Tales

This is a podcast that I created for my Multimedia Storytelling class at Salve. It focuses on Disney films and compares them to their original stories. I interviewed Dr. Matthew Ramsey, who is an Animated Films professor at Salve Regina. Below, I have included my original plan for the podcast.

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The Plan:

Tales is a podcast about fairy tales. It will explore the deeper meanings of specific stories to better understand how and why they were written, specifically the themes, techniques, and history. Some children’s movies, like Snow White and Cinderella are based on older fairy tales with different meanings. A lot of original fairy tales are much more gruesome than we realize, because Disney changed them to be happy endings. Tales will explore the stories we grew up with in a way that college students are interested in, relating specific topics that they may be studying. Tales is a single-host podcast, with interviews about the stories with fans of the stories and professionals in the field. There are many things that people do not notice that are under the surface of fairy tales, and Tales will dive deeper into the storylines. The music used in this podcast will be “The Zeppelin” by Blue Dot Sessions.

The demographics that Tales is aimed towards are college-aged students, who grew up watching films by Disney and loved the fairy tales of princesses and princes. People of all ages could enjoy Tales, but the movies being analyzed will relate mostly to young adults. Everyone grew up watching these films and hearing these stories, so the majority of students would be interested in this topic. If reminiscing on your childhood while still learning interesting facts intrigues you, Tales is the podcast for you. Three possible topics that Tales will cover are: Grimm Brothers vs. Disney, the history of the stories, and the underlying meanings of the fairy tales.

There are a couple of podcasts that may be similar to mine, Singing Bones and Myths and Legends are two of them. Singing Bones is a podcast about the history of common and famous fairy tales. Myths and Legends is a podcast that is not entirely focused on fairy tales, but it features a couple of episodes on specific stories. These podcasts explore the fairy tales themselves, while I focus on the film versions and the story versions, specifically by the Grimm Brothers and Disney.

My podcast, Tales, will be an episodic podcast. Tales will be produced every month, with a new episode on the first Sunday of every month. I want this podcast to be really well produced, and for it to stay in production for as long as possible, so every month gives me enough time to research, produce and edit in order to make Tales the best it can be.

There are three possible interview segments for the first three episodes of Tales. The first episode, the Pilot, is focusing on the Grimm Brothers and Disney, comparing and contrasting the way they adapted Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The interviewee will be Dr. Ramsey, a professional and professor of films. The second episode will be the history of Cinderella and the differences between every version of it. The interview guest for this episode will be a fan of the story, possibly Emma Butterbrodt, a student at Salve Regina. The third episode will focus on the themes of a newer film, Zootopia. This film has been thought to be about racism and equality. A possible interviewee could be Alex Bletzer, a student at Salve Regina who has interests in these topics.

One local advertiser for Tales could be newportFILM, which is a local non-profit organization that promotes documentaries and emerging filmmakers. I could promote their cause for more people to know about it, and it is related to Tales. A national advertiser for Tales could be Penguin Random House, which is a well-known and very successful publisher in New York. Since they publish books, as well as children’s books, I could relate that to my podcast and feature them in some way.