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After the world war 2, the development of the Rocket and satellite provide the possible to exploration and landing on the moon, the Soviet Union and the U.S. led to an acceleration of interest in exploration of the Moon. Since the 1990s, more countries have become involved in direct exploration of the Moon, such as China, Japan, India. Human are not only observing the moon, but settle in the moon same as live in the Earth. The ambition of humanity is exploring the space in the future.

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There is not too much sight observation of the moon surface before the invention of the telescope, Normally, both public and scientists agree with the Moon is a sphere, but with "perfectly smooth". However, In 1609, Galileo, he watched surface has mountains and craters. It subverts the common sense. As a result, more people had curiosity with the observation of the moon. In this period, numerous the moon drawings were created.

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In many prehistoric and ancient cultures, the Moon was regarded as a deity or other supernatural phenomenon, and astrological. Moreover, Due to the regular phases that is convenient to make the moon as Calendar timepiece, and verity of the oldest calendars made by the moon, such as the lunar calendars used in ancient China and Germany. But in ancient Egyptian the god of the moon responsible for medical than in India it is harvest.

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The Little Prince

Background:

The little prince is an animated movie directed by Mark Osborne and the first movie adapted same named novel by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Mikros Image studio has provided Animation services.

Concept:

Idealism VS realism(utilitarian)

This animated film is aimed to convey and discuss how young people to meet the challenges when they growing and what is vital things they should insist. What is your decision between idealism and utilitarian when you coming be an adult? Both film and original novel tell us the human connection is really mater, people should tough by heart, because the utilitarian from adult world may make it invisible to the eye. 

Narrative Analysis:

plot summary:

the little girl with an ambition mother , she made all plans for her daughter’ future, and the girl was followed until she was  interrupted by her eccentric, amiable neighbor, an elderly retired pilot, moreover he told her story about the little prince, as a result she gradually start independent thinking and after she search of the Little Prince by herself. Finally saved him and find how to connect with her mother and organize her future.

storyline:

have two main character line the first is the relationship between the little girl and her neighbor and mother. second is the relationship between the little prince and rose, fox and pilot. she rediscovered her childhood and find what is really mater the human connection. 

the girl with her mother moves to a new house, her mother is an ambition woman, she prepared many plans for her daughter’ future to but the girl doesn’t be prepared for entry her grown-up world.  this is a typical theme about parental pressure. By the girl’s struggle in the little prince’s world, she realizes her previous life is her mother’s vison of her life not her dream. and the aviator neighbor encourage her to cultivate imagination, creativity, and wonder.

the personality changed in different period of the little prince. From a pure young boy to a lazy and mediocre adult. The pilot says he meets the little prince in the dessert and he lives in a planet named B-612. The little prince plants a rose and traveled to other planet with many adults, he lands on the earth and trained a red fox. In pilot story, the little prince is always looking of gentle, innocent and pure.

the girl star her adventure to find the little prince after the polit was hospitalized.

she drives polit’s plane into space, and landing on B612, she notices everything has changed, the planet is populated by workaholic adults owned by the "Businessman”. The little prince has become an anxious, incompetent adult named "Mr. Prince" and works as a janitor for the Businessman. The girl be asked as an adult by a man-controlled machine, finally, according to the little prince recover his memories and saves the girl, and they liberate all stars and other redemption, the little prince turns his young characters back.

The use of CGI in conveying the Narrative:

A scene from “The Little Prince,” two different style houses. Netflix

Firstly, the CG is great measure to illustrate the little girl and aviator part, this film starts with a beautiful and detailed virtual world. You will see different type of style on characters, building and environments. As Mr. Osborne (2016) said. “Every house is almost the same, and you get this feeling of repetition, a mathematical, geometric, confining world.” However, when camera view is given to the neighborhood, everything has changed, the structure, the plants, especially aviator’s plane, all design rely on CGI technology and software such as maya, Photoshop and after effects.

A scene from “The Little Prince,” the Little Girl with Aviator, Images from Netflix

A scene from “The Little Prince,” with the Little Girl, Images from Netflix

The color is a symbol of emotion, at the front part before the girl attracted by polit’s story, the fundamental color is dark and grey the same deep color between children and adult on cloth and environments is obvious which seems to more adapt the first part theme the well-prepared grown up. However, when the girl accessed to the little prince’ world, dark and grey gradually disappeared instead of pink, red, blue etc. the color start be warmer and lighter.

There are reference to “The Little Prince,” directed by Mark Osborne. Netflix

Last one but it’s significant feature of this film is that it uses Paper Cutout Animation since the story of the little prince, Mr. Osborne(2016) said ‘there’s no way you can make a big CG-animated movie out of this book, It’s so delicate and poetic.’ it is fantastic, this artful strategy obtains a great success which connect film and novel, and it looks like read a cartoon when audience watch these parts.

Scene from “The Little Prince.” Bottom, a look at the paper animation process for the scene. Credit...Top: Netflix. Bottom: Anthony Scott.

A scene from “The Little Prince,” directed by Mark Osborne. Netflix

Reference:

l  Mekado Murphy, 2016, ‘How ‘The Little Prince’ Came to Animated Life’, The New York Time Review 5 Aug 2016, Accessed at <. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/06/movies/how-the-little-prince-came-to-animated-life.html>.

l  Peter Bradshaw,2016,’ The Little Prince review – charming story encumbered by Netflix update’, The Guardian Review 5 Aug 2016, Accessed at< https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/aug/05/the-little-prince-review-netflix>

Patrick Schreiner. 2019,’ 3 Lessons from Netflix’s Adaptation of ‘The Little Prince’’, The Gospel Coalition Review 17 September 2016, Accessed at < https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/3-lessons-from-netflix-adaptation-the-little-prince/>

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The Little Prince (2015)