Here comes the

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Here comes the
Fantasy Presentation!
By Vik Patcha , Kristen DeMayo, Eric , Pat
Mcclellan and Laura Michaels
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The Wonderful World of Fantasy

• The intriguing world of Fantasy has captured the
  minds and curiosity of people from all ages for
  centuries. The interesting and unbelievable
  detail to the characters their settings and plots
  set a Fantasy story alone in its genre.
• The Fantasy genre demonstrates stories of the
  unimaginable or the impossible. These stories
  often include talking animals, alternative
  worlds, time travel, and magic.

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The Wonderful World of Fantasy Continued

• Many of the stories in the Fantasy genre
  contradict the laws of nature.
• Many Modern Fantasys got its ideas and roots
  from many traditional folk tales.
• However, the modern Fantasy worlds are far more
  complex then those of folk tales.
• There are many different types of fantasies such
  asAnimal fantasy, toy fantasy, magical fantasy
  tall tales, enchanted journeys, alternative
  worlds, heroic or quest fantasy, the
  supernatural, time shift fantasy, science fiction
  and space fantasy

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Animal Fantasy

• Animal stories were considered an illogical and
  unholy practice
• Usually spoke good English
• Show human emotions
• Wear clothes
• Human in story has a minor role
• Magic only happens when the human remains
  innocent or young.
• Animals have human qualities
• Stories demonstrate the importance

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Toy Fantasy

• In the toy story like the animal fantasy the
  toys
• Come to life in the story
• They have human like qualities
• They can talk
• They live in a home
• The humans usually have a small part in the story
• These toys wish to become human

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More Toy Fantasies
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Magical Fantasy and Tall Tales

• All Fantasy stories contain magic which is any
  phenomenon that is contrary to the laws of the
  natural world.
• However, in some fantasies, this becomes the main
  focus of the story.
• These magical stories always has conditions
  attached to them. There are always restrictions
  to ones powers.
• People have a tendency of getting very
  uncomfortable when no strings are attached to the
  character.

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Enchanted Journeys and Alternative Worlds

• In many fantasies the main character goes on a
  journey very often it is to a fantasy world or an
  alternative world.
• The Journey motif goes back as far as Homers the
  Odyssey.
• Enchanted journeys normally begin in the regular
  world and he or she enters the enchanted realm.
• Most of the time the protagonist is on a journey
  to complete some goal.

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Enchanted Journeys and Alternative Worlds
Continued

• The credibility of these stories are normally
  helped with the fact that the fanciful events can
  only happen the new world not the primary one.
• These plots are usually loose normally stringing
  together different adventures and one relies on
  the main character to the touch back into
  reality.
• Many children enjoy these types of stories
  because it demonstrates how the weaker characters
  can dominate and beat the bigger bullies.

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Supernatural and Time Shift Fantasy

• These are among the most popular types of
  Fantasy. These types include ghosts, witches,
  mysterious or unexplainable occurrences. These
  also include stories about Time Travel.
• All of these are taking place in our primary
  world.
• Younger children like nicer ghost stories while
  older teenagers like scarier ones. The more
  violent or gruesome, the more they seem to enjoy
  it.

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Science Fiction and Space Fantasy

• These types of fantasy are very close related to
  the supernatural and time shift fantasies.
• Science Fiction usually focuses on a life in the
  future on earth or another planet.
• Usually contain stories about Aliens from outer
  space.
• Many times they dramatize technology to the
  extent of them dominating human kind.

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Heroic and Quest Fantasy

• There is a hero or heroine that is in a colossal
  battle against a all powerful evil. Very often
  the fate of the society rests on the conclusion
  of the battle.
• The Heroic fantasies are normally better woven
  then those of the supernatural fantasies.
• In some heroic fantasies, the hero is taken from
  the primary world to the secondary world.
• Most of these stories focus on the heros quest
  for identity.

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Special Qualities of Fantasy

• Children demand two things from fantasy They
  demand no nonsense and no treachery
• Even though fantasy stories are of the
  impossible, children expect them to represented
  as if they were possible. They expect that every
  secondary world has certain rules in which the
  writers must abide by.
• People expect Fantasy to be original and
  believable. In fact, more believable then
  realistic work. Readers desire a lot of detail,
  consistency and rooted in reality and human
  nature.

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Conclusion

• Conclusion is going to be by Eric via tape. He
  is going to sum up this project. Following that,
  we are going to have a discussion and have a
  guessing game.

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Video Fun!

• What do you think are the types of fantasies that
  fit these videos?
• Winnie the Pooh
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vIziHR8gtR-c
• 2. The Wizard of Oz
• http//youtube.com/watch?vUFpVsTuOpK8
• 3. Harry Potter
• http//youtube.com/watch?vdmPrfYkpwTY
• 4. The Haunted Mask
• http//youtube.com/watch?vjFZfXmuJjgk
• 5. Charlottes Web
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vyKvuj9lAfCc

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Video Fun! Continued!

• 6. James and the Giant Peach
• http//youtube.com/watch?vwfwnUwb08Pc
• 7. Toy Story
• http//youtube.com/watch?vppL_9VNdZhI
• 8. Lord of the Rings
• http//youtube.com/watch?vPki6jbSbXIY
• 9. Star Wars
• http//youtube.com/watch?vOeTVZkIPbrA