'Revolting Rhymes' by Roald Dahl
Goldilocks and The Three Bears
| GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS by Roald Dahl This famous wicked little tale Should never have been put on sale It is a mystery to me Why loving parents cannot see That this is actually a book About a brazen little crook Had I the chance I wouldn’t fail To clap young Goldilocks in jail Now just imagine how you’d feel If you had cooked a lovely meal Delicious porridge, steaming hot Fresh coffee in the coffee-pot With maybe toast and marmalade The table beautifully laid One place for you and one for Dad Another for your little lad Then Dad cries, “Golly-gosh! Gee whizz! Oh cripes! How hot this porridge is, Let’s take a walk along the street Until it’s cool enough to eat.” He adds, “An early morning stroll Is good for people on the whole It makes your appetite improve It also helps your bowels to move.” No proper wife would dare to question Such a sensible suggestion Above all not at breakfast time When men are seldom at their prime. No sooner are you down the road Than Goldilocks, that little toad That nosey thieving little louse Comes sneaking in your empty house She looks around, she quickly notes Three bowls brimful of porridge oats And while still standing on her feet She grabs a spoon and starts to eat I say again, how would you feel If you had made this lovely meal And some delinquent little tot Broke in and gobbled up the lot? But wait! That’s not the worst of it Now comes the most depressing bit You are of course a houseproud wife And all your happy married life You have collected lovely things Like guilded cherubs wearing wings And furniture by Chippendale Bought at some famous auction sale But your most special valued treasure The piece that gives you endless pleasure Is one small children’s dining-chair Elizabethan, very rare It is in fact your joy and pride Passed down to you on grandma’s side But Goldilocks, like many freaks Does not appreciate antiques She doesn’t care, she doesn’t mind And now she plomks her fat behind Upon this dainty precious chair And crunch! It bursts beyond repair A nice girl would at once exclaim “Oh dear! Oh heavens! What a shame.” Not Goldilocks, she begins to swear She bellows, “What a lousy chair.” And used one disgusting word That luckily you’ve never heard (I dare not write it, even hint it Nobody would ever print it) You’d think by now this little skunk Would have the sense to do a bunk But no, I very much regret She hasn’t nearly finished yet Deciding she would like a rest She says, “Let’s see which bed is best.” Upstairs she goes and tries all three (Here comes the next catastrophe) Most educated people choose To rid themselves of socks and shoes Before they clamber into bed But Goldie didn’t give a shred Her filthy shoes were thick with grime And mud and mush and slush and slime Worse still, upon the heel of one Was somehting that a dog had done I say once more, what would you think If all this horrid dirt and stink Was smeared upon your eiderdown By this revolting little clown (The famous story has no clues To show the girl removed her shoes) Oh what a tale of crime on crime Let’s check it for a second time. Crime one, the prosecution’s case She breaks and enters someone’s place. Crime two, the prosecutor notes She steals a bowl of porridge oats. Crime three, she breaks a precious chair Belonging to the Baby Bear. Crime four, she smears each spotless sheet With filthy messes from her feet. A judge would say without a blink “Ten years hard labour in the clink.” But in the book, as you will see The little beast gets off Scot-free While tiny children near and far Shout, “Goody-good! Hooray! Hurrah! Poor Darling Goldilocks,” they say, “Thank goodness that she got away.” Myself, I think I’d rather send Young Goldie to a sticky end “Oh Daddy” cried the Baby Bear “My porridge gone, it isn’t fair!” “Then go upstairs,” the Big Bear said “Your porridge is upon the bed But as it’s inside mademoiselle You’ll have to eat her up as well.” |
My brief will be based off the poem/story written by Roald Dahl. The story follows the story of Goldilocks as the original, but with an alternative ending which suggests the killing of Goldilocks by the little Bear. The narrative is focused on Goldilocks and her relationship with bears, however, I did want to tweak this story to make it more of a fractured storyline. My idea on this story is to have Goldilocks running away from the Bears and retreating to the cabin which has been plotted by the Bear child and his Mother. The storyline is very similar to the old version of Goldilocks where the bears do kill her. I am hoping to use this for inspiration to create my two characters; Goldilocks and the child Bear.
I will be designing the set myself, including the puppets, furniture and the props needed for the storyline. The reason I chose this story was because I enjoyed the way Roald Dahl doesn't stick within the conventions of appealing to a younger audience, although I have twisted it slightly to make it appeal to an older audience (in regards to killing her) I wanted to stick to the way he suggests within the story - ''Then go upstairs,'' The Big Bear said. ''Your porridge is upon the bed, but as it's inside mademoiselle, you'll have to eat her up aswell''.
Treatment:
Aesthetic Style: The visual form of my tests will be inspired by dark pieces of work and aimed at an older audience such as young adults and teenagers, this is due to the nature of the storyline and the beheading of Goldilocks. I chose this because I felt as though I hadn't tried a darker piece of Animation and wanted to make sure the lighting within my tests correlates with the narrative I am presenting.
Camera Angles: The majority of the camera angles within this piece will be wide shots or medium shots. This is to make sure the audience doesn't miss any part of the storyline, including the 'drinking of the poison'. I don't want to include an extreme close up shot of the poison itself as I want to build up the suspense with an extreme close up shot of the bear watching through the window.
Editing: I will be editing the tests within Premiere Pro, but this is only if the speed of the movement is too slow or too fast. I have planned out the movement with the camera panning across the set itself and also the zoom-in and zoom-out of Goldilocks initial stumble into the house.
Structure: The structure will be based off the traditional, beginning, middle and end. However, there will be no resolution to the storyline and it will inevitable end on the conflict between Goldilocks and the Bear.
Sound: I am only shooting tests for this Animation, therefore there will be no sound. However, if I were to shoot the full storyline I would include conventional horror music when the bear is beheading Goldilocks but with a comedic tone and it the remainder would be made up of diegetic and foley effects in the recording studio.
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