Transcript Here comes the… - Norris School District

Here comes the…
Fantasy Presentation!
By: Vik Patcha , Kristen DeMayo, Eric ,
Pat Mcclellan and Laura Michaels
The Wonderful World of Fantasy
• The intriguing world of Fantasy has captured the
minds and curiosity of people from all ages for
centuries. The interesting and unbelievable
detail to the characters their settings and plots
set a Fantasy story alone in its genre.
• The Fantasy genre demonstrates stories of the
unimaginable or the impossible. These stories
often include talking animals, alternative worlds,
time travel, and magic.
The Wonderful World of Fantasy
Continued
• Many of the stories in the Fantasy genre contradict the
laws of nature.
• Many Modern Fantasy’s got its ideas and roots from
many traditional folk tales.
• However, the modern Fantasy worlds are far more
complex then those of folk tales.
• There are many different types of fantasies such
asAnimal fantasy, toy fantasy, magical fantasy tall tales,
enchanted journeys, alternative worlds, heroic or quest
fantasy, the supernatural, time shift fantasy, science
fiction and space fantasy
Animal Fantasy
• Animal stories were considered an illogical
and unholy practice
• Usually spoke good English
• Show human emotions
• Wear clothes
• Human in story has a minor role
• Magic only happens when the human
remains innocent or young.
• Animals have human qualities
• Stories demonstrate the importance
Toy Fantasy
In the toy story like the animal fantasy the toys:
•Come to life in the story
•They have human like qualities
•They can talk
•They live in a home
•The humans usually have a small part in the
story
•These toys wish to become human
More Toy Fantasies
Magical Fantasy and Tall Tales
• All Fantasy stories contain magic which is any
phenomenon that is contrary to the laws of the
natural world.
• However, in some fantasies, this becomes the
main focus of the story.
• These magical stories always has conditions
attached to them. There are always restrictions to
ones powers.
• People have a tendency of getting very
uncomfortable when no strings are attached to
the character.
Enchanted Journeys and
Alternative Worlds
•In many fantasies the main character goes on
a journey very often it is to a fantasy world or
an alternative world.
•The Journey motif goes back as far as
Homer’s the Odyssey.
•Enchanted journeys normally begin in the
regular world and he or she enters the
enchanted realm.
•Most of the time the protagonist is on a
journey to complete some goal.
Enchanted Journeys and
Alternative Worlds Continued
• The credibility of these stories are normally
helped with the fact that the fanciful events can
only happen the new world not the primary one.
• These plots are usually loose normally stringing
together different adventures and one relies on
the main character to the touch back into reality.
• Many children enjoy these types of stories
because it demonstrates how the weaker
characters can dominate and beat the bigger
bullies.
Supernatural and Time Shift
Fantasy
• These are among the most popular types of
Fantasy. These types include ghosts, witches,
mysterious or unexplainable occurrences. These
also include stories about Time Travel.
• All of these are taking place in our primary world.
• Younger children like nicer ghost stories while
older teenagers like scarier ones. The more
violent or gruesome, the more they seem to
enjoy it.
Science Fiction and Space
Fantasy
• These types of fantasy are very close related
to the supernatural and time shift fantasies.
• Science Fiction usually focuses on a life in
the future on earth or another planet.
• Usually contain stories about Aliens from
outer space.
• Many times they dramatize technology to the
extent of them dominating human kind.
Heroic and Quest Fantasy
• There is a hero or heroine that is in a colossal battle against a all
powerful evil. Very often the fate of the society rests on the
conclusion of the battle.
• The Heroic fantasies are normally better woven then those of the
supernatural fantasies.
• In some heroic fantasies, the hero is taken from the primary world
to the secondary world.
• Most of these stories focus on the hero’s quest for identity.
Special Qualities of Fantasy
• Children demand two things from fantasy: They
demand no nonsense and no treachery
• Even though fantasy stories are of the
impossible, children expect them to represented
as if they were possible. They expect that every
secondary world has certain rules in which the
writers must abide by.
• People expect Fantasy to be original and
believable. In fact, more believable then realistic
work. Readers desire a lot of detail, consistency
and rooted in reality and human nature.
Conclusion
Conclusion is going to be by Eric via tape.
He is going to sum up this project.
Following that, we are going to have a
discussion and have a guessing game.
Video Fun!
What do you think are the types of fantasies that fit these videos?
1.
Winnie the Pooh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IziHR8gtR-c
2. The Wizard of Oz
http://youtube.com/watch?v=UFpVsTuOpK8
3. Harry Potter
http://youtube.com/watch?v=dmPrfYkpwTY
4. The Haunted Mask
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jFZfXmuJjgk
5. Charlottes Web
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKvuj9lAfCc
Video Fun! Continued!
6. James and the Giant Peach
http://youtube.com/watch?v=wfwnUwb08Pc
7. Toy Story
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ppL_9VNdZhI
8. Lord of the Rings
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Pki6jbSbXIY
9. Star Wars
http://youtube.com/watch?v=OeTVZkIPbrA