I have further developed on the two ideas I had for my adaptation of the poem, I have yet to decide on an idea, so I will further develop both ideas and see which one is more appealing to me. The first idea was to set the film in the war world 2 period with a soldier in the war. The mise en scene will be war time, with soldier in war outfits in a battle field. I want to story to revolve round one soldier who has come back from battle that day surviving the boundaries of death and thinking its all safe now as he returns back to the base camp with the other soldiers. I want the open scene to be all peaceful and show the beautiful environment and people having fun like there no war going on or people have forgotten for a second and when that is all shown and is forgotten I want a dramatic event to happen to bring all the aspects of war and pain back to the soldiers. The event I want to happen will be the soldier who thinks he's in the clear from the war to get shot from a enemy spy. As the soldier falls to the ground I want to show everyone quickly changing back into war mode and all aspects of war come rushing back like a plague. I want to as soon as the soldier hits the floor he enters a different dimension. I want the solider to enter a limbo state of mind and during this state he goes like a riddle on how to get back to the real world and not die. He occasionally returns to a normal state briefly but then goes back to his limbo state. Tormented by death himself he tries to fight him a live but fails and dies.
Looking at the second idea I wanted to apply the same plot and story as the first idea into it but modernise it to a 20th century world. I wanted to show the act of war in everyday life with street gang crime and muggings. I wanted to have the first scene show a guy living a normal life doing his usual things like shopping and jogging. One day on his casual jog as he runs in the street I want to show a cross story of another person shopping and that person gets mugged, as that happens the guy jogging passes by, his first thought is to ignore the situation and move on, then he decides to go help. As he tries to help the muggers turn on him and try and mug him too. They try and take a sentimental valued photo which is in his wallet, so he fights to get it back. The gang beat hit hard and in the end one of them stabs him several times. They run off, but the photo drops out of the wallet as they run off and lands on the floor just out of reach of the man. He reaches out for it but slips into unconsciousness and enters the state of limbo. He fights through the state drifting back and forth form limbo. In the real world he is rushed through hospital and the doctors do everything they can to keep him alive. In the limbo state he is faced with all the wrong he has done throughout his life and tries to fight to say alive. As death torments him he eventually gives in and death takes him away.
With both ideas I am yet to know if I am going to have any dialogue or an over voice.
I like both of the idea which I have suggested and can't yet decide which one to go on with, so I will do a pros and cons with both the ideas and see which one of them is more accessible to film. To see which one I can actually film without hitting massive walls.
For the first idea the pros are;
: Interesting story
: Good characters
: Available access to costume
Cons;
: Too typical
: Hard to find the right location
: Might have a lack of numbers in cast
Second idea pros;
: Stronger story line
: Not a typical war piece
: I can portray a lot of emotion and dramatise it
: Less challenging location scouting
: Less cast needed - more reliable
Cons;
: Typical street gang culture
: Might be difficult getting hospital scenes
: Might be difficult showing the guy getting stabbed without it looking too fake or tacky
: Hard to not unnerve the public with stabbing scene
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