New demonstration of classic work - Final Project Proposal

  My final project will be based on the short story, "The Little Match Girl". There's probably no one in this world that haven't heard of this story. But if you don't, it's written by one of the most popular fairy tale writers - Hand Christian Andersen. This most famous work basically tells how a little girl was trying to sell her matches. It took place in the New Year's Eve, the little girl had been living in poverty since she was borned. She could not either sell out her matches or go home. During the process of selling matches, the little girl couldn't resist the cold and had to light up a few of her matches to warm herself, and the amazing parts of the story started happening since then. Different scenes started to occur in the little girl's vision, there was a warm, wonderful meal inside of the windows. The family reunions in front of the table and are all having a good time. The little girl couldn't reach any of it and could do nothing but watching. The second match made her see her grandmother, gracious beloved grandmother, who was dead. She keep lighting up the rest of her matches so grandmother could not escape from her eyes. Finally, the little girl ended up dying in the cold with hypothermia. The story is so touching and heart-breaking, but that's why I'm trying to transform it into the performance.

  There are a few things that I want to discuss in this proposal.

  My performance will be requiring at least three to four actors. The character distribution varies depending on the number of actors we have. The little girl's character will remain constant from the beginning to the end. If only three actors are available, actors besides the little girl's will be involved in the "big meal" and also one of them will be the grandmother in another scene. If four or more characters are involved, the grandmother's character can be performed by one and therefore others will be at the meal. In the last scene, The "meal characters" can also be the people on the street who found out about the girl's death.

  There will be seven scenes in the performance. The opening scene will give the audience an idea of what's going on. The stage will be set up as the street, the little girl holding the matches and passers just walking by her without giving a look. The little girl will be dressed with very few clothes and shivering in the snow. At the end of first scene, she will be lighting up her first match. After a brief blackout, the second scene will occur with a brighter light, and there are people sitting around the table with incredible food. The little girl is observing and expressing her feelings. The third scene will be shifting back to the street, and she lights up the the second match at the end. After that, will be the scene where she spends time with her grandma, all of the good times are shown. At the end, the grandma starts to walk away but she is not able to reach her. The fifth scene is just like the third one where it shifts back to the street, but this time she used all of her matches. In the sixth scene, the little girl will be with her grandmother for ever, because she has already died but her death is not shown yet. The last scene will be where people finds out her death.

  Above is all of the ideas of my final project.