History Film / EastOfKensington

* NotSoDifferent: When you get down to it the Mysterious Stranger just [[spoiler: wants to be a boy and have fun.]]

* RealityEnsues: Arguably the whole point of the film.

A nearly twenty minute short film that took two years to finish, ''East of Kensington'' was made by a band of students from "Chapman University Dodge College Of Film And Media Arts" about the childhood icon Franchise/PeterPan. In this story the students worked to show some of the darker aspects of the J.M. Barrie tale that often gets forgotten about, handwaved, or ignored in other adaptions by taking a more realistic approach.

The film itself can be viewed [[http://vimeo.com/70091579 here]].

* AmbiguousEnding: It's left ambiguous whether or not [[spoiler: Peter can still fly.]] However if the answer is no then it makes it even more of a downer ending.

* Irony: It's Peter's [[spoiler: childlike imagination that leads to him learning how to sympathize, regret his actions, and come to terms with the fact that he caused the Darling family pain.]]

** "Boy, why are crying?"

* HeroicBlueScreenOfDeath: Peter experiences this a few times, albeit briefly.
* HormoneAddledTeenager: Oddly enough Peter is briefly implied to be this when he [[spoiler: imagines kissing Wendy.]]
* HotBlooded: Peter, still.
* HopeSpot: Peter finds Tink, great! Wait, [[spoiler: Michael]] found them too. He pushes Peter, cue the shattering of glass.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: [[spoiler: Michael]] and in the end [[spoiler: Peter.]]

A nearly twenty minute short film that took two years to finish was made by a band of students from "Chapman University Dodge College Of Film And Media Arts" about the childhood icon PeterPan. In this story the students worked to show some of the darker aspects of the J.M.Barrie tale that often gets forgotten about or ignored in other adaptions by taking a [[DeconstructionFic different]] [[DarkerAndEdgier approach.]]

Here is a summary of the plot: "Years after Peter Pan and the Lost Boys have overthrown the pirates, Peter visits London to return Wendy to Neverland and is kidnapped by a mysterious Stranger residing in the decaying remains of the Darling House. Peter is forced to confront a harsh reality that challenges his innocence."

The bloopers for the promo can be watched [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Yo9oy8lXYk here.]] Trust us you'll need the laughs.

* AlternateUniverse: Multiple things separate this work from the original story, any cartoon/telivision show, movie, or play.

* BerserkButton: Peter freaks out [[spoiler: when Michael accidentally puts Tink on her death bed.]]

* ChildrenAreInnocent: Combined with ChildrenAreCruel and a sprinkle of TroublingUnchildLikeBehavior.
** According to Peter the innocence of a child'd mind is the reason they can fly and adults can not.
*** AmbiguousInnocence:
*** "Grownups carry the weight of knowledge, their minds are too heavy for flight."
* DarkerAndEdgier: If the above hasn't clued you in...
* DeconstructionFic: Shows just what would realistically happen to the Darling family after Wendy, John, and Michael return home. [[spoiler: Wendy went on and on about Peter and Never Never Land to her parents which led them to send her to a therapists which escalated further until she ended up in an asylum. John [[LaserGuidedAmnesia forced himself to forget]] and Michael was [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope driven mad from having to watch all this happen.]]]]

** AmbiguousEnding: It's left ambiguous whether or not [[spoiler: Peter can still fly.]] However if the answer is no then it just makes it even more of a downer ending.
*** The answer is very heavily implied to be no.
* DullEyesOfUnhappiness: Wendy
* ForgottenChildhoodFriend: Peter is apparently this for John.

** "They say, "Night lights are the eyes a mother leaves behind to guard her children as they sleep.", as for your night light..." [[spoiler: Michael than proceeds to rip one of Tink's wings off.]]

* IntendedAudienceReaction: The reason [[spoiler: Tink had her wing plucked and ultimately dies]] was to show the audience the seriousness of the situation. During an interview one of the students state that they got mail saying "You can't do that [[spoiler: to Tink!]]

** BreakTheHaughty:
* HopeSpot: Peter finds Tink, great! Wait, [[spoiler: Michael]] found them. He's loosing it. He pushes Peter, cue the shattering of glass.

** Given [[spoiler: Michael's age the Darling Parents are most likely dead as well.]]

* MoodWhiplash: Starts with a happy yet somber opening of The Darling children going home. We then get a scene of Lost Boy tomfoolery. Then we kick off the plot of Peter [[spoiler: returning to get Wendy]] and it all goes down hill from there.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: The Mysterious Stranger]] has a moment of this when he [[spoiler: causes Peter to drop the jar Tink is in and it shatters.]]

* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler: The Darling parents left their children sparing John supposedly.]]

* PlotRelevantAgeUp: The opening shows Wendy and her brothers are a wee bit older than how they're depicted in most other adaptations. Wendy is very clearly a teenager (usually a preteen), John a preteen (usually a child) and Michael is child (usually a toddler).

* ThePromise/=/IGaveMyWord: The film deconstructs what happens if you don't keep them.

* ShooOutTheClowns/=/DeletedScenes: The entire Neverland segment with the lost boys (and the one before that where the Darling children return home, which is rather sad) is missing from the Youtube version oddly enough. What makes it odder is that, while light on mood (at first), the Neverland segment is actually integral as it gives Peter a reason to go back for Wendy in the first place. The cut content was just three or so minutes short from being half the movie taken out.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Like many adaptions Tink, [[spoiler: until the very end.]]

** TeamMom: [[spoiler: Peter's imagination]] makes a very big, if subtle, deal at pointing this trait out in Wendy.

* WhamLine: "I [[spoiler: want to believe in fairies."]] said by [[spoiler: Peter's imaginary Wendy]] symbolizing what is supposedly Peter's [[spoiler: first steps into adulthood as the sentence is actually coming from Peter.]]

** "You made a mistake."

* VillainousBreakdown: The Mysterious Stranger freaks out when [[spoiler: he finds out he can't go to Never Land. So he rips one of Tink's wings off.]]
** He freaks out again when Peter tries to leave, [[spoiler: and this time he, unintentionally, puts Tink on her death bed.]]

'''Alex Curran Supervising Producer:''' So instead of assuming everyone lived happily ever after East of Kensington explores the other option.\\

--->'''Peter's imaginary Wendy:''' Goodbyes are not forever, Peter.\\

'''Alex Curran Supervising Producer:''' So instead of assuming everyone lived happily ever after EastOfKensington [[WhatIf explores]] [[DeconstructionFic the other option.]]\\

--->'''[[spoiler: Peter's imaginary]] Wendy:''' Goodbyes are not forever, Peter.\\

* ShoutOut: Possibly unintentional, but Tink looks like a yellow [[LegendOfZelda Navi.]]

* [[spoiler: BedlamHouse: Where Wendy was sent to during Peter's absence.]]

* [[spoiler: ForgottenChildhoodFriend]] Peter is apparently this for John.

* [[spoiler: MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: The people in charge of Wendy's therapy]] are implied to be this.

* [[spoiler: ParentalAbandonment: The Darling parents left their children sparing John supposedly.]]

* DeconstructionFic: Shows just what would realistically happen to the Darling family after Wendy, John, and Michael return home. [[spoiler: Wendy went on and on about Peter and Never Never Land to her parents which led them to send her to a therapists which escalated further until she ended up in an asylum. John [[LaserGuidedAmnesia forced himself to forget]] and Michael was [[SlippingOfTheSlipperySlope driven mad from having to watch all this happen.]]]]

* ShoutOut: Possibly unintentional but Tink looks like a yellow [[LegendOfZelda Navi.]]

* IfICantHaveYou: Non-Romantic version, and it's left ambiguous whether The Mysterious Stranger had this reaction over [[spoiler: Peter or Never Land itself]]

* IronicEcho: "They say, "Night lights are the eyes a mother leaves behind to guard her children as they sleep.", as for your night light..." [[spoiler: Michael than proceeds to rip one of Tink's wings off.]]

** The famous "I do, I do, I do believe in fairies!" is changed to "[[spoiler: I want to believe in fairies.]]

* RewatchBonus: Watch it a second time and pay close attention to the camera angels, walls, the things the characters look at and you'll see a whole lot of foreshadowing.
** A good example would be [[spoiler: the bells on the nursery room window.]]

* AmbiguousAge: Peter's actor looks like he could be anywhere between 12 to 16.

* SerielEscalation: What happened to both [[spoiler: Wendy and Tink.]]

* SparedByTheAdaption: Like many adaptions Tink, [[spoiler: until the very end.]]

* BerserkButton: Peter freaks out [[spoiler: when Micheal accidentally puts Tink on her death bed.]]

* DeconstructionFic: Shows just what would realistically happen to the Darling family after Wendy, John, and Micheal return home. [[spoiler: Wendy went on and on about Peter and Never Never Land to her parents which led them to send her to a therapists which escalated further until she ended up in an asylum. John [[LaserGuidedAmnesia forced himself to forget]] and Micheal was [[SlippingOfTheSlipperySlope driven mad from having to watch all this happen.]]]]

* EmptyPromise: [[spoiler: Imaginary Wendy does this for Imaginary-Young Micheal.]]

* IronicEcho: "They say, "Night lights are the eyes a mother leaves behind to guard her children as they sleep.", as for your night light..." [[spoiler: Micheal than proceeds to rip one of Tink's wings off.]]

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: [[spoiler: Micheal]] and in the end [[spoiler: Peter.]]

** Given [[spoiler: Micheal's age the Darling Parents are most likely dead as well.]]

* PleaseDontLeaveMe: [[spoiler: Micheal]] has this reaction to Peter getting up and walking away.
* PlotRelevantAgeUp: The opening shows Wendy and her brothers are a wee bit older than how they're depicted in most other adaptations. Wendy is very clearly a teenager (usually a preteen), John a preteen (usually a child) and Micheal is child (usually a toddler).

* PsychopathicManChild: The Mysterious Stranger who [[spoiler: turns out to be Micheal.]]

* RoomFullOfCrazy: Where The Mysterious Stranger takes Peter to inform him about [[spoiler: what happened to Wendy and reveal that he is infact Micheal.]]

* TheReveal: The Mysterious Stranger is actually [[spoiler: Micheal.]]