Adaptation: Fairytales

These are some possible fairytale stories that I could use for my adaptation. I'm aiming a target audience of children and adults. 

I've found the fairy tales of the Grimm Brothers and Hans Christian Andersen's pretty classic and suitable with their meanings and stories for my adaptation project. I'm in between a few of them in choosing one for my adaptation project and elaborating in terms of environment and character design. Their contents and meanings are contemporary and suitable for an audience of children and adults.

The Old man and his Grandson painting from Domenico Ghirlandaio.

The Old Man and his Grandson: Tells the story of an old man being neglected by his family because of his age. One day while eating his hands were so shaky that he dropped the bowl he was eating from and broke it. His son and daughter in law got angry with him and forced him to eat from the stove. One day the 4 year old son of the family was playing with wood and made a through for his parent to eat while they were old enough like his grandfather. 

-The story could be adapted into a children's perspective world in a fascinating charming way that could transfer the message of caring and not neglecting the people around you.

The Elves and the Shoemaker Illustration from Lucy Crane's 1886 edition.

The Elves and the Shoe Maker: Tells the story of a desperate shoemaker who is being helped by mysterious elves during the night as he falls to sleep. The story begins by the shoemaker leaving the leather cuts in the night to prepare them the next day. As he wakes up he finds the leather made into perfect shoes, this happens a few more times and he finally discovers the elves that help him. In the end he makes some nice clothes with his wife for the elves.

-This story could be adapted into a more ambiguous story with a more perspective ending. Also the characters of the story could be transformed into something different than the ones in the fairytale in order to be more fascinating into a children's and adults audience.

Little One-Eye, Two-Eyes, Three-Eyes art of Xindi Yan.

One-Eye, Two-Eyes, Three-Eyes: Tells the story of three sisters who were different, each of them had  different eyes than the other. The two sisters with the one and three eyes are picking on their sister who had two eyes. The all three live far away from other people in a forest. They don't give enough food and they misbehave on their two eye sister. A witch is being helping the two eye sister with some magic but her sisters discover it and treat them even worse. In the end the two eye sister is being saved from a knight and leaves her sister who were treating her bad.

-This story could adapted in order to show the importance of individuality. Again the style of the animation will play a significant role in order to fit into children's perception and imagination. 

Thumbelina, Illustration by Vilhelm Pedersen Andersen's first illustrator.

Thumbelina: Is a classic story which refers to a tiny girl who was the daughter of a desperate woman who wanted desperately a little child and visited a fairy who helped her. She gave birth to a little children who named her Thumbelina after her Lilliputian size. Thumbelina goes through many adventures during the fairytale by meeting other animals who want to marry her and being lost. In the end she finds a prince in her size and finally the marry and live together. 

-This story also could be adapted with some changes in the storyline which will make it simpler and easier to understand. Also the theme which Hans Christian Andersen implies through the fairytale of finding the true love and succeeding by all difficulties is something nice presentable and achievable to adapt for a children and adult audience.