In the village:
Rice Peddy, Tea Tree, Hills
Buildings:
Round Buildings
Out side the house:
Door Knock, Stone Grinder, Jar, Pictures of Door-God, Calligraphy Couplets
In the Living Room:
Wood Table, Bamboo Chair, Bamboo screen
On the table:
Hakka Pattern Table Cloth, Tea Pot & Tea Cup, Snacks(Rice Cake, pestled tea)
Hanging on the wall:
Tea Shifter, Tea Leaf Bucket
Showing posts with label Main Idea. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Main Idea. Show all posts
Tuesday, 1 July 2008
From England to Taiwan
The landmark of England:
London Eye, Tower Bridge, Big Ben
The map of England
The Flag of England
The landmark of Taiwan:
Taipei 101, Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall
The map of Taiwan
The Flag of Taiwan
London Eye, Tower Bridge, Big Ben
The map of England
The Flag of England
The landmark of Taiwan:
Taipei 101, Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall
The map of Taiwan
The Flag of Taiwan
Wolf's Room
A wolf from the U.K. Bones, sheepskin suit, Sheep horn chapeau, Granny's hat, Books about big bad wolves, Radio playing Wolves' Channel. Full moon out side the window. Book list: 'Feast guild for Dummy Wolves', 'How to find Little Red Riding Hood', '100 Ways of Eating Sheep'...ect.
Little Red's Room
A Western (London) girl's room. Furnitures from Argos, Teddy Bear from Harrods, Toys from Hamleys, poster of Wicked... etc. It will be easier for Children in England to start the story with something they are familiar with.
Sunday, 29 June 2008
Projected Outcomes & Research References
Projected Outcomes
The projected outcomes will be two picture books showing the cultural differences between two countries based on the fairy tale from the East “Auntie Tigress.”
The aims of this project are:
1. To emphasis the cultural difference – Tigers and Wolves.
For comparing the different appearance of the bad guy – Tigers and Wolves – in the traditional fairy tales from the East and from the West, I choose to combine the two stories “Auntie Tigress” and “Little Red Riding Hood.” The story will mainly follow “Auntie Tigress” to show that tigers in the East are as terrifying as the wolves in the West.
2. To introduce Taiwanese Hakka culture to the children in the U.K..
To help them get to know more about Taiwanese Hakka culture, where the Auntie Tigress story is from, I put their traditional costume, buildings, household goods, and food…etc in the picture books to create a Hakka atmosphere. Children will look from the eye of Little Red Riding Hood, who they are familiar to, to discover a brand new world in the East.
3. A Moral Lesson to children.
For giving a moral lesson I choose to make two picture books in different perspectives. The first one is based on the original story of “Aunties Tigress” and the second one is a new story to proof that the Auntie Tigress is actually a good man. Children will learn to think in others’ shoes, learn to look at one thing from different angles, and learn how to forgive.
The picture books will be 32 pages each, printed and bind, and ready to be published.
Research References
1. ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events - End Credit’ Lemony Snicket (2004)
2. ‘Auntie Tigress and Other Favourite Chinese Folk Tales’ Eva Wang (2007)
3. ‘Auntie Tigress and Peter’s wolf’ Liu Shuen Shuan (2006)
4. ‘Beware of the Story Book Wolves’ Lauren Child (2003)
5. ‘Good Picture Books, What & How?’ Haw Gung Tsai (2006)
6. ‘Hoodwinked’ Cory Edwards (2005)
7. ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ Na-Ae Choi (2006)
8. ‘Monster House’ Gil Kenan (2006)
9. ‘Play Pen: New Children’s Book Illustration’ Martin Salisbury (2007)
10. ‘The Auntie Tigress’ Min Shyang Tu (2007)
11. ‘The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig’ Eugene Trivizas (2002)
12. ’The True Story of the Three Little Pigs’ Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith (1991)
The projected outcomes will be two picture books showing the cultural differences between two countries based on the fairy tale from the East “Auntie Tigress.”
The aims of this project are:
1. To emphasis the cultural difference – Tigers and Wolves.
For comparing the different appearance of the bad guy – Tigers and Wolves – in the traditional fairy tales from the East and from the West, I choose to combine the two stories “Auntie Tigress” and “Little Red Riding Hood.” The story will mainly follow “Auntie Tigress” to show that tigers in the East are as terrifying as the wolves in the West.
2. To introduce Taiwanese Hakka culture to the children in the U.K..
To help them get to know more about Taiwanese Hakka culture, where the Auntie Tigress story is from, I put their traditional costume, buildings, household goods, and food…etc in the picture books to create a Hakka atmosphere. Children will look from the eye of Little Red Riding Hood, who they are familiar to, to discover a brand new world in the East.
3. A Moral Lesson to children.
For giving a moral lesson I choose to make two picture books in different perspectives. The first one is based on the original story of “Aunties Tigress” and the second one is a new story to proof that the Auntie Tigress is actually a good man. Children will learn to think in others’ shoes, learn to look at one thing from different angles, and learn how to forgive.
The picture books will be 32 pages each, printed and bind, and ready to be published.
Research References
1. ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events - End Credit’ Lemony Snicket (2004)
2. ‘Auntie Tigress and Other Favourite Chinese Folk Tales’ Eva Wang (2007)
3. ‘Auntie Tigress and Peter’s wolf’ Liu Shuen Shuan (2006)
4. ‘Beware of the Story Book Wolves’ Lauren Child (2003)
5. ‘Good Picture Books, What & How?’ Haw Gung Tsai (2006)
6. ‘Hoodwinked’ Cory Edwards (2005)
7. ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ Na-Ae Choi (2006)
8. ‘Monster House’ Gil Kenan (2006)
9. ‘Play Pen: New Children’s Book Illustration’ Martin Salisbury (2007)
10. ‘The Auntie Tigress’ Min Shyang Tu (2007)
11. ‘The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig’ Eugene Trivizas (2002)
12. ’The True Story of the Three Little Pigs’ Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith (1991)
Post-Graduate Learning Agreement
0604383 YUNG-HUA, TOU (ELISA)
MA Graphic Design & Communication (Research Pathway)
UCCA EPSOM
A. Time management
1. Short Term
Week 01 (11 Feb) - Secondary research
Week 02 (18 Feb) - Secondary research
Week 03 (25 Feb) - Presentation 1
Week 04 (03 Mar) - Primary research (Taiwan)
Week 05 (10 Mar) - Primary research (Taiwan)
Week 06 (17 Mar) - Primary research (Taiwan)
Week 07 (24 Mar) - Primary research (Taiwan)
Week 08 (31 Mar) - Primary research (Taiwan)
Week 09 (07 Apr) - Primary research (Taiwan)
Week 10 (14 Apr) - Storyboard
Week 11 (21 Apr) - Presentation 2
Week 12 (28 Apr) - Study Plan & Reflective appraisal
Week 13 (05 May) - Study Plan & Reflective appraisal
Week 14 (12 May) - Hand-in
2. Long Term
Feb – Secondary Research
Mar – Primary Research
Apr – Organizing everything
May – Finish the Storyboard
June – Drawing
July – Finish Drawing
Aug – Layout & Print
Sep – Graduation Show
B. Research Methods
1. Secondary research
a. Web-based sources
I searched the internet for others’ works on the two stories I am going to combine - ‘Little Red Riding Food’ and ‘Auntie Tigress’, and I found lots of interesting things not only books, films, animations, but also advertisings, songs, musicals…etc. That gave me a roughly background of how these two stories going on in the world. Besides this, I also got tons of information of Hakka culture which I am going to concentrate working on. Web-based research had buildup a database for me.
b. Books
I read a lot of children’s picture books about the wolves and the tigers to know what people describe these two monsters in the stories nowadays. I read books about Hakka culture to make sure the pictures I am going to draw is correct in details including buildings, foods, costumes…etc. I read books about Illustration for Children, how to make picture books for children, and writings for children to help me with the making part.
c. Film
I watched movies and animations to find out how they setup the character of a bad guy in a story, how they run threw the story in certain logic and temple to make the audience involve and goes in to the story.
d. Exhibition
I went to a few exhibitions to look at illustrations - ‘The Age of Enchantment’, ‘V&A Illustration Award’. I looked at how the cultural differences influence people’s thoughts and behavior in ‘Laughing in a Foreign Language’, and also looked at the Hakka cultural in the exhibition in Hakka Museum. Seeing things that are going on the world made me rethink about what I am doing and do some adjust to make it better.
e. Newspapers / Magazines
I did look at newspapers and magazines, however I did not find anything related to the subject that I am doing now.
2. Primary research
a. Discussion
I discussed my idea with a design agency, a animation studio, and some of my friends and get lots of feedback from them. I found it very useful to discuss my project with someone else because they had never heard it before so that they will easily point out what is missing or what does not really make sense.
b. Interview
I had an interview with a musical composer named Liu Shueh-Shuan on 09 Apr 2008. It helped me a lot because I basically got the same idea with him to take two different stories from the East and the West and try to create a new adaptation.
c. Photography
Because I am going to create a Hakka atmosphere in my picture book, so I went to Hakka Museum and the Hakka village in Taiwan to see what they’ve got and how they live.
d. Test
I will test these stories on Kirsten’s daughter and find other children to test on. It will help me to know their respond directly.
C. Reflective Appraisal
The main purpose of my project is to emphasis the cultural differences in the West and the East. I will combine two stories- ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ and ‘Auntie Tigress’ and create a new adaptation.
I found out that the monster who represents the bad guy appears differently in England and in Taiwan. In the U.K., people usually take wolves as the bad guy while in Taiwan, people usually take tigers as the bad guy. For children in the West, tiger normally plays a friendly character. That is why I want to bring the story ‘Auntie Tigress’ into the West, to let children in the West knows that Tigers are as horrible as the Wolves. I decided to let ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ plays the role that bringing them into the East, meet the Auntie Tigress and take part in the story. This will be easier for children to go into the story because it is let by Little Red Riding Hood, who they are familiar with. I would like to introduce the Hakka culture in my story, for that the story ‘Auntie Tigress’ is originally from Hakka culture. There are unique buildings, costume, Food, …etc. in their lives. It is a good opportunity to bring these into the West.
I then started to look at plenty of others’ works on these two stories with secondary research method. I search the Internet, read books, watch films…etc to gather much information as I could. This became a database which let me know how other illustrators work on these two stories. Afterwards I started to discuss with my tutor and my friends, I found it very useful to talk to people, it helps me to clarify my thoughts, and the feedback they gave usually made the whole project more logic and reasonable. Then I go back to Taiwan for Primary research during the Easter Holiday. I talked to Hakka people, went to the Hakka Village and the Hakka Museum, see how they live and what they do everyday. This is important for my next step – drawing, because I will need to create a world in Hakka culture in my picture books. I talked to a design agency called ‘Drama Graphic Design’ who suggested me to do something else besides the picture book and manage it like a brand. I also talked to an animation studio called ‘Dancing Ink Pictures’ who suggested me to do a short film as an advertising to sell the book. Then I had an interview with ‘Liu Shueh Shuan’, who did a musical combining ‘Auntie Tigress’ and ‘Peter and the wolf’. He basically got the same idea as mine, but we chose different story for the West. We discussed about the difficulties he had run through when he did this and gave me advises that helped me a lot to develop my idea.
‘If you goes into the story, your value rule will change, and your moral outlook will change as well. If the main character is a good man, you will be afraid that he will be killed by the bad guy. In the other hand, if the main character is a bad guy, you will be afraid that he will be caught by the police. That is because we see the world through the main character’s eyes, we understand him, so even if he does something bad, there must be a good reason he is doing this.’
- ‘Good Picture Books, What & How?’ Haw Gung Tsai (2006) p.39
This paragraph above influenced me a lot. I started to look at those stories say that a man looks like a bad man might not really so bad and a man looks like a good man might not so good. They made good people looked like a bad people in the beginning and turn the whole story over in the end, and they made bad people looked like a good one and do exactly the same thing. The one interests me the most is ‘The True Story of the Three Little Pigs’ by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith in 1991. That is how I got the idea of creating two stories in different perspective- one from the good guy and the other from the bad guy.
I made some changes from the original story. The first thing is the name ‘Auntie Tigress.’ Because of I want to combine the story with ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ and bring it to the U.K., so I think it will be better to make it ‘Granny Tigress’. It’s not changing the original story because the ‘Auntie’ Tigress actually means ‘Grand auntie’, who is the sister of granny. Second, the thing that Granny Tigress was eating. In the original story it was little brother’s finger she was eating, but I don’t want anyone to get hurt, so I changed it into Chips. After having a tutorial with Kirsten, I decided to change it again into sausages, it will be more logical this way.
Now I already finished the research part and the storyboard. I plan to test these two stories on children to see how they react with the terrifying Granny Tigress and the innocent Granny Tigress. Then I will start to draw the picture books which will be 32 pages each. I plan to finish this in July, and take August as the month to layout and to print.
I found out that the research journey is keep moving in a circle: find out something, look at it, think about it, do something with it, then find something new, look at it, think about it, do something else with it. It is exactly what Alverno’s framework for self assessment: Observation -> Analysing interpreting -> Judging -> planning -> Observation … .
D. Tutorials (Tutorial Logs Attached)
1. 04 Feb 2008 with Damian Chapman
I was trying to do something in graphic which is related to the music. So that I looked at ways of documenting sound and artist who are inspired by music.
2. 18 Feb 2008 with Damian Chapman
I wanted to do illustrations and music, but I could not get my friend send the music to me quickly.
3. 21 Feb 2008 with Damian Chapman
I run into this idea of combining the two stories from the West and the East – ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ and ‘Auntie Tigress’.
4. 03 Mar 2008 with Nick Gorse
Nick suggested me start to watch movies and animations and look at bad guys / monsters in them. I also thought about what media and style I will use.
5. 10 Mar 2008 with Damian Chapman
I had an idea that Auntie Tigress might be actually a good man. Damian suggested me to read more about those stories that give more details and discover the fact behind the dairy tales, for example, ‘The True Story of Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf’
6. 09 Apr 2008 with Liu, Shueh Shuen
Liu talked about his work and shared his idea, experience, and the difficulties that he run into when he did the musical ‘Auntie Tigress and Peter’s wolf’. He suggested me to keep it simple and easy for children to read.
7. 14 Apr 2008 with Jackie Parkinson
Jackie looked at my project and asked me to decide two perspectives as soon as possible because I am a little behind. She also remind me to beware of my time management.
8. 21 Apr 2008 with Damian Chapman
I finished two stories in different perspective. Damian asked me to start working on the storyboard. He also talked about how to prepare for the second presentation and the PGLA.
9. 29 Apr 2008 with Kirsten Alldred
We looked through the two stories I wrote, correct the grammar and made certain points clearer. Kirsten suggested me to change the ‘chips’ into ‘sausages’ to make the whole story more reasonable.
E. Research Sources
1. Books
‘The True Story of the Three Little Pigs’ Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith (1991)
‘The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig’ Eugene Trivizas (2002)
‘Little Red Riding Hood’ Ian Beck (2002)
‘Little Red Riding Hood’ Na-Ae Choi (2006)
‘A Cultivated Wolf’ Becky Bloom (2002)
‘Hoe Ruim Je Een Wolf Uit De Weg?’ Clement Chabert (2006)
‘Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf’ Catherine Storr (2007)
‘Lagneau Qui Ne Voulait Pas ?tre Un Mouton’ Didier Jean (2006)
‘C’est Moi Le Plus Fort’ Mario Ramos (2006)
‘Guess Who’s Coming for Dinner?’ Cathy Tincknell, Dug Steer, and John Kelly (2006)
‘Beware of the Story Book Wolves’ Lauren Child (2003)
‘Tiger in the Snow’ Nick Butterworth (2007)
‘What Friends do Best’ Jonathan Emmett and Nathan Reed (2004)
‘Lan Po Po’ Ed Young (1992)
‘Auntie Tigress and Other Favourite Chinese Folk Tales’ Eva Wang (2007)
‘Auntie Tigress’ Li Han Wen (2003)
‘Auntie Tigress’ Lin Yu Shan (2000)
‘Santa Claus and Auntie Tigress’ Yen Na, Yen Shueu (1998)
‘The Mouse Bridge’ Chang Ling-Ling (1992)
‘Rat, Cow, Tiger, and Rabbit’ Eva Wang (2005)
‘A Tiger Who Repay’ Chen Chi Gang (2008)
‘Blue Shirts and Paper Umbrella’ Dai Bow Twang (2006)
‘Hakka Culture and Hakka Spirit’ Lo Yung (2006)
‘Blue Shirts and the Crafts’ Cheng Hue Mei (2006)
‘Happy Birthday, Winnie!’ Valerie Thomas and Korky Paul (2008)
‘Chinese Festival Tales’ Wind Music (2004)
‘The Gruffalo Song and Other Songs’ Julia Donaldson (2005)
‘Writing Bestselling Children’s Books’ Alexander Gordon Smith (2007)
‘Ideas for Children’s Writers’ Pamela Cleaver (2005)
‘Children’s Writers’ & Illustraters’ Market U.K.2008-09’ David & Charles (2007)
‘Writing a Children’s Book’ Pamela Cleaver (2004)
‘How to Write for Children’ Louise Jordan (2007)
‘Writing for Children’ Allen Freain Jones & Lesley (2006)
‘First Fairy Tales’ Margaret Mayo and Selina Young (2004)
‘The Picture Book: Contemporary Illustration’
Angus Hyland, Michelle Thompson, Kate Gibb, and Ian Wright (2006)
‘Play Pen: New Children’s Book Illustration’ Martin Salisbury (2007)
‘Good Picture Books, What & How?’ Haw Gung Tsai (2006)
2. Films / Animations
‘Auntie Tigress’ PTS & S4C (2000)
‘Auntie Tigress’ Liu Shuen Shuan (2005)
‘Auntie Tigress and Peter’s wolf’ Liu Shuen Shuan (2006)
‘The Auntie Tigress’ Min Shyang Tu (2007)
‘Auntie Tigress’ Chang Wei Ling (2007)
‘Auntie Tigress’ Alice Wang (2005)
‘Auntie Tigress’ French Fries’ Hou Gang Ben
‘The Company of Wolves’ Neil Jordan (1984)
‘Yogi Bear – Hoodwinked Bear’ Hanna Barbera Studios (1961)
‘Hoodwinked’ Cory Edwards (2005)
‘Alice in Wonderland’ Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske (1951)
‘A Series of Unfortunate Events - End Credit’ Lemony Snicket (2004)
‘Monster House’ Gil Kenan (2006)
‘Raining Cats and Dogs’ Jacques-Remy Firerd (2005)
‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ Tim Burton (1993)
‘Shrek the Third’ Chris Miller, Raman Hui (2007)
‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ Guillermo Del Toro (2006)
3. Exhibitions
‘V&A Illustration Award’ 2007 05 Mar 2008
‘Hakka Museum’ 10 Apr 2008
‘Laughing in a Foreign Language’ 05 Mar 2008
‘The Age of Enchantment’ 02 Feb 2008
4. Websites
http://www.gio.gov.tw/info/culture_c/hakka.htm
http://www.ktps.tp.edu.tw/hakka/report.htm
http://www.kejia.com.tw/
http://www.hakka.gov.tw/
http://www.hakka.tpc.gov.tw/web/Home
http://tung.hakka.gov.tw/hakka/internet/index.aspx#c
http://hala.bz/read.php?tid=158136&page=e
http://www.06cn.com/uploads/ftp/sucai/audio/jdetgq/%BB%A2%B9%C3%C6%C5.mp3
http://tiger33.myweb.hinet.net/newbook1.htm
http://www.ntnu.edu.tw/art/tank/LessonPlans/plan086_aunt_tiger/086.htm
http://www.geocities.com/liushuehshuan/
http://www.pts.org.tw/~web02/26_animation/tw.htm
http://www.twbbs.net.tw/1418226.html
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%99%8E%E5%A7%91%E5%A9%86
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptations_of_Little_Red_Riding_Hood
http://www.wretch.cc/blog/teensy/20280834
http://www.wretch.cc/blog/teensy/20288731
http://yufuhome.blogspot.com/2007/05/blog-post.html
http://addoneegg.com/
http://www.youtube.com/
http://www.tudou.com/
F. Research Methods & Projected Outcomes
1. Secondary research
a. Web-based sources
p.6-13, 16-19, 33, 34-47, 50-60, 62-63
b. Books
p.3-5, 14-15, 23-25, 32-33, 61, 64-65
c. Film
p.8-12, 16-22, 50-60,
d. Exhibition
Documenta
2. Primary research
a. Discussion
p.67-71
b. Interview
p.66
c. Photography
p.34-47
MA Graphic Design & Communication (Research Pathway)
UCCA EPSOM
A. Time management
1. Short Term
Week 01 (11 Feb) - Secondary research
Week 02 (18 Feb) - Secondary research
Week 03 (25 Feb) - Presentation 1
Week 04 (03 Mar) - Primary research (Taiwan)
Week 05 (10 Mar) - Primary research (Taiwan)
Week 06 (17 Mar) - Primary research (Taiwan)
Week 07 (24 Mar) - Primary research (Taiwan)
Week 08 (31 Mar) - Primary research (Taiwan)
Week 09 (07 Apr) - Primary research (Taiwan)
Week 10 (14 Apr) - Storyboard
Week 11 (21 Apr) - Presentation 2
Week 12 (28 Apr) - Study Plan & Reflective appraisal
Week 13 (05 May) - Study Plan & Reflective appraisal
Week 14 (12 May) - Hand-in
2. Long Term
Feb – Secondary Research
Mar – Primary Research
Apr – Organizing everything
May – Finish the Storyboard
June – Drawing
July – Finish Drawing
Aug – Layout & Print
Sep – Graduation Show
B. Research Methods
1. Secondary research
a. Web-based sources
I searched the internet for others’ works on the two stories I am going to combine - ‘Little Red Riding Food’ and ‘Auntie Tigress’, and I found lots of interesting things not only books, films, animations, but also advertisings, songs, musicals…etc. That gave me a roughly background of how these two stories going on in the world. Besides this, I also got tons of information of Hakka culture which I am going to concentrate working on. Web-based research had buildup a database for me.
b. Books
I read a lot of children’s picture books about the wolves and the tigers to know what people describe these two monsters in the stories nowadays. I read books about Hakka culture to make sure the pictures I am going to draw is correct in details including buildings, foods, costumes…etc. I read books about Illustration for Children, how to make picture books for children, and writings for children to help me with the making part.
c. Film
I watched movies and animations to find out how they setup the character of a bad guy in a story, how they run threw the story in certain logic and temple to make the audience involve and goes in to the story.
d. Exhibition
I went to a few exhibitions to look at illustrations - ‘The Age of Enchantment’, ‘V&A Illustration Award’. I looked at how the cultural differences influence people’s thoughts and behavior in ‘Laughing in a Foreign Language’, and also looked at the Hakka cultural in the exhibition in Hakka Museum. Seeing things that are going on the world made me rethink about what I am doing and do some adjust to make it better.
e. Newspapers / Magazines
I did look at newspapers and magazines, however I did not find anything related to the subject that I am doing now.
2. Primary research
a. Discussion
I discussed my idea with a design agency, a animation studio, and some of my friends and get lots of feedback from them. I found it very useful to discuss my project with someone else because they had never heard it before so that they will easily point out what is missing or what does not really make sense.
b. Interview
I had an interview with a musical composer named Liu Shueh-Shuan on 09 Apr 2008. It helped me a lot because I basically got the same idea with him to take two different stories from the East and the West and try to create a new adaptation.
c. Photography
Because I am going to create a Hakka atmosphere in my picture book, so I went to Hakka Museum and the Hakka village in Taiwan to see what they’ve got and how they live.
d. Test
I will test these stories on Kirsten’s daughter and find other children to test on. It will help me to know their respond directly.
C. Reflective Appraisal
The main purpose of my project is to emphasis the cultural differences in the West and the East. I will combine two stories- ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ and ‘Auntie Tigress’ and create a new adaptation.
I found out that the monster who represents the bad guy appears differently in England and in Taiwan. In the U.K., people usually take wolves as the bad guy while in Taiwan, people usually take tigers as the bad guy. For children in the West, tiger normally plays a friendly character. That is why I want to bring the story ‘Auntie Tigress’ into the West, to let children in the West knows that Tigers are as horrible as the Wolves. I decided to let ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ plays the role that bringing them into the East, meet the Auntie Tigress and take part in the story. This will be easier for children to go into the story because it is let by Little Red Riding Hood, who they are familiar with. I would like to introduce the Hakka culture in my story, for that the story ‘Auntie Tigress’ is originally from Hakka culture. There are unique buildings, costume, Food, …etc. in their lives. It is a good opportunity to bring these into the West.
I then started to look at plenty of others’ works on these two stories with secondary research method. I search the Internet, read books, watch films…etc to gather much information as I could. This became a database which let me know how other illustrators work on these two stories. Afterwards I started to discuss with my tutor and my friends, I found it very useful to talk to people, it helps me to clarify my thoughts, and the feedback they gave usually made the whole project more logic and reasonable. Then I go back to Taiwan for Primary research during the Easter Holiday. I talked to Hakka people, went to the Hakka Village and the Hakka Museum, see how they live and what they do everyday. This is important for my next step – drawing, because I will need to create a world in Hakka culture in my picture books. I talked to a design agency called ‘Drama Graphic Design’ who suggested me to do something else besides the picture book and manage it like a brand. I also talked to an animation studio called ‘Dancing Ink Pictures’ who suggested me to do a short film as an advertising to sell the book. Then I had an interview with ‘Liu Shueh Shuan’, who did a musical combining ‘Auntie Tigress’ and ‘Peter and the wolf’. He basically got the same idea as mine, but we chose different story for the West. We discussed about the difficulties he had run through when he did this and gave me advises that helped me a lot to develop my idea.
‘If you goes into the story, your value rule will change, and your moral outlook will change as well. If the main character is a good man, you will be afraid that he will be killed by the bad guy. In the other hand, if the main character is a bad guy, you will be afraid that he will be caught by the police. That is because we see the world through the main character’s eyes, we understand him, so even if he does something bad, there must be a good reason he is doing this.’
- ‘Good Picture Books, What & How?’ Haw Gung Tsai (2006) p.39
This paragraph above influenced me a lot. I started to look at those stories say that a man looks like a bad man might not really so bad and a man looks like a good man might not so good. They made good people looked like a bad people in the beginning and turn the whole story over in the end, and they made bad people looked like a good one and do exactly the same thing. The one interests me the most is ‘The True Story of the Three Little Pigs’ by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith in 1991. That is how I got the idea of creating two stories in different perspective- one from the good guy and the other from the bad guy.
I made some changes from the original story. The first thing is the name ‘Auntie Tigress.’ Because of I want to combine the story with ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ and bring it to the U.K., so I think it will be better to make it ‘Granny Tigress’. It’s not changing the original story because the ‘Auntie’ Tigress actually means ‘Grand auntie’, who is the sister of granny. Second, the thing that Granny Tigress was eating. In the original story it was little brother’s finger she was eating, but I don’t want anyone to get hurt, so I changed it into Chips. After having a tutorial with Kirsten, I decided to change it again into sausages, it will be more logical this way.
Now I already finished the research part and the storyboard. I plan to test these two stories on children to see how they react with the terrifying Granny Tigress and the innocent Granny Tigress. Then I will start to draw the picture books which will be 32 pages each. I plan to finish this in July, and take August as the month to layout and to print.
I found out that the research journey is keep moving in a circle: find out something, look at it, think about it, do something with it, then find something new, look at it, think about it, do something else with it. It is exactly what Alverno’s framework for self assessment: Observation -> Analysing interpreting -> Judging -> planning -> Observation … .
D. Tutorials (Tutorial Logs Attached)
1. 04 Feb 2008 with Damian Chapman
I was trying to do something in graphic which is related to the music. So that I looked at ways of documenting sound and artist who are inspired by music.
2. 18 Feb 2008 with Damian Chapman
I wanted to do illustrations and music, but I could not get my friend send the music to me quickly.
3. 21 Feb 2008 with Damian Chapman
I run into this idea of combining the two stories from the West and the East – ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ and ‘Auntie Tigress’.
4. 03 Mar 2008 with Nick Gorse
Nick suggested me start to watch movies and animations and look at bad guys / monsters in them. I also thought about what media and style I will use.
5. 10 Mar 2008 with Damian Chapman
I had an idea that Auntie Tigress might be actually a good man. Damian suggested me to read more about those stories that give more details and discover the fact behind the dairy tales, for example, ‘The True Story of Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf’
6. 09 Apr 2008 with Liu, Shueh Shuen
Liu talked about his work and shared his idea, experience, and the difficulties that he run into when he did the musical ‘Auntie Tigress and Peter’s wolf’. He suggested me to keep it simple and easy for children to read.
7. 14 Apr 2008 with Jackie Parkinson
Jackie looked at my project and asked me to decide two perspectives as soon as possible because I am a little behind. She also remind me to beware of my time management.
8. 21 Apr 2008 with Damian Chapman
I finished two stories in different perspective. Damian asked me to start working on the storyboard. He also talked about how to prepare for the second presentation and the PGLA.
9. 29 Apr 2008 with Kirsten Alldred
We looked through the two stories I wrote, correct the grammar and made certain points clearer. Kirsten suggested me to change the ‘chips’ into ‘sausages’ to make the whole story more reasonable.
E. Research Sources
1. Books
‘The True Story of the Three Little Pigs’ Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith (1991)
‘The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig’ Eugene Trivizas (2002)
‘Little Red Riding Hood’ Ian Beck (2002)
‘Little Red Riding Hood’ Na-Ae Choi (2006)
‘A Cultivated Wolf’ Becky Bloom (2002)
‘Hoe Ruim Je Een Wolf Uit De Weg?’ Clement Chabert (2006)
‘Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf’ Catherine Storr (2007)
‘Lagneau Qui Ne Voulait Pas ?tre Un Mouton’ Didier Jean (2006)
‘C’est Moi Le Plus Fort’ Mario Ramos (2006)
‘Guess Who’s Coming for Dinner?’ Cathy Tincknell, Dug Steer, and John Kelly (2006)
‘Beware of the Story Book Wolves’ Lauren Child (2003)
‘Tiger in the Snow’ Nick Butterworth (2007)
‘What Friends do Best’ Jonathan Emmett and Nathan Reed (2004)
‘Lan Po Po’ Ed Young (1992)
‘Auntie Tigress and Other Favourite Chinese Folk Tales’ Eva Wang (2007)
‘Auntie Tigress’ Li Han Wen (2003)
‘Auntie Tigress’ Lin Yu Shan (2000)
‘Santa Claus and Auntie Tigress’ Yen Na, Yen Shueu (1998)
‘The Mouse Bridge’ Chang Ling-Ling (1992)
‘Rat, Cow, Tiger, and Rabbit’ Eva Wang (2005)
‘A Tiger Who Repay’ Chen Chi Gang (2008)
‘Blue Shirts and Paper Umbrella’ Dai Bow Twang (2006)
‘Hakka Culture and Hakka Spirit’ Lo Yung (2006)
‘Blue Shirts and the Crafts’ Cheng Hue Mei (2006)
‘Happy Birthday, Winnie!’ Valerie Thomas and Korky Paul (2008)
‘Chinese Festival Tales’ Wind Music (2004)
‘The Gruffalo Song and Other Songs’ Julia Donaldson (2005)
‘Writing Bestselling Children’s Books’ Alexander Gordon Smith (2007)
‘Ideas for Children’s Writers’ Pamela Cleaver (2005)
‘Children’s Writers’ & Illustraters’ Market U.K.2008-09’ David & Charles (2007)
‘Writing a Children’s Book’ Pamela Cleaver (2004)
‘How to Write for Children’ Louise Jordan (2007)
‘Writing for Children’ Allen Freain Jones & Lesley (2006)
‘First Fairy Tales’ Margaret Mayo and Selina Young (2004)
‘The Picture Book: Contemporary Illustration’
Angus Hyland, Michelle Thompson, Kate Gibb, and Ian Wright (2006)
‘Play Pen: New Children’s Book Illustration’ Martin Salisbury (2007)
‘Good Picture Books, What & How?’ Haw Gung Tsai (2006)
2. Films / Animations
‘Auntie Tigress’ PTS & S4C (2000)
‘Auntie Tigress’ Liu Shuen Shuan (2005)
‘Auntie Tigress and Peter’s wolf’ Liu Shuen Shuan (2006)
‘The Auntie Tigress’ Min Shyang Tu (2007)
‘Auntie Tigress’ Chang Wei Ling (2007)
‘Auntie Tigress’ Alice Wang (2005)
‘Auntie Tigress’ French Fries’ Hou Gang Ben
‘The Company of Wolves’ Neil Jordan (1984)
‘Yogi Bear – Hoodwinked Bear’ Hanna Barbera Studios (1961)
‘Hoodwinked’ Cory Edwards (2005)
‘Alice in Wonderland’ Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske (1951)
‘A Series of Unfortunate Events - End Credit’ Lemony Snicket (2004)
‘Monster House’ Gil Kenan (2006)
‘Raining Cats and Dogs’ Jacques-Remy Firerd (2005)
‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ Tim Burton (1993)
‘Shrek the Third’ Chris Miller, Raman Hui (2007)
‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ Guillermo Del Toro (2006)
3. Exhibitions
‘V&A Illustration Award’ 2007 05 Mar 2008
‘Hakka Museum’ 10 Apr 2008
‘Laughing in a Foreign Language’ 05 Mar 2008
‘The Age of Enchantment’ 02 Feb 2008
4. Websites
http://www.gio.gov.tw/info/culture_c/hakka.htm
http://www.ktps.tp.edu.tw/hakka/report.htm
http://www.kejia.com.tw/
http://www.hakka.gov.tw/
http://www.hakka.tpc.gov.tw/web/Home
http://tung.hakka.gov.tw/hakka/internet/index.aspx#c
http://hala.bz/read.php?tid=158136&page=e
http://www.06cn.com/uploads/ftp/sucai/audio/jdetgq/%BB%A2%B9%C3%C6%C5.mp3
http://tiger33.myweb.hinet.net/newbook1.htm
http://www.ntnu.edu.tw/art/tank/LessonPlans/plan086_aunt_tiger/086.htm
http://www.geocities.com/liushuehshuan/
http://www.pts.org.tw/~web02/26_animation/tw.htm
http://www.twbbs.net.tw/1418226.html
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%99%8E%E5%A7%91%E5%A9%86
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptations_of_Little_Red_Riding_Hood
http://www.wretch.cc/blog/teensy/20280834
http://www.wretch.cc/blog/teensy/20288731
http://yufuhome.blogspot.com/2007/05/blog-post.html
http://addoneegg.com/
http://www.youtube.com/
http://www.tudou.com/
F. Research Methods & Projected Outcomes
1. Secondary research
a. Web-based sources
p.6-13, 16-19, 33, 34-47, 50-60, 62-63
b. Books
p.3-5, 14-15, 23-25, 32-33, 61, 64-65
c. Film
p.8-12, 16-22, 50-60,
d. Exhibition
Documenta
2. Primary research
a. Discussion
p.67-71
b. Interview
p.66
c. Photography
p.34-47
Story 1 Granny Tigress and Little Red (May 2008)
1. Little Red Riding Hood met MeiMei, a girl from Taiwan on the Internet.
She bought a flight ticket to see her friend.
The Big Bad Wolf hacked into her email account and decided to follow her.
“Little Red with Chinese spices sounds good!” He tought.
2. The Big Bad Wolf had read a lot.
He thought, the book says wolves always go to the granny first, then they can eat Little Red.
So he went to Mei Mei’s Granny’s house first.
3. Granny opened the door, and was very happy to have a guest.
She rang Granny Tigress and asked her to go to her grand-children’s house.
“You must come here and get those rice cakes for them, ” She said,
“and please sleep with the younger brother, ‘cause he has difficulties falling asleep.”
4.Granny Tigress was a little nervous, but she said yes and packed a snack in case she got hungry.
She went to their house, and rang the bell. “Ring~~”
MeiMei asked: “Who is it?”
Granny Tigress: “It’s Granny!”
5.MeiMei: “How do we know you are really Granny?”
Granny Tigress: “I’ve got your favorite rice cakes with me!”
Granny Tigress showed the rice cakes to them.
The girls then let her in.
6. It’s time to go to bed now.
Granny Tigress remember what Their Granny had asked her.
So she insisted to sleep with WeiWei, the younger brother.
7. WeiWei was a naughty boy. He cried so hard and could not fall asleep.
Granny Tigress tried so hard to soothe him, but he cried even louder.
She held him in her arms, but he bit her, and the blood began to flaw.
8. At midnight, finally WeiWei was tired. He fell asleep in just a few seconds.
Granny Tigress was relieved. She felt very hungry.
She took out some sausages from her bag and started to eat, “Munch, munch.”
9. After a while, Granny Tigress heard someone wake up in the other room.
Little Red knocked on the door. “Granny, Granny! What are you eating?”
Granny Tigress was shocked that she had come and asked her.
She said: “Sausages of course! What’s wrong? Do you think I am eating WeiWei’s little fingers?”
Little Red answered, “Granny, I would like to try one as well.”
10. Granny Tigress reached out her hand and gave Little Red some sausages.
But she did not notice some blood from her wound had dropped on the sausages.
Little Red screamed out loud. “Oh my God! Help! Granny ate WeiWei!”
11. MeiMei woke up and run quickly towards the screams.
Granny Tigress kept explaining, “Those really are sausages!” But no one believed her.
She was too anxious to hide her tail.
12. MeiMei wanted to call the police,
Granny Tigress was very worried, She thought these people were so unreasonable.
But she didn’t really know what to do, so she tied them up to the chairs., and tried to run away.
13. Little Red said, “I want to go to the toilet, please!”
“You can hold the other end of the rope to make sure that I don’t run away.”
So Granny Tigress let her go and ran away quickly.
14. Granny Tigress was much too afraid of being caught by the police, So she hid in the forest and never came out again.
The Big Bad Wolf had a nice chat with Granny, so he did not eat her.
They became good friends in the end.
15. But Granny Tigress still has become a terrifying character.
Now mothers always warn their children,
“Be good and go to bed early, otherwise Granny Tigress will eat your fingers!”
She bought a flight ticket to see her friend.
The Big Bad Wolf hacked into her email account and decided to follow her.
“Little Red with Chinese spices sounds good!” He tought.
2. The Big Bad Wolf had read a lot.
He thought, the book says wolves always go to the granny first, then they can eat Little Red.
So he went to Mei Mei’s Granny’s house first.
3. Granny opened the door, and was very happy to have a guest.
She rang Granny Tigress and asked her to go to her grand-children’s house.
“You must come here and get those rice cakes for them, ” She said,
“and please sleep with the younger brother, ‘cause he has difficulties falling asleep.”
4.Granny Tigress was a little nervous, but she said yes and packed a snack in case she got hungry.
She went to their house, and rang the bell. “Ring~~”
MeiMei asked: “Who is it?”
Granny Tigress: “It’s Granny!”
5.MeiMei: “How do we know you are really Granny?”
Granny Tigress: “I’ve got your favorite rice cakes with me!”
Granny Tigress showed the rice cakes to them.
The girls then let her in.
6. It’s time to go to bed now.
Granny Tigress remember what Their Granny had asked her.
So she insisted to sleep with WeiWei, the younger brother.
7. WeiWei was a naughty boy. He cried so hard and could not fall asleep.
Granny Tigress tried so hard to soothe him, but he cried even louder.
She held him in her arms, but he bit her, and the blood began to flaw.
8. At midnight, finally WeiWei was tired. He fell asleep in just a few seconds.
Granny Tigress was relieved. She felt very hungry.
She took out some sausages from her bag and started to eat, “Munch, munch.”
9. After a while, Granny Tigress heard someone wake up in the other room.
Little Red knocked on the door. “Granny, Granny! What are you eating?”
Granny Tigress was shocked that she had come and asked her.
She said: “Sausages of course! What’s wrong? Do you think I am eating WeiWei’s little fingers?”
Little Red answered, “Granny, I would like to try one as well.”
10. Granny Tigress reached out her hand and gave Little Red some sausages.
But she did not notice some blood from her wound had dropped on the sausages.
Little Red screamed out loud. “Oh my God! Help! Granny ate WeiWei!”
11. MeiMei woke up and run quickly towards the screams.
Granny Tigress kept explaining, “Those really are sausages!” But no one believed her.
She was too anxious to hide her tail.
12. MeiMei wanted to call the police,
Granny Tigress was very worried, She thought these people were so unreasonable.
But she didn’t really know what to do, so she tied them up to the chairs., and tried to run away.
13. Little Red said, “I want to go to the toilet, please!”
“You can hold the other end of the rope to make sure that I don’t run away.”
So Granny Tigress let her go and ran away quickly.
14. Granny Tigress was much too afraid of being caught by the police, So she hid in the forest and never came out again.
The Big Bad Wolf had a nice chat with Granny, so he did not eat her.
They became good friends in the end.
15. But Granny Tigress still has become a terrifying character.
Now mothers always warn their children,
“Be good and go to bed early, otherwise Granny Tigress will eat your fingers!”
Story 1 Little Red and Granny Tigress (May 2008)
1. Little Red Riding Hood met MeiMei, a girl from Taiwan on the Internet.
She bought a flight ticket to see her friend.
2. Little Red came to Taiwan.
She met MeiMei’s family.
3. That afternoon, MeiMei’s parents had planed to stay at Auntie’s place for one night.
They told them Granny would come to take care of them.
“Be careful! Do not open the door to strangers!”
4. In the evening, Granny came.
She rang the bell. “Ring~~”
MeiMei asked: “Who is it?”
Granny: “It’s Granny!”
5. MeiMei: “How do we know you are really Granny?”
Granny: “I’ve got your favorite rice cakes with me!”
Granny showed the rice cakes to them.
“Those rice cakes are really made by Granny, ” MeiMei thought. “I’d better let her in.”
6. It’s time to go to bed now. Granny insisted sleeping with WeiWei, Mei Mei’s younger brother.
In the beginning, WeiWei cried very hard and couldn’t go to sleep.
Granny tried to soothe him, and he became quiet after a while.
7. At midnight. Little Red woke up to go to the toilet.
She heard something from Granny and WeiWei’s room. “Munch, munch.”
Little Red knocked on the door. “Granny, Granny! What are you eating?”
Granny said: “Sausages of course! What’s wrong? Do you think I am eating WeiWei’s little fingers?”
Little Red was very shocked. “Granny, I would like to try one as well.”
8. Granny reached out her hand and gave Little Red some sausages covered with ketchup.
The ketchup tasted like blood!
“Oh my God!” Little Red screamed out loud. “Help! Granny ate WeiWei!”
9. MeiMei woke up and ran quickly towards the screams.
Granny kept saying, “Those really are sausages!”
But everyone saw her stripy tail.
10. MeiMei wanted to call the police, but Granny was even faster.
She tied them up to the chairs.
11. Little Red said, “I want to go to the toilet, please!”
“You can hold the other end of the rope to make sure that I don’t run away.”
12. Little Red went into WeiWei’s room. He was having a sweet dream on the bed.
She grabbed him and ran out happily.
The terrifying Granny Tigress had already gone.
13. Granny Tigress has become a terrifying character.
Now mothers always warn their children,
“Be good and go to bed early, otherwise Granny Tigress will eat your fingers!”
She bought a flight ticket to see her friend.
2. Little Red came to Taiwan.
She met MeiMei’s family.
3. That afternoon, MeiMei’s parents had planed to stay at Auntie’s place for one night.
They told them Granny would come to take care of them.
“Be careful! Do not open the door to strangers!”
4. In the evening, Granny came.
She rang the bell. “Ring~~”
MeiMei asked: “Who is it?”
Granny: “It’s Granny!”
5. MeiMei: “How do we know you are really Granny?”
Granny: “I’ve got your favorite rice cakes with me!”
Granny showed the rice cakes to them.
“Those rice cakes are really made by Granny, ” MeiMei thought. “I’d better let her in.”
6. It’s time to go to bed now. Granny insisted sleeping with WeiWei, Mei Mei’s younger brother.
In the beginning, WeiWei cried very hard and couldn’t go to sleep.
Granny tried to soothe him, and he became quiet after a while.
7. At midnight. Little Red woke up to go to the toilet.
She heard something from Granny and WeiWei’s room. “Munch, munch.”
Little Red knocked on the door. “Granny, Granny! What are you eating?”
Granny said: “Sausages of course! What’s wrong? Do you think I am eating WeiWei’s little fingers?”
Little Red was very shocked. “Granny, I would like to try one as well.”
8. Granny reached out her hand and gave Little Red some sausages covered with ketchup.
The ketchup tasted like blood!
“Oh my God!” Little Red screamed out loud. “Help! Granny ate WeiWei!”
9. MeiMei woke up and ran quickly towards the screams.
Granny kept saying, “Those really are sausages!”
But everyone saw her stripy tail.
10. MeiMei wanted to call the police, but Granny was even faster.
She tied them up to the chairs.
11. Little Red said, “I want to go to the toilet, please!”
“You can hold the other end of the rope to make sure that I don’t run away.”
12. Little Red went into WeiWei’s room. He was having a sweet dream on the bed.
She grabbed him and ran out happily.
The terrifying Granny Tigress had already gone.
13. Granny Tigress has become a terrifying character.
Now mothers always warn their children,
“Be good and go to bed early, otherwise Granny Tigress will eat your fingers!”
Story 2 (Apr 2008)
1. Little Red Riding Hood met MeiMei, a girl from Taiwan on the Internet.
She bought a flight ticket to see her friend.
The Big Bad Wolf followed her cause he want to eat her.
2. The Big Bad Wolf had read a lot.
He thought, the book says wolves always go to the granny first, then they can eat Little Red.
So he went to Granny’s house first.
3. Granny opened the door, and was very happy to have a guest.
She rang Granny Tigress and asked her to go to her grand-children’s house.
“You must come here and get those rice cakes for them, ” She said,
“and please sleep with the younger brother, cause he has difficulties falling asleep.”
4.Granny Tigress was a little nervous, but she said yes.
She went to their house, and rang the bell. “Ring~~”
MeiMei asked: “Who is it?”
Granny Tigress: “I am your Granny!”
5.MeiMei: “How do we know you are really Granny?”
Granny Tigress: “I’ve got your favorite rice cakes with me!”
Granny Tigress show the rice cakes to them.
“Those rice cakes are really made by Granny, ” MeiMei thought. “I’d better let her in.”
6. It’s time to go to bed now.
Granny Tigress remember what Their Granny asked her.
So she insisted to sleep with WeiWei, the younger brother.
7. WeiWei was a naughty boy. He cried so hard and could not fall asleep.
Granny Tigress tried so hard to soothe him, but he cried even louder.
She hold him in her arms, but he bite her, and the blood came out from her skin.
8. Midnight, finally WeiWei was tired. He fell asleep just in few seconds.
Granny Tigress was released. She felt very hungry.
She took out her chips and started to eat, “Crunch, crunch.”
9. After a while, Granny Tigress heard someone woke up in the other room.
Little Red knocked on the door. “Granny, Granny! What are you eating?”
Granny Tigress was shocked that she came and asked her.
She said: “Of course chips! What’s wrong? You think I am eating WeiWei’s little fingers?”
Little Red answered, “Granny, I would like to try one as well.”
10. Granny Tigress reached out her hand and gave Little Red some chips.
But she did not notice her blood from the wound has dropped on the chips.
Little Red screamed out loud. “Help! Granny ate WeiWei!”
11. MeiMei woke up and run here as soon as possible.
Granny Tigress kept explaining, “Those really are chips!” But no one believed her.
She was too anxious to hide her tail.
12. MeiMei wanted to call a police,
Granny Tigress was very worried, She thought these people are so unreasonable.
But she didn’t really know what to do, so she roped them both on chairs, and tried to run away.
13. Little Red said, “I want to go to the toilet, please!”
“You can hold the other side of the rope to make sure that I didn’t run away.”
So Granny Tigress let her go and run away quickly.
14. Granny Tigress was too much afraid of being caught by police, So she hide in the forest and never came out again.
The Big Bad Wolf had a nice chat with Granny, so he did not eat her.
They became good friends in the end.
15. From then on, Granny Tigress became a terrifying character.
Mothers will tell children,
“Be good and go to bed earlier, otherwise Granny Tigress will eat your fingers!”
She bought a flight ticket to see her friend.
The Big Bad Wolf followed her cause he want to eat her.
2. The Big Bad Wolf had read a lot.
He thought, the book says wolves always go to the granny first, then they can eat Little Red.
So he went to Granny’s house first.
3. Granny opened the door, and was very happy to have a guest.
She rang Granny Tigress and asked her to go to her grand-children’s house.
“You must come here and get those rice cakes for them, ” She said,
“and please sleep with the younger brother, cause he has difficulties falling asleep.”
4.Granny Tigress was a little nervous, but she said yes.
She went to their house, and rang the bell. “Ring~~”
MeiMei asked: “Who is it?”
Granny Tigress: “I am your Granny!”
5.MeiMei: “How do we know you are really Granny?”
Granny Tigress: “I’ve got your favorite rice cakes with me!”
Granny Tigress show the rice cakes to them.
“Those rice cakes are really made by Granny, ” MeiMei thought. “I’d better let her in.”
6. It’s time to go to bed now.
Granny Tigress remember what Their Granny asked her.
So she insisted to sleep with WeiWei, the younger brother.
7. WeiWei was a naughty boy. He cried so hard and could not fall asleep.
Granny Tigress tried so hard to soothe him, but he cried even louder.
She hold him in her arms, but he bite her, and the blood came out from her skin.
8. Midnight, finally WeiWei was tired. He fell asleep just in few seconds.
Granny Tigress was released. She felt very hungry.
She took out her chips and started to eat, “Crunch, crunch.”
9. After a while, Granny Tigress heard someone woke up in the other room.
Little Red knocked on the door. “Granny, Granny! What are you eating?”
Granny Tigress was shocked that she came and asked her.
She said: “Of course chips! What’s wrong? You think I am eating WeiWei’s little fingers?”
Little Red answered, “Granny, I would like to try one as well.”
10. Granny Tigress reached out her hand and gave Little Red some chips.
But she did not notice her blood from the wound has dropped on the chips.
Little Red screamed out loud. “Help! Granny ate WeiWei!”
11. MeiMei woke up and run here as soon as possible.
Granny Tigress kept explaining, “Those really are chips!” But no one believed her.
She was too anxious to hide her tail.
12. MeiMei wanted to call a police,
Granny Tigress was very worried, She thought these people are so unreasonable.
But she didn’t really know what to do, so she roped them both on chairs, and tried to run away.
13. Little Red said, “I want to go to the toilet, please!”
“You can hold the other side of the rope to make sure that I didn’t run away.”
So Granny Tigress let her go and run away quickly.
14. Granny Tigress was too much afraid of being caught by police, So she hide in the forest and never came out again.
The Big Bad Wolf had a nice chat with Granny, so he did not eat her.
They became good friends in the end.
15. From then on, Granny Tigress became a terrifying character.
Mothers will tell children,
“Be good and go to bed earlier, otherwise Granny Tigress will eat your fingers!”
Story 1 (Apr 2008)
1. Little Red Riding Hood met MeiMei, a girl from Taiwan on the Internet.
She bought a flight ticket to see her friend.
2. Little Red came to Taiwan.
She met MeiMei’s family.
3. This afternoon, MeiMei’s parents plan to stay in Auntie’s place for one night.
They told them Granny will come here to take care of them.
“Be careful! Do not open the door for strangers!”
4. In the evening, Granny came.
She rang the bell. “Ring~~”
MeiMei asked: “Who is it?”
Granny: “I am your Granny!”
5. MeiMei: “How do we know you are really Granny?”
Granny: “I’ve got your favorite rice cakes with me!”
Granny show the rice cakes to them.
“Those rice cakes are really made by Granny, ” MeiMei thought. “I’d better let her in.”
6. It’s time to go to bed now. Granny insisted to sleep with WeiWei, the younger brother.
In the beginning, WeiWei cried very hard and couldn’t go to sleep.
Granny tried to soothe him, and he became quiet after a while.
7. Midnight. Little Red woke up for toilet.
She heard something from Granny and WeiWei’s room. “Crunch, crunch.”
Little Red knocked on the door. “Granny, Granny! What are you eating?”
Granny said: “Of course chips! What’s wrong? You think I am eating WeiWei’s little fingers?”
Little Red was very shock. “Granny, I would like to try one as well.”
8. Granny reached out her hand and gave Little Red some chips.
Oh my God, the ketchup taste like blood!
Little Red screamed out loud. “Help! Granny ate WeiWei!”
9. MeiMei woke up and run here as soon as possible.
Granny kept saying, “Those really are chips!”
But everyone saw her tail.
10. MeiMei wanted to call a police, but Granny was even faster.
She roped them both on chairs.
11. Little Red said, “I want to go to the toilet, please!”
“You can hold the other side of the rope to make sure that I didn’t run away.”
12. Little Red went into WeiWei’s room. He was having a sweet dream on the bed.
She hold him and run out happily.
The Granny Tigress was already gone.
13. From then on, Granny Tigress became a terrifying character.
Mothers will tell children,
“Be good and go to bed earlier, otherwise Granny Tigress will eat your fingers!”
She bought a flight ticket to see her friend.
2. Little Red came to Taiwan.
She met MeiMei’s family.
3. This afternoon, MeiMei’s parents plan to stay in Auntie’s place for one night.
They told them Granny will come here to take care of them.
“Be careful! Do not open the door for strangers!”
4. In the evening, Granny came.
She rang the bell. “Ring~~”
MeiMei asked: “Who is it?”
Granny: “I am your Granny!”
5. MeiMei: “How do we know you are really Granny?”
Granny: “I’ve got your favorite rice cakes with me!”
Granny show the rice cakes to them.
“Those rice cakes are really made by Granny, ” MeiMei thought. “I’d better let her in.”
6. It’s time to go to bed now. Granny insisted to sleep with WeiWei, the younger brother.
In the beginning, WeiWei cried very hard and couldn’t go to sleep.
Granny tried to soothe him, and he became quiet after a while.
7. Midnight. Little Red woke up for toilet.
She heard something from Granny and WeiWei’s room. “Crunch, crunch.”
Little Red knocked on the door. “Granny, Granny! What are you eating?”
Granny said: “Of course chips! What’s wrong? You think I am eating WeiWei’s little fingers?”
Little Red was very shock. “Granny, I would like to try one as well.”
8. Granny reached out her hand and gave Little Red some chips.
Oh my God, the ketchup taste like blood!
Little Red screamed out loud. “Help! Granny ate WeiWei!”
9. MeiMei woke up and run here as soon as possible.
Granny kept saying, “Those really are chips!”
But everyone saw her tail.
10. MeiMei wanted to call a police, but Granny was even faster.
She roped them both on chairs.
11. Little Red said, “I want to go to the toilet, please!”
“You can hold the other side of the rope to make sure that I didn’t run away.”
12. Little Red went into WeiWei’s room. He was having a sweet dream on the bed.
She hold him and run out happily.
The Granny Tigress was already gone.
13. From then on, Granny Tigress became a terrifying character.
Mothers will tell children,
“Be good and go to bed earlier, otherwise Granny Tigress will eat your fingers!”
Name changed (20 Apr 2008)
Grand auntie -> Granny
I decided to make a change with the name of 'Auntie Tigress.' Because I want to combine the story with 'Little Red Riding Hood' and bring it to the U.K., so I think it will be better to make it 'Granny Tigress.' It's not changing the original story because the 'auntie tigress' actually means 'Grand auntie', who is the sister of granny.
I decided to make a change with the name of 'Auntie Tigress.' Because I want to combine the story with 'Little Red Riding Hood' and bring it to the U.K., so I think it will be better to make it 'Granny Tigress.' It's not changing the original story because the 'auntie tigress' actually means 'Grand auntie', who is the sister of granny.
A Good Picture Book, What & How (2006)
'If you goes into the story, your value rule will change, and your moral will change as well. If the main character is a good man, you will be afraid that he will be killed by the bad guy. In the other hand, if the main character is a bad guy, we will be afriad that he will be caught by the police. That is because we see the world through the main character's eyes, we understand him, so even if he did something bad, there must be some good reason that he is doing this.'
'A Good Picture Book, What & How'
by Haw Guan Tsai (2006) p.39
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These words influenced me a lot. I started to look at those films which says that a man who looks bad might not be really bad abd a man who looks good might not be so good. For example, 'Monster House', 'Hoodwinked', 'Raining Cats and Dogs', and the one interests me the most- 'The True Story of the Three Little Pigs.' So I decided to create two stories in different perspectives - the good guy and the bad guy.
'A Good Picture Book, What & How'
by Haw Guan Tsai (2006) p.39
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These words influenced me a lot. I started to look at those films which says that a man who looks bad might not be really bad abd a man who looks good might not be so good. For example, 'Monster House', 'Hoodwinked', 'Raining Cats and Dogs', and the one interests me the most- 'The True Story of the Three Little Pigs.' So I decided to create two stories in different perspectives - the good guy and the bad guy.
The Original Story of "Auntie Tigress"
A long time ago, many people in Taiwan believed in different spirits; gods and goddesses, ghosts and witches. They believed in the Sun-God, Moon-God, Earth-God, Rock-God, Tree-God, and even animal gods and goddesses. They even believed that when an animal became old enough, it would possess a strange ability to change itself into a human being to devour other humans.
Once upon a time, there was a lady in Taiwan. She lived in a deep mountain house with her two daughters. The older daughter was called Ah-Kim and the younger daughter, Ah-Giok. They were poor but their daily life was peaceful and happy. One day, the mother had to make a trip to the city. She was very worried about her daughters' safety, so she told them to lock the door and not to open it to anyone while she was gone.
After the mother left, the two daughters did as they were instructed. Not long later, someone came to the door and began to knock loudly. "Bong, Bong, Bong. "
The elder daughter, Ah-Kim, woke up first and was scared. She hugged her younger sister, Ah-Giok, tightly. They both did not know what to do. Then, the person outside the door began to call out loudly: "Open the door, open the door! I am your mother."
The sisters moved closer to the door and said: "You are not Mama; you wouldn't be back so soon." But the person knocked harder and called out louder: "I am your Mama. l thought you would be scared, so I came back quickly to see you."
The sisters thought that it might be true, so they unlocked the door. As they opened the door and saw that the person wasn't their mother, they tried to close the door, but it was too late. The person outside pushed the door open and entered quickly. Her hair was white as snow and her face was wrinkled like a cat'.
"Who are you?" the sisters asked?
"Don't be scared. I am your great-aunt; I live behind the mountain. I haven't visited you for a long time. Today, I passed by your house, so I came to see you. "
After hearing the explanation, the sisters felt less afraid. Ah-Giok was young and naive, and she was happy to see this great-aunt, but Ah-Kim was much older and wiser and she did not believe it. Ah-Kim wondered why their mother never mentioned to them that they had a great-aunt. It was very late and Ah-Giok wanted to return to sleep, so she slept with her great-aunt. However, A Kim was still suspicious and went to the next room to sleep by herself.
At midnight, Ah-Kim woke up and heard some strange noises coming from the room Ah-Giok slept in. "Chunk, Chunk," it sounded like someone chewing roasted peanuts or like dogs chewing bones. Finally, Ah-Kim asked loudly, "Great-aunt, what are you eating?" The great-aunt had not expected Ah-Kim to wake up and ask. Surprised, she quickly answered, "Oh, I am chewing some ginger roots; they are very hard, hot, and bitter, not for children to eat."
Ah-Kim could not believe the great-aunt. She asked and insisted that she wanted to have some too. Finally, the great-aunt threw over a piece for Ah-Kim . When Ah-Kim picked it up, it was a piece of a finger. "Oh, little sister Ah-Giok must have been eaten up by the Tigress Witch, who has pretended to be our great-aunt! ! I've got to escape!"
A little while later, Ah-Kim pretended and said to the great-aunt, "Great-aunt, I have to go to the toilet and wash my hands." "No!" The great-aunt finally showed her true nature as an old Tigress Witch. "You will be my breakfast. How can I let you go; you might try to sneak away!" Ah-Kim was very smart and answered again, "If you don't want me to escape, why don't you tie a rope to my leg; then I will have no way to escape." The Tigress Witch thought for a moment and judged this offer reasonable. She tied a rope around Ah-Kim's leg and held the other end in her hand and let Ah-Kim go to the rest room.
As soon as Ah-Kim reached the rest room, she unleashed the rope from her leg and tied it to the edge of the water container. Then she escaped through the window and hid in the top of a tree.
The Tigress Witch waited for a long time and finally pulled the rope, hearing the water sound.
She waited for a few more minutes while chewing on the fingers and then wondered why Ah-Kim was spending such a long time in the rest room. She went over to check on Ah-Kim and realized that Ah-Kim had escaped. She tracked Ah-Kim's footsteps and found Ah-Kim hiding in the tree.
The Tigress Witch could not climb the tree so she began to chew the trunk of the tree with her sharp teeth. Ah-Kim looked down and thought she would fall out of the tree if the witch kept on chewing the trunk. Calmly she thought of a solution.
"Great-aunt, you don't have to chew the tree trunk so hard. I am willing to come down to let you eat me. The only problem is that I am so hungry that if you eat me now, I will become a Hungry Ghost, and I will forever follow you and torment you. If you boil a bucket of peanut oil for me, I'll fry some birds here and eat them. When my stomach is full, you can then eat me without any worry."
The Tigress Witch thought this was a very wonderful idea. She boiled a bucket of peanut oil and sent it up to Ah-Kim. After awhile, Ah-Kim called out, "I am ready to jump down now. Open your mouth." When the Tigress Witch heard this, she opened her mouth widely, thinking that she would be eating Ah-Kim. Instead, the stupid Tigress got a whole mouthful of boiling peanut oil and died instantly.
Once upon a time, there was a lady in Taiwan. She lived in a deep mountain house with her two daughters. The older daughter was called Ah-Kim and the younger daughter, Ah-Giok. They were poor but their daily life was peaceful and happy. One day, the mother had to make a trip to the city. She was very worried about her daughters' safety, so she told them to lock the door and not to open it to anyone while she was gone.
After the mother left, the two daughters did as they were instructed. Not long later, someone came to the door and began to knock loudly. "Bong, Bong, Bong. "
The elder daughter, Ah-Kim, woke up first and was scared. She hugged her younger sister, Ah-Giok, tightly. They both did not know what to do. Then, the person outside the door began to call out loudly: "Open the door, open the door! I am your mother."
The sisters moved closer to the door and said: "You are not Mama; you wouldn't be back so soon." But the person knocked harder and called out louder: "I am your Mama. l thought you would be scared, so I came back quickly to see you."
The sisters thought that it might be true, so they unlocked the door. As they opened the door and saw that the person wasn't their mother, they tried to close the door, but it was too late. The person outside pushed the door open and entered quickly. Her hair was white as snow and her face was wrinkled like a cat'.
"Who are you?" the sisters asked?
"Don't be scared. I am your great-aunt; I live behind the mountain. I haven't visited you for a long time. Today, I passed by your house, so I came to see you. "
After hearing the explanation, the sisters felt less afraid. Ah-Giok was young and naive, and she was happy to see this great-aunt, but Ah-Kim was much older and wiser and she did not believe it. Ah-Kim wondered why their mother never mentioned to them that they had a great-aunt. It was very late and Ah-Giok wanted to return to sleep, so she slept with her great-aunt. However, A Kim was still suspicious and went to the next room to sleep by herself.
At midnight, Ah-Kim woke up and heard some strange noises coming from the room Ah-Giok slept in. "Chunk, Chunk," it sounded like someone chewing roasted peanuts or like dogs chewing bones. Finally, Ah-Kim asked loudly, "Great-aunt, what are you eating?" The great-aunt had not expected Ah-Kim to wake up and ask. Surprised, she quickly answered, "Oh, I am chewing some ginger roots; they are very hard, hot, and bitter, not for children to eat."
Ah-Kim could not believe the great-aunt. She asked and insisted that she wanted to have some too. Finally, the great-aunt threw over a piece for Ah-Kim . When Ah-Kim picked it up, it was a piece of a finger. "Oh, little sister Ah-Giok must have been eaten up by the Tigress Witch, who has pretended to be our great-aunt! ! I've got to escape!"
A little while later, Ah-Kim pretended and said to the great-aunt, "Great-aunt, I have to go to the toilet and wash my hands." "No!" The great-aunt finally showed her true nature as an old Tigress Witch. "You will be my breakfast. How can I let you go; you might try to sneak away!" Ah-Kim was very smart and answered again, "If you don't want me to escape, why don't you tie a rope to my leg; then I will have no way to escape." The Tigress Witch thought for a moment and judged this offer reasonable. She tied a rope around Ah-Kim's leg and held the other end in her hand and let Ah-Kim go to the rest room.
As soon as Ah-Kim reached the rest room, she unleashed the rope from her leg and tied it to the edge of the water container. Then she escaped through the window and hid in the top of a tree.
The Tigress Witch waited for a long time and finally pulled the rope, hearing the water sound.
She waited for a few more minutes while chewing on the fingers and then wondered why Ah-Kim was spending such a long time in the rest room. She went over to check on Ah-Kim and realized that Ah-Kim had escaped. She tracked Ah-Kim's footsteps and found Ah-Kim hiding in the tree.
The Tigress Witch could not climb the tree so she began to chew the trunk of the tree with her sharp teeth. Ah-Kim looked down and thought she would fall out of the tree if the witch kept on chewing the trunk. Calmly she thought of a solution.
"Great-aunt, you don't have to chew the tree trunk so hard. I am willing to come down to let you eat me. The only problem is that I am so hungry that if you eat me now, I will become a Hungry Ghost, and I will forever follow you and torment you. If you boil a bucket of peanut oil for me, I'll fry some birds here and eat them. When my stomach is full, you can then eat me without any worry."
The Tigress Witch thought this was a very wonderful idea. She boiled a bucket of peanut oil and sent it up to Ah-Kim. After awhile, Ah-Kim called out, "I am ready to jump down now. Open your mouth." When the Tigress Witch heard this, she opened her mouth widely, thinking that she would be eating Ah-Kim. Instead, the stupid Tigress got a whole mouthful of boiling peanut oil and died instantly.
Hakka Culture Research
Because I will introduce Hakka culture in my Story, so I read a lot about Hakka, I search the internet for more information, I also went to Hakka Museum in Taiwan, and a small Hakka village to see how they live their lives.
Web-based sourses and reading books gave me a background of how Hakka culture look like, and after secondary research I started primary research, which I took a lit of pictures and talked to Hakka people.
Web-based sourses and reading books gave me a background of how Hakka culture look like, and after secondary research I started primary research, which I took a lit of pictures and talked to Hakka people.
Picture Bools with Music!
There are some picture books are sold with music CDs. Some of them are just music that you can hear while you are reading. Some of them have a signal that tells you when you should flip the pages, so that the music tone/ spread will goes with the story and create a certain mood that fit the page. It is especially useful to describe the feelings you have when you are reading, for example, fear when the monster comes out, or happy when it's got a good ending.
Stories as a Media
Most of the 'Auntie Tigress' story books in the past use stories as a media to introduce Taiwanese culture to the world. For example: Taiwanese paper cutting, Chinese painting, Calligraphy, buildings, traditional clothes, food, Chinese music, traditional instruments...etc.
Beware of the Strangers
France: Little Red Riding Hood
Germany: The Wolf & Seven Little Goats
China: Grandma Wolf (Lon po po)
Taiwan: Auntie Tigress
There's stories warning children not to open doors to strangers all around the world. They all use an animal to describe a bad guy. But in different places people choose different animals to be the bad guy because of the cultural differences in the West and in the East.
Germany: The Wolf & Seven Little Goats
China: Grandma Wolf (Lon po po)
Taiwan: Auntie Tigress
There's stories warning children not to open doors to strangers all around the world. They all use an animal to describe a bad guy. But in different places people choose different animals to be the bad guy because of the cultural differences in the West and in the East.
Tiger in the East
Tigers in the Eastern stories plays the same role as the wolves in the West. That's the main cultural differences that I want to talk about.
Saturday, 23 February 2008
Tigers in the U.K.
Lovely Tigers
In the West, Tigers aew children's friends. They are lovely and friendly. They smile all the time. It's totally opposite in the East.
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