Pop-up narrative for the 1905 children's novel 'A Little Princess' by Francis Hodgson Burnett.
Sara Crewe, born to a wealthy soldier in India is brought to London in Victoria-era England for a formal education; she is forced to tolerate haughty, disdainful headmistress, Miss Minchin. Her father becomes bankrupt and is said to be dead. Due to the circumstances Sara becomes a servant at the school but is still as imaginative as ever. She finds her father still alive but he does not recognise her due to a head injury and memory loss from the war. Sara's father makes a recovery and the family fortune is recovered.
Sara tells the other girls at school stories - tales from her imagination and stories she was told herself when she lived in India, including the story of Rama and Sita.
Mock up pop-ups
William Morris Wallpaper
I researched Victorian-era wallpaper and décor so that I could gain an understanding of what the interior was like, and portray this in my narrative. The Victorian wallpaper reminded me of William Morris. I love the floral patterns and vintage feel.
Interior objects
The girls at school
Sara and her father in India.
Sara telling the other girls stories.
Girls playing at Sara's birthday party.
Sara in her attic bedroom.
Close-ups of the final pop-up scenes
Final Pop-up scenes
Sara talking to her father in her bedroom in India.
Sara telling the other girls stories in her bedroom in London.
In the classroom.
Sara's birthday party.
Sara as a servant in her attic bedroom.
Chest
I made a box for the pop-up scenes in the form of Sara's toy chest.
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