multiple posts

For some reason my internet went down so i am just going to post these posts in a lump sum

Post 2

Relationship with Bluebloods:

Part two of the book was probably the most boring part for me. When reading the book I felt that the film style would be something like virgin suicides meets Rushmore. The virgin suicides part would deal with the character introductions and details and the Rushmore style would deal with the encounters between blue and the blue bloods/ Hannah schnider. We would have blue point of view and V.Os to describe Jade, Zach, Natasha and Hannah… etc but it would be apparent as molly said that blue is the odd one out. I feel that this is key to the coming of age story within the social structure of the school and the blue bloods that blue keep her objectivity and distance but at the same time be able to comment on the mistakes she made. It is through this social circle, its acceptance, and the loss of it that blue learns about herself. All the while there should be a certain amount of magic surrounding the blue bloods but especially Hannah as she is key to the development of both blues identity and also the later plot. You would need someone gorgeous but also mysterious to play as Hannah but no actress comes to mind. As for blue you would need a girl that can go from frumpy to that all to played out pretty girl montage…. Or something similar… at least I see a scene like that being jammed into the film for popular value.

Post 3

The watchmen

This was perhaps the best part of the whole book but several problems arise when dealing with blues clues (yeah hahaha….) about the watchmen. As we discussed in class there is a certain difficulty in putting all the clues she goes through into the film. Should it be a flashback sequence done in V.O or should the clues be apparent in the frame and left up to the viewer to find. I am for leaving the clues embedded in the frame and perhaps doing a slight recap for those viewers who are not adept at mystery solving. Part of the novels appeal is its ambiguity with what exactly happened to Hannah and to Mr. Van Meer and the ability to successfully hide clues through out the film would add to this. We do not want as we discussed in class a Scooby doo ending where we the viewer feel completely disconnected from the solving process nor do we want the clues to be overly apparent. I believe a key scene is the revelation that the woman that picked young blue up was in fact Hannah. That could be a way to tie all the clues together definitely without abusing the viewer. Also the segment about her uncovering her fathers work could be used as a method to speedily progress through her rationalizing of the facts although I feel this is much weaker and that the writers would need to toy with this part to make it fit. I must disagree with Steven and say that the coming of age story I feel is the backdrop to the greater mystery and that the mystery element should prevail because it is through this process that blue looses her father, Hannah, and the blue bloods, and these are causes for her coming of age.

Post 4

The conclusion to the novel is perhaps the best way in the film to illustrate a change in blue. I believe the key scene for the ending is her encounter with the “new” Zach and how this change comes about in her. Also I believe that the disappearance of blues father and his omission from the end strengthen the mystery elements. I really hope they don’t sneak him in to the end as some figure hiding in the crowd because that really would just ruin the whole watchmen element. Also I feel that there should be some visual compilation of the clues blue has collected like a scrap book or journal and thus we can watch blue put away the mystery. As for the exam at the end of the novel I do not think it can translate well into film except for something fun to do during the end credits.