After a rowdy week in Mexico with Doug, its time to kick it into overdrive and finish up the year right. During the week outside the United States I spent my time wisely rereading Room 13. The novel was as good as I remembered it to be and could really visualize it as a movie. The characters are interesting, the dialogue witty, and the plot captivating. I have also finished The Complete Idiots Guide to Screenwriting. With these two books completed the final project is shaping up very well. I am now ready to sit down and actually start writing my first screenplay. Some obstacles to overcome first though, I don’t feel right adapting the screenplay without talking to the author first, so my next order of business is to email Henry Garfield. I will inquire about possibly buying the rights to the book if it’s cheap enough. Next, I have already created a teaser trailer in my head that I will film to show the class while presenting. It should be a great way to visually show my project and not just present a script.
In the upcoming week I will hammer out what exactly I want to do for my mid-fourth marking period project. I think I will write a paper that involves the differences between original and adapted screenplays, but it could spin off to be something that contains the whole movie making process in general. I will have to talk to Mr. Saxon again before I definitely decide. There are plenty of online and in print resources that will help me along the way. I'm not really excited to write the research paper, but I know the final project is going to be great.
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