My Featured Film

I. About the Novel：Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins is the story of the Banks family who live in a big house in London on Cherry Lane. Things are not going well for the family, the children, Jane and Michael, are out of control and are in need of a new nanny. Jane and Michael have their own ideas about what sort of caretaker they should have, while their parents—and in particular Mr. Banks—are insistent on someone strict for the job. When a mysterious young woman named Mary Poppins appears at their doorstep, the family finds that she’s the answer to their prayers, but in the most peculiar way. Mary Poppins takes the children on many magical and memorable adventures, but Jane and Michael aren’t the only ones she has a profound effect upon. Even grown-ups can learn a lesson or two from the nanny who advises that “anything can happen if you let it.”

Works Cited （参考文献）

http://www.broadway.com/shows/mary-poppins/story/

II. Versions of the Film

1.Mary Poppins Full Musical - Summit High School 2016

2.Mary Poppins Disney Version 2014

III. About the Author:Pamela Lyndon Travers

P.L. Travers was born on August 9, 1899, in Queensland, Australia. Her rich fantasy life propelled her to write stories and poems at an early age, and after a brief stint in the theater, she moved to London, England, to pursue a literary life, hobnobbing with Irish poets such a William Butler Yeats. The Mary Poppins tales sprang from Travers entertaining young visitors, combined with a love of mythology. The Disney film Mary Poppins made the notoriously private and prickly Travers immensely wealthy, but also unhappy. She died in London on April 23, 1996.

Works Cited （参考文献）
http://www.biography.com/people/pl-travers-21358293

IV. My Reaction

A. Reaction Point - character

• Characters are persons, or animals or natural forces represented as persons, in a work of film or literature.
• The main character

         ①Mary Poppins→Nanny of Banks' family. She always bring her big bag.

②George Banks→ Father. He works in the bank.

③Winifred Banks→ Mother. She always leave her children to Mary Poppins.

④Jane Banks→ Eldest daughter of the Banks house.

⑤Michael Banks→ Eldest son of the Banks house.

B. Reaction Point - setting

• The context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs.
• time:1910 / place:Number Seventeen Cherry Tree Lane in London

C. Reaction Point - acting

• Acting is playing a character in a play or movie.
• I think the most important acting in this film is the acting of Mary Poppins. Her character is an excellent nanny, dry but always tender. Her performance is very faithfulness and fit for the original work.

D. My General Opinion
I like this film very much since I was a child. This story's atmosphere is so pretty and it makes me very happy. I want this story to pass down from generation to generation forever.