Dr. Seuss on screen

master's thesis

• Title (croatian): Ekranizacija Dr. Seussa
• Author: Gabrijela Jurkić
• Mentor: Smiljana Narančić-Kovač (mentor)
• Mentor: Nikola Novaković (sumentor)
• Committee member: Ivana Milković (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Smiljana Narančić-Kovač (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Nikola Novaković (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Teacher Education; Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2022-09-29, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: FIELD OF ART; Film Art (Film, Electronic and Media Art of Moving Pictures); Animated Film (Directing)

Abstract

The aim of this thesis is to demonstrate the ways in which the picturebook How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1957) by Dr. Seuss was adapted into the animated film The Grinch (2018) sixty years later. Adaptation is a process in which one medium becomes another, in this case from a picturebook to the movie screen. Many aspects change in the process of adaptation, depending on the structure of the original and the target type of the medium. The goal of this study is to establish how the plot of the picturebook has been changed to fit the length of the movie. Next, the characters and their roles in the picturebook and in the movie are analyzed, the settings are compared, as well as the transfer of poetic elements from the picturebook into the film. The way in which humour has been added to the adaptation is also considered. Because of the length of the movie, the plot has been expanded and scenes which enrich the story have been added.

Abstract (croatian)

Cilj ovoga diplomskoga rada jest demonstrirati na koji je način slikovnica How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (Kako je Grinch ukrao Božić, 1957) autora poznatoga pod imenom Dr. Seuss adaptirana u animirani film The Grinch (2018) šezdeset godina kasnije. Adaptacija je proces u kojem se jedan oblik medija pretače u drugi, ovdje iz slikovnice na filmsko platno. Tijekom adaptacije, mnogi se aspekti pripovijedanja mijenjaju ovisno o strukturi početnoga i završnoga oblika medija. U radu se proučava način na koji je radnja izmjenjena kako bi odgovarala trajanju animiranoga filma. Zatim se razmatraju likovi i njihove uloge u slikovnici, odnosno u filmu, te se uspoređuje mjesto radnje i prijenos stihova iz slikovnice, a proučava se i na koji su način u filmskoj adaptaciji dodani elementi humora.

• Keywords: How the Grinch Stole Christmas!; picturebook; animated movie; adaptation
• Keywords (croatian): Kako je Grinch ukrao Božić; slikovnica; animirani film; adaptacija
• Language: english
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:147:946879
• Study programme: Title: Integrated Undergraduate and Graduate University Programme of Study of Primary Teacher Education and Integrated Undergraduate and Graduate University Programme of Study for Primary Teacher Education with English and German Language; Study programme type: university; Study level: integrated undergraduate and graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra primarnog obrazovanja (magistar/magistra primarnog obrazovanja)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2023-02-22 08:36:32