Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Jun 5th post 1

The first part of the book establishes the characters, settings, and Blue's initial settling in the town for her senior year along with the circle of friends she makes. As far as i know the author takes great detail in the settings and the descriptions of people and actions, along with the constant references to films and books. I feel that the detail and descriptions are things that can be translated into film through narration. Possibly, if the director would like to take the film into a more (fantasyesque) direction make the metaphores tht blue make a reality to the camera as if we see it through Blue's eyes. The constant references to novels and films are a constant trend in the book but would prove to be more difficult on film. i feel that these references would have to be sorted through to find those that the audience would recognize the easiest or the most important few because this book has waaaaay to many. They tend to take away from the story telling experience in the novel and would be horrible for the film. Yes we are suppose to understand Blue's practically bibliographic knowledge but i feel this can be shown with fewer references than the hundreds which are found in the book.

Because the book is so well detailed the characters practically pop off the pages so the translation of events for the film would be easy (once all the details and footnotes have been sorted through) I find myself jumping down the page to find out what happens in the story and by pass the mind numbing details. For instance the scene where she thinks she sees her father at the costume party, at that point i really wanted to know if it was him and not a detailed view of the back patio from Blue's perspective at that point. But the actions in the film follow a format that could easily be translated to film i just feel the way the story is told and how it is narrated by Blue still needs to be determined. Right now i still need to get over the detailing before i can construct an idea of how this story would be told on film.

-Ryan L.

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