Storyboard Research: The Work of Heinrich Hoffman (Der Struwwelpeter)

Shockheaded Peter

Just Look at him! There he stands,

With his nasty hair and hands.

See! His nails are never cut;

They are grimed as black as soot;

And the sloven, I declare,

Never once has combed his hair;

Anything to me is sweeter

Than to see Shock-headed Peter.

In researching old children's nursery rhymes to adapt into a storyboard I was pointed towards the work of German Psychiatrist Heinrich Hoffman, whose stories often depicted children misbehaving and the resulting consequences. I feel his work would make for an interesting storyboard, due to the bizarre and often dark imagery of his writing.