Fiction Adaptation - Script

So I have finally finished the script for The Raven, or the first draft at least.
It took me a while but I am proud and happy with how it turned out. It is however, 7 pages long, so may need to be shortened, but I think I might film all of it and then just edit it down to 5 minutes with the un important bits.
I am going to make costumes tomorrow ready for recording in April during the Easter break.

Fiction Adaptation - Essay Question Choice

The question I have chosen for my adaptation essay is as follows:

In adapting a novel the adaptor inevitably infringes the integrity of the original text  –  discuss with reference to at least one text adapted for broadcast on television.

I have begun to research this and plan on writing my draft on the weekend to come. The Adaptations I am going to discuss (maybe not all, but just some ideas) are:

Terry Pratchett's Hogfather - Sky One - Adapted from the Hogfather in 2006
Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic - Sky One - Adapted from The Colour of Magic in 2008
Terry Pratchett's Going Postal - Sky One - Adapted from Going Postal in 2010
HBO's Game of Thrones Series 1 and 2 - Sky Atlantic - Adapted from George R. R. Martins Game of Thrones series - I can talk about a lot here, having read the books through and through and being a major fan of the series. Season 1 was very literal to the original book, Season 2 went off on one and only stuck to the story very briefly - could be very interesting to talk about.
Sherlock - BBC 1 - Adapted from the Sherlock Holmes stories
Elementary - Sky Living - Adapted from the Sherlock Holmes stories... This and Sherlock I may do a comparison to!

I am looking forward to writing this essay. There is a lot to talk about and I get to rewatch a lot of adaptations that I am a big fan of!

Fiction Adaptation - Actors Found!

So I have been in contact with friends from home, some of which who are now at Uni, or have finished Uni. Rather than using casting call pro, or starnow, I figured it might be nicer to work with people I know, who are all studying or have studied acting, and are at a semi-professional level, so I know they are good.
I have cast the lead of the man as Matthew Rosell, and the role of Lenore as Kirsten Elizabeth, both of whom I know have acted in the past and will present a stella performance.
The role of the Reaper is not that important. Realistically any one can play him, as they just stand there in full costume, barely moving. The voice for that can be any nice deep voice I find, and I will digitally alter it to make it more sinister and demonic, as all that is said is 'Nevermore'.
The extras for my bus stop scene can be anyone, I shall find people of all ages, shapes and sizes.
The shop I will be using has also been decided. A family friend runs a local Co-op in the village I will be shooting in, and has agreed to let me use her shop for the couple of scenes and sequences that so require this.
The village it is all being filmed in is North Baddesly. As soon as I return home over Easter, I shall take pictures and post them all up, so you can see the locations I am going for within my piece!

Fiction Adaptation - The Raven

So I have written a summary of what is going to happen in my adaptation piece. I shall post it up here. More will be added I am sure when I come to scripting, but that process starts tomorrow! I shall keep you all updated with the process and upload my script up here as it gets done, from draft, to second draft, to final script!

The Raven

• ·      Starts with man waking up and getting out of bed. He jumps and hearing the knocking on his bedroom door, but dismisses it. He has just woken up.
• ·      Before answering he looks over to his bedside table, at pictures of him and his girlfriend, Lenore. Maybe set out as a memorial to her. There is a photo album he picks up and looks at remembering Lenore.
• ·      He hears the tapping once again, and draws the curtains in his room. Looks confused, he lives alone, stares at the door talking to it, trying to assure himself no one is there. Camera pans round and you see Lenore behind him, image as a White Woman spirit, ragged hair, black eyes, pale face and blood dripping from her wrists.
• ·      Announces to whoever is tapping, no-one is there. See behind him and Lenore is not there. He opens the door and see’s nothing.
• ·      He opens the blinds behind the curtains to let the light in. He turns around and is face with the Grim Reaper – Death.
• ·      He talks to the bird, before it simply announces ‘Nevermore’
• ·      He talks at the Reaper once again, before running into his dressing room. He is now dressed and runs out the house, refusing to accept what he sees.
• ·      As he opens the front door, it is stood there again, and he talks at it ‘Prophet, thing of evil…’ Once again as we see this we see Lenore behind him.
• ·      He quickly exits the house to a bright and sunny day. As he crosses the road he notices Lenore. Looks away before looking back and she is gone again. The Reaper appears behind him again as he asks it a question regarding Lenore. The Reaper again states ‘Nevermore’
• ·      He starts to walk to the shop, as he passes a road with the bus stop, he sees people standing at it, and Lenore amidst them. He shakes his head, refusing to believe what he has seen, before he looks back and every person at the bus stop is suddenly Lenore. Quoth the Reaper ‘Nevermore’
• ·      He makes it to the shop, seemingly seeing that Lenore is everywhere he looks. People keep changing into her. He enters the shop, goes to buy some milk. Shop attendant asks for money. He looks up, once again it is Lenore. Quoth the Reaper ‘nevermore’
• ·      He runs back to his house, Lenore getting closer and following him. We realise he cannot accept that he is seeing her, because he is the one who killed her. Eventually both Reaper and Lenore surround him. They drive him to the floor, crying, screaming after Lenore, before he is seen and assumed to be dead. Quoth the Reaper and Lenore, the very words ‘Nevermore’