The Tale of Despereaux is a story that should be filmed in color, and not in black and white. It is a dark and mostly unhappy tale. and needs to have a little bit of life. Color would provide that life. In addition there are a couple of items that are referred to as being a certain color, and it would be important to see those items in color.
The setting of this story is mostly in a castle as seen from the view point of a mouse and a rat. Color would soften the look of the little mouse running around on the floor of the castle. The rat who is not such a good guy could be shown in dark dull colors. There are parts of the castle where the king and his family live that could be beautifully done in color.
When the life of Miggery Sow is told she is out in the countryside. That should be done in color. In addition, her father sells her to another man for a hen, a handful of cigarettes, and a red table cloth (126). Mig’s father draped the red table cloth over his shoulders like a cape. It is important to see the color of the table cloth because it appears in story in a different part of the story. It wouldn’t mean as much to see the table cloth if it was in black and white. In the story the princess reminded Despereaux of the beautiful princess he had seen in the book in the library (30). The princess would be much prettier done in soft colors and colorful clothing.
The other important part of the story is the red thread. After Despereaux is sentenced to die a spool of red thread was rolled out. A piece of red thread was cut from the spool and tied in a loop and placed around his neck (59). It was the red thread of death (71). Later when Despereaux was back in the dungeon with a spool of red thread, one of the rats reacted to seeing the red thread because it meant a mouse for him to eat (238). As Despereaux continued on his journey in the dungeon he saw piles of tiny white mice bones and knots of read thread (247). The red thread wouldn’t have had the same impact in a black and white movie.
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