" A CHRISTMAS CAROL "
By: Makayla Little
Charles Dickens
Family Life, Work, Influences in the time the piece was written, How
people reacted to " A Christmas Carol "
Charles Dickens Family Life
• British novelist Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812, in Portsmouth,
England. Over the course of his writing career, he wrote the beloved classic
novels Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, Nicholas Nickleby, David Copperfield,
A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations. On June 9, 1870, Dickens died
of a stroke in Kent, England, leaving his final novel, The Mystery of Edwin
Drood, unfinished.
• In 1822, the Dickens family moved to Camden Town, a poor neighborhood in
London. By then the family’s financial situation had grown dire, as John
Dickens had a dangerous habit of living beyond the family’s means. Eventually,
John was sent to prison for debt in 1824, when Charles was just 12 years old.
• Following his father’s imprisonment, Charles Dickens was forced to leave
school to work at a boot-blacking factory alongside the River Thames. At the
rundown, rodent-ridden factory, Dickens earned six shillings a week labeling
pots of “blacking,” a substance used to clean fireplaces.
Charles Dickens Work
• Following his father’s imprisonment, Charles Dickens was
forced to leave school to work at a boot-blacking factory
alongside the River Thames. At the rundown, rodent-ridden
factory, Dickens earned six shillings a week labeling pots of
“blacking,” a substance used to clean fireplaces.
• Much to his relief, Dickens was permitted to go back to school
when his father received a family inheritance and used it to
pay off his debts. But when Dickens was 15, his education was
pulled out from under him once again. In 1827, he had to
drop out of school and work as an office boy to contribute to
his family’s income. As it turned out, the job became an early
launching point for his writing career.
Movie Techniques
Lighting
• The lighting of the original version was great it pin
pointed each feature perfectly although I thought
that it could have used more light in the really dark
spots so you could see the facial expressions.
• The lighting of the smurfs version was good I
thought that it highlighted each part pretty well and
I loved to see the smurfs faces although I thought
that it was too dark and to bright it some places.
Sound
• The sound of the original version was good it
represented what each scene was supposed to sound
and feel like and with the quiet sound gave you that
happy fun feeling with a light feeling of joy and
where the sound was really loud it was trying to be
dramatic and was trying to give you a sense of fear
and
• The smurfs version was good I thought that it was
perfect in some spots it was a bit too loud but for the
most part it was good.
Facial Expressions
• The facial expressions in the original version were
great I thought that they were perfect in some spots
and weird in other spots.
• The facial expressions in the smurfs version were
good I thought that they were good they showed the
expression of each character when they reacted to
something that they saw of heard.
Camera Angle
• The camera angle in the original was great and I
thought that the angle was perfect in some spots and
then in others it was really blurry and I thought it
was great for the most part.
• The smurfs version was good I thought that it had a
lot of great angles of the characters when they had
there parties and other gatherings of the smurfs.
Color
• I thought that the color of the original version was
good to showed each needed color of the characters
and it helped the prove that these were the perfect
colors.
• The smurfs version was great it had all these bright
fun colors that really brought this movie to life with
all the different color and angles it was great.
Scrip Techniques
Stage Directions
• The stage directions of the original version were
great I loved how it showed each different direction
multiple times to improve your watching experience.
• The smurfs version had great stage directions
because it's an animated film that shows the real
version what animation looks like for there film.
Character Dialogue
• The character Dialogue is what made the characters who
they were I thought that these characters were made and
shaped by what they said and how they said it with the
expression that was put on there faces to give that deep
felling of what the words were trying to tell that person.
• The smurfs had great Dialogue and the words that were
used were good I thought that they also made the
characters who they were and the words that each smurf
had was great I thought that they really showed each smurf
through the words that they spoke and those words created
there own personality and separated them from the others
Narrator
• The Narrator for the original was good I thought
that it was Scrooge as the narrator but I'm still not
sure if I'm right but he was great and I loved how he
really showed his expressions.
• The smurfs truly had that fun silly narrator feel and
they were great I loved it because they showed him in
many of the scenes telling the story of what
Christmas was about and how Scrooge ( grumpy
smurf ) changed to be a more happy man when he
realized what Christmas was about.
Events
• The events in the original version were good I loved
how the events really showed what this movie was
about and it helped you see the full picture of what "
A Christmas Carol " was really about and it helped
show the people watching what this was about.
• The events in the smurfs was good I thought that it
really helped put a picture in your mind as to what
was going on and how this was represented in each
scene of the movie and it was what shaped to movie
to feel more touching and heartfelt.
Problem
• The problem in the original version was good you
could clearly see it and I thought that you were able
to tell what the problem was in the majority of the
scenes there were a few scenes that could have
shown a little more of the problem.
• The problem of the smurfs version was good you
saw what it was in every scene I thought that in
some scenes that it wasn't there and I wish that it
was there in every scene that was presented.
Solution
• The solution of the original version was awesome it truly
turned the whole story around it showed hoe Scrooge
made himself a happier man and that really came
through it showed how he went from really a Ba-Humbug
kinda guy to a happy Merry Christmas kinda guy.
• The solution of the smurfs version was good it showed
how Scrooge ( grumpy smurf ) became thankful for his hat
that he got from papa smurf every year although he
always wanted a hang glider he turned around and
became a happy smurf although he would still always be
his grumpy self he was thankful for he gift every year.
Language
• The language of the original version was good I
thought that it showed how the story was supposed
to play along with the characters and events that
were put in place for that scene and how it worked.
• The language for the smurfs was good it had the
right event to play along with the correct wording
of the scene but it also told a separate story through
the words used.
Dialogue
• The dialogue on the original version was good it
helped the story move along and it helped push the
story along to help you get a good picture of what
was going on through the words given to support
the scene that they were placed with.
• The dialogue of the smurfs version was good it
helped the movie play along and fit in with the
words and scenes given and it helped push it along
to make it make more sense.
Mood
• The mood of the original version was good it was a mood
that you could feel happy in some places and gloomy in
others and each different mood was shown through a
different emotion or expression of what that scene was
trying to tell you through the emotions and expressions
that we could see in the movie.
• The mood in the smurfs version was good you could see
all the moods through emotion and the expressions that
were shown to us it really helped with the mood of the
whole story and how each part or scene was used to play a
different role in each scene to represent a different mood.
Tone
• The tone of the original version was good it helped the
whole story move along through out the whole movie you
could see different tones and feelings as to what was going
on and how those were to be played out and how they
helped the story to move further along in the whole story.
• The tone of the smurfs version was good it showed each
part of the movie very well it helped you to see what was
going on and how it was to be played out with all the
different tones that were represented though out the
movie and how they effected the overall tone and mood if
this story and how it was shown.
Theme
• The theme of the original version was good it was
represented by Scrooge's emotions and his different word
choices that he used to make this story more in depth and
show you the true message or meaning of Christmas and
how you should be grateful or thankful for what you get or
have for Christmas.
• The theme of the smurfs version was good it showed you
what the true meaning or message of Christmas was and
it helped you to see what it was all about and you got to
see thins through the expressions and emotions that were
represented in this story.
Characters
• The characters in the original version were great they
helped you to see what this movie was all about and
they helped to make this movie what it is today and
how each of the characters had there own way of
representing how this movie was to be played out and
what it was all about.
• The characters in the smurfs version were good I
thought that they really helped move the story along
with all the words that they were saying and it really
helped shape the movie.
Literary Devices
• The literary devices in the original version were
good they showed what the story was staying to tell
you with how you were supposed to see this movie
as.
• The literary devices in the smurfs version were they
helped the story move quicker in a good way and
help to make the movie make more sense.
Setting
• The setting of the original version was good it
helped to move the story along and help you to
understand what it was about and how it was
supposed to play out and it was a good setting with
all the characters and words that they were speaking.
• The setting in the smurfs version was good it helped
the movie to be pushed along and help it move
forward and help it to be more of a heartfelt movie
and setting.
THANKS FOR READING
My compare/contrast of " A Christmas Carol " by
Charles Dickens