Coraline

Coraline The Book

Themes and Messages

Additions and Omissions

Book's Characters vs. Movie's Characters

Book's Plot vs. Movie's Plot

Book's Target Audience vs. Movie's Target Audience

Book's Setting vs. Movie's Setting

• Written by British author Neil Gaiman
• Published in 2002
• Considered to be a children's novella under the genres of horror and fantasy

Omission: Flashback to wasteland

Addition: Wyborn

Change?

There is no change because this is a children's book and a children's movie with valuable lessons for kids.

Movie

Book

Coraline: The Movie

• Be brave

• Be careful what you wish for

• Help others

• "Be careful what you wish for"

• Looks can be deceiving

• Females can be strong characters

• Friends will help you if you're in trouble

Change?

There is a change in target audience to include parents.

Also, in the movie there is profanity, partial nudity and scary images where parental guidance is needed.

Movie

Book

PG- Parental Guidance

Transition book for children ages 6-9.

• Black and white illustrations
• Short chapters: 3-4 pages

Change?

There are no changes to the movie's plot because it follows the book.

Book

Movie

In our opinion, this book is better suited for children ages 12 and up due to the scary illustrations.

What do you think?

Change?

The town and flashback are taken out most likely because they do not contribute much to the plot.

The flashback would not suit the style of the film.

Change in country to make film universal to all children.

The garden is added because it is visually appealing and suits the style of the film.

The Other World

The Real World

Change?

Change in appearance and accent to suit American audience. Change in hair colour to emphasize uniqueness.

• Exposition- Moves into a new house. Reader learns about Coraline's relationship with her parents
• Rising Action- Coraline discovers door to other world. She meets the other neighbours and her 'other' parents
• Climax- Coraline challenges the Beldam to find children's souls and her own parents
• Falling Action- Coraline frees children's souls, finds her parents and escapes other world
• Resolution- Coraline defeats the Beldam

No major change in appearance or personality.

Character is portrayed to be less creepy in the movie due to the young target audience.

No change in personality because the whole story finds messages for audience in Coarline's personality.

• Exposition- Moves to a new house. Audience learns about Coraline's relationship with her parents
• Rising Action- Coraline discovers door to other world. She meets the other neighbours and her 'other' parents
• Climax- Coraline challenges the Beldam to find children's 'eyes' and her own parents
• Falling Action- Coraline frees children's souls, finds her parents and escapes other world
• Resolution- Coraline and Wyborn defeat the Beldam

The Other Mother

Coraline

Book

Movie

Book

Movie

Book

• Directed by Henry Selick
• Released in 2009
• Under the movie genres of animation and fantasy

Movie

Book

• The well
• Miss Spink and Miss Forcible's theatre
• Mr. Bobo's circus
• Coraline's house
• Inside the mirror

• Unknown country
• The well
• Miss Spink and Miss Forcible's theatre
• Mr. Bobinski's circus
• Her own house
• The garden

• The well
• Miss Spink and Miss Forcible's theatre
• Mr. Bobinski's circus
• Her own house
• The garden
• Inside the Mirror

• South of England, 1987
• The well
• Miss Spink and Miss Forcible's theatre
• Mr. Bobo's circus
• Coraline's house
• The town
• Flashback to a wasteland beside Coraline's old house

• English
• 10 years old
• Brown Hair
• Brave but scared on

the inside

• Suspicious of new people

• American
• 11 years old
• Blue hair
• Bored of her life
• Clever
• Outspoken
• Adventurous
• Brave

At first:

• Wants Coraline to be happy
• A "perfect mother"
• Jealous of real mother
• Pale, tall and thin
• Button eyes

Later:

• Beldam
• Cracked skin
• Trickster
• Evil

At first:

• Looks exactly like Coraline's mother
• Invested in Coraline's happiness
• A "perfect mother"
• Button eyes

Later:

• Beldam
• Spider-like
• Trickster
• Evil