Plot
I would completely delete the beginning of the story where the narrator is thinking about how she doesn't want to write a children's story. I would start with the happy family which appear to lead the perfect life. After they are introduced, there would be a scene in which they hear someone screaming outside, and it was their neighbor who had just been stabbed. This would cause their desire for the highest security. I would keep the rest of the story the same for the most part, but illuminate how they neglect their son, while they are supposed to be thinking about his safety. This would show how they are the type of people who do things more for appearance than because they actually want to do it. I would make the grandma appear in the movie, instead of just hearing about her in the movie.
Point of View
I would keep it in the third person point of view, because I want the narration to be stated matter-of-factly. The audience would get their only understanding of them from their dialogue. I would have an omniscient narrator so that the audience would be able to see all of the characters separately. That way, we would be able to see things the son did when his parents weren't paying attention.
Characterization
I would cast Cameron Diaz as the mother, Brad Pitt as the father, Spencer List as the son, and Kirstie Allie as the grandmother. I put a lot of thought into my character choice. Diaz and Pitt would be the ideal family with their darling little son. Doris Roberts would be the witch grandmother with good intentions. They would all have similar attitudes as in the story, but we would be able to see them better because of their individual behaviors. The parents would constantly be worrying about their image, trying to be as up to date as possible. The grandmother would play the same overprotective and overbearing role as Ray's mother in everybody loves Raymond, but when it comes down to it, she is just trying to help. However, the son would show how he was upset by the way his parents neglected him, and would get really excited anytime they would pay attention to him. He would have a dog like in the story, and the dog would be his best friend.
Setting
I would set my film in Miami, because I want the weather to always be nice. They would live in a top scale suburban neighborhood where each house is competing with the next, but all of the neighbors put on nice faces and act like they liked each other. It would take place in the present day so that people can kind of relate.
I would completely delete the beginning of the story where the narrator is thinking about how she doesn't want to write a children's story. I would start with the happy family which appear to lead the perfect life. After they are introduced, there would be a scene in which they hear someone screaming outside, and it was their neighbor who had just been stabbed. This would cause their desire for the highest security. I would keep the rest of the story the same for the most part, but illuminate how they neglect their son, while they are supposed to be thinking about his safety. This would show how they are the type of people who do things more for appearance than because they actually want to do it. I would make the grandma appear in the movie, instead of just hearing about her in the movie.
Point of View
I would keep it in the third person point of view, because I want the narration to be stated matter-of-factly. The audience would get their only understanding of them from their dialogue. I would have an omniscient narrator so that the audience would be able to see all of the characters separately. That way, we would be able to see things the son did when his parents weren't paying attention.
Characterization
I would cast Cameron Diaz as the mother, Brad Pitt as the father, Spencer List as the son, and Kirstie Allie as the grandmother. I put a lot of thought into my character choice. Diaz and Pitt would be the ideal family with their darling little son. Doris Roberts would be the witch grandmother with good intentions. They would all have similar attitudes as in the story, but we would be able to see them better because of their individual behaviors. The parents would constantly be worrying about their image, trying to be as up to date as possible. The grandmother would play the same overprotective and overbearing role as Ray's mother in everybody loves Raymond, but when it comes down to it, she is just trying to help. However, the son would show how he was upset by the way his parents neglected him, and would get really excited anytime they would pay attention to him. He would have a dog like in the story, and the dog would be his best friend.
Setting
I would set my film in Miami, because I want the weather to always be nice. They would live in a top scale suburban neighborhood where each house is competing with the next, but all of the neighbors put on nice faces and act like they liked each other. It would take place in the present day so that people can kind of relate.
Theme
The theme of this film would differ from the story. The theme of the story is about the walls we put up in our lives that can keep us isolated from the outside world. In my film, the theme would be that one should focus on the important things of life, instead of getting caught up in superficial things. There is a common theme that I could kind of see: one may miss out on things if they are too focused on one thing.
The theme of this film would differ from the story. The theme of the story is about the walls we put up in our lives that can keep us isolated from the outside world. In my film, the theme would be that one should focus on the important things of life, instead of getting caught up in superficial things. There is a common theme that I could kind of see: one may miss out on things if they are too focused on one thing.
Awesome idea!
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