Interpretation

Disney's Alice in Wonderland (1951).
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It's not only your ideas that influence your final creative outcome/s, but also how you interpret those ideas. Interpretation is about how you convey the meaning of, explain or translate something. Even with the same idea, different people will interpret this idea in a different way. These interpretations could be very similar, or completely different. There are many factors effecting how someone interprets a creative idea, including their inspiration, their creative pathway e.g. photographer, graphic designer, painter etc. and the historical content of their work. The creative pathway someone takes will not only have limitations, but also advantages, which is why it has an impact on interpretation. Historical content also plays a large part in interpretation because artists want their work to be current, relevant and reflective of the time.

Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland (2010).
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            One example of how the interpretation of an idea can influence a final outcome is with the story of "Alice in Wonderland". There are many visual versions of this story, with the most popular being illustrations, films and animations. When Walt Disney created their animation of Alice in Wonderland in 1951, their interpretation of Alice was very different from previous work, such as that of Arthur Rackham (1907) who had a slightly realistic approach and mimicked the Edwardian period. The introduction of colour and sound influenced a new image for Alice that was unlike anything produced before. Walt Disney gave Alice an English accent, as well as a softer, innocent, more child-like appearance. This is very different from Tim Burton's 2010 adaptation, where he used an exaggeration of the characters to create a much darker atmosphere.