Narration In Into The Woods
Into the Woods is a musical film that connects the stories of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, and Jack and the Beanstalk with the main plot of a baker and his wife performing tasks for a witch who would undo a curse that didn’t allow them for to bear child. Throughout the movie, the characters are constantly singing to an overlapping tune or a new song, but there is some narration to keep the audience aware, the singing tells the story itself, and the background music, when the characters are simply talking, creates the mood. The narration keeps the viewers informed on the events. The introduction of the characters gives a background of their stories. For example, when he narrates, “…and then there was a hungry little girl who