Plot!
Well, the thing about plot for a short story is that there just might not be enough of it. The average movie is around two hours long, which honestly is about half the time it took me to read this story once. We can't have people throwing down $9.50 for a movie that is going to last twenty minutes, now. Naturally, we'll need to beef up the story. All the major events should definitely stay in there, but I think it might help to have some back story. Start the story back a ways, show Tub during his daily life alone, and also focus on Kenny and Frank before they all actually meet together for the hunting trip. I think it would be helpful to reveal to the audience to reveal the vices of Frank and Tub early on so that we can see the effect that it really plays on their character. It will add some situational irony in there if we are aware of both of their vices before they ever actually reveal them to his friend. And hey, irony just makes any movie more entertaining.
Setting?
No, you have to keep this the same. This is called "Hunters in the Snow." It is not going to work in downtown Los Angeles, or the quiet suburbs of New Hampshire. Although here's an interesting idea: start the movie off in the city, or at least a somewhat modernized area. It'll show how everyone started off perfectly civilized in their own lives. But then, as the story progresses, I think it would be cool to have them moving off, farther away from this sense of civilization, moving out into the wild, until the final scene when they're driving down a deserted road lined by nothing but snow-covered trees. I feel that this would really reinforce and illustrate the theme of a fall from humanity to animality. Actually, I'm not entirely sure that's a word. I'm pretty sure it's a Mortal Kombat thing....
PointofView#
Well, the point of view may need to be tweaked. In order to make my changes to plot, the camera is simply going to have to leave Tub for a little while. In order to develop the characters of Kenny and Frank, particularly before they ever even meet up with Tub, it is going to be mandatory to split the point of view between the three of them. However, there are some things that just shouldn't be revealed. Most notable of all, I think, is probably Kenny's conversation with the elderly fellow in the house, concerning the shooting of his dog. I think that should probably remain a secret to the audience until it is revealed at the same point in the plot as it was in the story. That suddenly revelation of Kenny's true intentions is dramatic, intriguing, and central to the story as a whole, and thus should definitely not be altered.
@Characterization
Adding the many scenes at the beginning of the film, long before the main characters ever meet, should definitely help bring about the characterization of not only Frank, Tub, and Kenny, but of the many other minor characters mentioned in the story but not explicitly introduced. The interactions between Tub, Frank, and their respective wives and families, will certainly help to paint a better picture of who their characters are. In the story itself, not much is revealed about the characters, but through back story, it should be possible to round out the characters and make them seem more real. The characterization itself should serve to show how the characters begin as civilized and compassionate human beings, thus making the descent into animalistic behavior all the more dramatic and prominent.
Naturally, because I am such a fantastic movie maker, all of the changes I have added thus far should make the theme much more prevalent in the story. The theme in question, naturally is the descent from being like humans to being like animals. Frankly, I feel that it will be much easier to understand how the characters interact with each other through a deeper understanding of who they are before they ever enter the wild. Thus, this will help depict three men who are perfectly sane and functional members of society. The movie can make it much more blatant that the people are gradually losing their humanity as the story progresses. It's far easier to visualize two men leaving their friend to bleed to death in the cold when it's right up there on the silver screen than it is to do so when reading a short story. The theme will be much more prominent simply due to the fact that it is a movie. Sometimes, it is just easier to portray something like a loss of humanity through visual, non-verbal body language than it is through the written word.
Behold the Horror
Well, the point of view may need to be tweaked. In order to make my changes to plot, the camera is simply going to have to leave Tub for a little while. In order to develop the characters of Kenny and Frank, particularly before they ever even meet up with Tub, it is going to be mandatory to split the point of view between the three of them. However, there are some things that just shouldn't be revealed. Most notable of all, I think, is probably Kenny's conversation with the elderly fellow in the house, concerning the shooting of his dog. I think that should probably remain a secret to the audience until it is revealed at the same point in the plot as it was in the story. That suddenly revelation of Kenny's true intentions is dramatic, intriguing, and central to the story as a whole, and thus should definitely not be altered.
@Characterization
Adding the many scenes at the beginning of the film, long before the main characters ever meet, should definitely help bring about the characterization of not only Frank, Tub, and Kenny, but of the many other minor characters mentioned in the story but not explicitly introduced. The interactions between Tub, Frank, and their respective wives and families, will certainly help to paint a better picture of who their characters are. In the story itself, not much is revealed about the characters, but through back story, it should be possible to round out the characters and make them seem more real. The characterization itself should serve to show how the characters begin as civilized and compassionate human beings, thus making the descent into animalistic behavior all the more dramatic and prominent.
Naturally, because I am such a fantastic movie maker, all of the changes I have added thus far should make the theme much more prevalent in the story. The theme in question, naturally is the descent from being like humans to being like animals. Frankly, I feel that it will be much easier to understand how the characters interact with each other through a deeper understanding of who they are before they ever enter the wild. Thus, this will help depict three men who are perfectly sane and functional members of society. The movie can make it much more blatant that the people are gradually losing their humanity as the story progresses. It's far easier to visualize two men leaving their friend to bleed to death in the cold when it's right up there on the silver screen than it is to do so when reading a short story. The theme will be much more prominent simply due to the fact that it is a movie. Sometimes, it is just easier to portray something like a loss of humanity through visual, non-verbal body language than it is through the written word.
Behold the Horror
The point of view will need to be TWEAKED, eh?
ReplyDelete=D Good.