The Brothers Grimm & Hanseldee and Greteldum

The Brothers Grimm is based around a "cursed" town that is stocked by a gigantic wolf and an evil witch with long hair who's locked in a tower rotting of old age. She sends out her Woodsman (the wolf) to kidnapp young girls so that she may once again be young. The wolf then captures a little girl with a red hood, a young blonde head girl named Greta, and four other girls and eventually his own daughter. Then the Brothers Grimm are called to rescue the girls and stop the witch's plan from happening. It was interesting to see how a fairy tale book which was called the Brothers Grimm come to the big screen and be filled with the same characters from that book put into one. Foster says that it is easier to write a story with classical fairy tale characters that we know, so it gives the plot more excitement.

The Adjustment Bureau & Yes, She's a Christ Figure, Too

David Norris, a young congressman soon to be Senator of New York, witnesses something that will change his life forever. He finds out that there is an organization that keeps watch of every person in world and makes sure that everything goeas according to "plan". David, now knowing about this "bureau", must keep quite and follow the plan or he will be "restarted", which means he must stay away from the women he loves or he will ruin his life and hers. Showing mercy, an agent named Harry, from the bureau, risk his life to help David to make his own destiny with his one and only. In the end, "The Chairman" of the Bureau, who writes the plans, gives David and Elise the oppurtunity to write their own future, together. Foster didn't only talk about alluding to the Bible, but about how certain characters could be seen as christ figures. Harry could be seen as a christ figure, due to his ability to help humans instead of "controlling" them. His ability to sacrifice his life to help not only a human, but a friend. Also faced his God (The Chairman) and let humans have the chance to write their path towards the future.

Family Guy- Blue Harvest & It's from Shakespeare...

Simliar to Andy Fickman's alluding concepts used in his production of "She's the Man", Seth MacFarlene creates a short film using his creation, Family Guy. Instead of alluding to Shakespeare, MacFarlene alludes to Star Wars. Blue Harvest is based around Star Wars Ep. 4: A New Hope, where familier Family Guy characters are put in place of the real actors and used make comical flick. Foster talks about how almost everything is alluded to Shakespeare. No, MacFarlene is alluding to a Shakespearean play, but he is using the same satyrical comedy used by Shakespeare in his plays, like crude humor.

Iron Man 2 & "It's More Than Rain or Snow"

Tony Stark, aka Iron Man, has to stop another mad man from destroying his legacy, his name, and what he believes in. Risking his own well being, he defeats his enemy known as Whiplash, who is from the snowy twisted yet isloated country of Russia. Foster discuss that rain and/ or snow can characterize, not only the setting, but how these characters' personalities will be. At the very being over the movie, the setting is in Moscow, Russia, which is perfect for a cold-blooded lunatic seeking revenge, like Whiplash. Snow, in literary terms or "Foster's terms", can describe a person or place as isolated, secretive, and/or outlawed. Seeing where Whiplash was born and raised, gives viewers the idea that he is troubled and revengeful.

The Road not Taken & … So Does Season

In the Beginning of Robert Frost’s poem, Frost uses the term “yellow wood” which means Fall.
“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one travellor long I stood
And look down one long as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth”
Yellow wood means the leaves are falling and changing colors. The season creates the mood of the poem. “Maybe its hardwired into us that spring has to do with childhood and youth, summer with adulthood and romance and fulfillment and passion, autumn with decline and middle age and tiredness but also harvest, winter with old age and resentment and death.” (Foster 178) Seasons give readers an image and a prediction for the end of the story.

Harry Potter & Marked for Greatness

In the Harry Potter series, Harry’s scar is the most important mark in the whole series. The scar shows everyone the he is the “boy who lived”. Harry Potter’s scar is his mark for greatness. “Harry Potter got a Nimbus 2000 last year. Special permission from Dumbledore so he could play for Gryffindor. Hes not that good, its just because hes famous… famous for having a stupid sear on his forehead.” (Harry Potter 2 CH.4) This was said by Malfoy, Harry’s rival. Harry because of his scar was loved, hated, and feared by others. “All Characters who are as famous for their shape as they are for their behavior.” (Foster 193) Physical marks on a character tell the reader something about the character. The scar makes Harry a little evil because he has Voldemort in him.

Shawshank Redemption

What: Andy Duffrane is a newly welcomed convict, due to "murder". After 15 years of doing time, he discovers that he was framed for the crime he has committed. With corruption all around him, he then escape thru a sewage drain to the pouring rain of freedom.
Where: Foster talks about how being dropped in water can have different symbolic meaning: Drowning or Baptism
Why: When Andy finally makes his escape out of his cell, he is faced with a real "crappy" problem. Andy is forced to crawel 500 yards thru poop and into the pouring rain in which he falls face first into a puddle. Foster states that falling into some type of water source symbolizes either drowning or baptism. The crap could symbolize Andy's failures, sin, or wrong-doings. Once Andy fell into the puddle and rose up to the pouring rain, it proved that he came out "clean" and he was reborn back into the world.