main prop that the actors and actresses used. The peach was in the shape of a half dome. Having the peach glow was a really cool to me, and of course the giant peach glowed orange like the movie did. The actors and actresses represented every character in the movie …show more content…
Making the peach glow was an awesome touch. The size was big enough so that the actors and actresses could actually fit inside and the peach even had the half dome shape similar to if you cut a peach in half. The peach was truly represented as the main theme from the book and the movie and put into this production. To me the costume designs were good on the aspect of representation, but could have used more detail, as far as how bit the ladybugs body is and some costumes looked like it was meant to be a bug. The detail could have been added so there was no questions that actor or actress was playing the role of a certain
I also believed because I was reading the book as if it was really going to happen in today’s time. If I could rewrite the ending I would have the Aunts come to New York to find James and The Giant Peach. Once they got there they then would realize that the peach was eaten by the all the children who was in New York. When this happened, they would have been very upset with James and tell the reporters and everyone else that it was their idea to give the peach to the children. After that they would try to use James to get money off his fame but the bugs would help by telling the police what type of people they really are. They would arrest the Aunts and place James in a nice foster home where he lived a great
In the beginning of the story, the girl says “ The peach looked as good as the others, but where the stem had been was now a break that went straight
“It's right hard to say," she said. "Suppose you and Scout talked colored-folks' talk at home it'd be out of place, wouldn't it? Now what if I talked white-folks' talk at church, and with my neighbors? They'd think I was puttin' on airs to beat Moses, "But Cal, you know better," I said. “It's not necessary to tell all you know. It's not ladylike—in the second place, folks don't like to have somebody around knowing more than they do. It aggravates 'em. You're not gonna change
In the novel The Great Gatsby, the author F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the literary element of symbolism to reveal the mood of the scene and how characters are feeling. A specific example of this would be the use of Daisy’s voice throughout the novel. Her voice reveals the mood and how those around her are affected by it. When Daisy is talking to Nick about how her life has been going since the last time they met he explains, "[...]her voice compelled me forward breathlessly as I listened; her voice was glowing and singing." (Fitzgerald 26). Symbolism is used here to show how Daisy was excited and almost “glowing” when she talks about how wonderful things are going. By using her voice, the author F. Scott Fitzgerald shows how by using this symbol
At the Seattle Children’s theater, the peach on the James and the Giant Peach play was shaped as a circle. It was orange, with a green leaf. It was a stage prop that can be moved around. One time during the play, the peach itself had white spots in it. The lighting was dark everywhere else but on the actors themselves.
Many colors are represented and shown throughout the story The Great Gatsby. These color each represent small details and even big details. They are shown as important details to the story and how they are portrayed by the reader. Each color is portrayed in a character, idea or even a event that takes place. The color symbolism in The Great Gatsby is represented by the colors green, black, and purple.
In the novel The Great Gatsby by Francis Scott Fitzgerald there are many different kinds of symbols used. Fitzgerald uses colors and material luxuries as the two main symbols in the novel. The author uses these symbols most frequently in the novel. The symbolism is carefully incorporated within the novel which makes it hard to detect at first glance. Within these symbols Fitzgerald mainly expresses feelings and the American Dream.
how the coustumes looked but I wish they looked a little different from the movie. There is no
Outside the Peach Blossom Village, he will ask to sell peach with you. He will keep increase the price until you cannot pay, and says: “That’s fine, it is not the time for Trees getting their fruits.”
James and the Giant Peach is a story about a young boy and his adventures with his unusual friends. The story starts with James parents dying and him going to live with his uncaring aunts. Then one day James is approached by a mysterious man who gives him a bag of what he claims to be magical alligator tongues. Unfortunately James drops the bag almost immediately on his aunt’s barren peach tree. Right after this a peach appears on the tree which grows into the size of a house. James finds an opening in this peach and crawls inside where he is encountered by human size talking insects. These bugs soon befriend James and the group sets off for an adventure in the giant peach. After many escapades with near death experiences
Author’s Style Analysis: James and the Giant Peach The novel James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl is a fantasy novel. In this fascinating tale, James, the main character who has two cruel aunts, receives a bag of magic particles from an old man who sees him suffering. James was supposed to drink these particles with water but instead spills them on the peach tree. After James spills magic on the peach tree, the peach from the peach tree grows to an extraordinary size.
The textual features used in the film make it evident that the construction of the film has been influenced by French culture. A variety of different techniques have been used by Jeunet to give the film a feeling of fairytale and fantasy, emphasising innocence. Jeunet has used extremely saturated colours to give the film a fantasy and dreamlike feeling, the colours used to emphasise this are red and
The color peach brings about an air of liveliness and gentle vitality. It reminds one of the height of spring, when flowers start to bloom and display their beauty. Lend this lively air to your stage by using Peach Melange Brocade Austrian Puff as your curtain backdrop.
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl is a classic children's novel that intells the exciting story of a young orphan boy named James. James lives a lonely and depressing life with his two cruel and abusive aunts. His life is completely transformed as an old man approaches him in his backyard and gives him magical green pebbles. After James accidentally drops these magical pebbles into the ground, one of the peaches from the tree planted in his backyard begins to grow to a massive scale. James then enters the peach and begins his journey with all the personified insects that are already in the peach. This light-hearted children’s novel by Roald Dahl has drastically impacted my life in the most profound ways.
The story, in the eyes of two innocent children Scout and her brother Jem, of the discrimination and hypocrisy throughout the town. Maycomb County, Alabama, faces an African American’s injustice while the children learn valuable lessons from their father, Atticus and their housemaid Calpurnia, during the Great Depression. All the while, we are learning from it. To Kill a Mockingbird teaches us the lessons of morale, justice and equality.