Fables

What is a Fable?

Fable derived from a latin word ‘fibula’ which means a story that is a derivative of the word ‘Fari’ which means to speak. A Fable can be defined as a concise and brief story intended to provide a moral lesson at the end.

In literature, it is described as a didactic[1] lesson given through some sort of animal story. In proves and verse, a fable is described through plants, animals, forces of nature and inanimate objects by giving them human attributes wherein they demonstrate a moral lesson at the end.

Purpose of Fables

The purpose of writing a fable is to convey a moral lesson and message. Fables also give readers a chance to laugh at the follies of human beings and they can be employed for the objective of satire and criticism. They are very helpful in teaching children good lessons based on examples. However, in literature, fables are used for didactic purposes at a much broader level.

[1] Didactic; intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive.

Literary Devices 20/06 (2015) http://literarydevices.net/fable/

Features of a Fable

· Provide a moral story

· Use animals presented with anthropomorphic characteristics such as ability to speak and to reason.

· Personify the animal characters.

Why did I choose to adapt fables?

I chose to adapt fables because I feel it is important to learn morals and to be able to differentiate right from wrong. When we grow, we are exposed to the ugly side of nature, which develops us to accept and be unkind to others, this turns into a rough cycles of life.

Not only will this series of shorts remind us as human beings, I feel this will help improve the way we behave towards each other to better our lifestyles and see things in a positive way. Such as ‘No act of Kindness is wasted, no matter how small’.

Target Audience

Although people of all ages could learn from morals, the series will be targeted at young teenagers growing up. The aim will be to help re-focus their lifestyles especially when there are so many distractions such as boyfriends/girlfriends, social media, (bad) news, cat videos etc... in the new generation.

Duration

It will be a series of short films collaborated together. Each fable would be about 5-10mins long depending on the story.

Characters

Each episode will have different people playing different characters. Each character would represent the animals that have their own individuality such as humans so we as an audience can relate.

Style

The world I am creating will be fantasy in reality. Such as the characters will be fantasy in the real world situation. Such as TV series like Twin Peaks 1990, Once upon a time 2011 and Hannibal 2013.

Costume/Make up

The costume and make-up will be inspired by ‘The Tribe’ and ‘Cirque du soleil’ with natural features. The characters will be humans, but with animal features to represent each animal in the story.