Charlotte’s Web 1973- Charlotte’s Death
- · Wilbur’s voice is adult like, but high pitched
- · Charlotte’s voice is mature and almost sounds like she is British
- · Scene is about 4:30 mins long
- · Conversation between Wilbur and Charlotte is long before Wilbur realizes Charlotte is dying
- · Charlotte’s death is definitely a focus- the elongation gives it more emphasis
- · Charlotte’s final speech starts with “I’m thinking about your life now” She is singing the whole time
- · Templeton’s voice is mature and creepy
- · When Templeton rescues Charlotte’s eggs, Charlotte sings to Wilbur before she dies. We are flashed with memories throughout Wilbur’s life.
- · Cartoon emphasized more on facial expressions on all characters
Charlotte’s Web 2006- Charlotte’s Death
- · Wilbur has a high-pitched baby voice
- · Charlotte’s voice is mature. Sounds like woman mid 40’s- sounds very wise. She speaks slowly and her breaths are emphasized.
- · When Wilbur finds out Charlotte is dying, their distance between each other talking is really close. Looks like 5-6 inches
- · Charlotte doesn’t sing song about death. She gives short speech saying essentially “it’s the cycle of life”
- · Charlotte’s closing speech to Wilbur is about friendship and tells Wilbur he was the miracle, not her. Her speech is less dramatic here. The flash of pictures of Wilbur added to the importance of the scene. Needed that here.
- · Templeton never comes out in this scene. Focus is solely on Wilbur & Charlotte
- · Scene is about 2 mins long
Nice analyzation of the scene so far! One question though, how does social history play into this? I found interesting that Charlotte's eggs were saved in the 1973 version, which is around the same time of Roe v. Wade, this case brought up the issue of protecting women's health and the possible human life. Are they attempting to make some sort of political statement with the saving the eggs deal? Just an idea but try to tie your thesis with some events going on in the time period these take place.
ReplyDeleteDo you think there was some greater purpose for these changes in adaptations? The changing relationship between Charlotte and Wilbur may hint at something. Likewise, do you believe there may be some significance of these changes in terms of the differences in time period, or do you think the second director was simply focusing on some other point in this scene?
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