https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Aank8bDtcE

Analysis:

The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde had been adapted to many animated short films for children. One animation film that was adapted and were given the same name as the original text was produced in Canada by Potterson Production in 1974. The short film shows exactly what the story is about but with slightly differences at some point. As it starts with the description of the Happy Prince, covered in gold, with two sapphires as his eyes and a bright ruby in the hilt of his sword. In the 1st page of the Happy Prince in paragraph 4th, a mother tell her son who is crying, “Why can’t you be like the Happy Prince?” asked the mother. In the film adaptation before she say that line she tells her son, “Stop this crying.” In the text version this line doesn’t appear. Another line in the same paragraph, a man with a low voice say, “I am glad there is someone in the world who is quite happy.” in referring to the Happy Prince. In the film adaptation this man does not appear saying those words. But why? Reasons of budget? Not necessary? Or was part of the director cuts. Although minor cuts like those does not affect the conflict of the overall story but is a way to show that the film adaptation do not follow the script word for word. From what I understood in the text and the whole film I will consider it to be a solid one. Just a few lines that didn’t make the cut. Something interesting about the different adaptation films that had been made for the Happy Prince is that all of the films have been made for children and not a single one for adults. It suggest that is a tale for children, normally there have been tales in the past that have been adapted for a more grownup audience, but this one is specific for the children.