Going through all of the short stories that we have read during that last class periods one really stuck out in my mind as being movie capable. This story was "The Yellow Wallpaper". I chose this story because it can be approached in two different ways in my opinion, as a horror film or as a drama. The main character's eventual slip into insanity would allow the audience to go along for the ride on her crazy train. I would have the women who starred in Harry Potter and Sweeney Todd play the main role of the wife because she has been either crazy or slightly disturbed in every movie I have ever seen her in and had me convinced as a viewer. The actor who would play the doctor husband is of less importance.
Like any short story turned into film I will have to add in some material in order to reach my desired length for a film. This will be an easy task in this story, I will be able to add in more scenes showing the wife becoming crazy and show some of her holuscinations. I will also allow the audience to see what is going on in the room through her eyes and then be shown what is really occuring so they may appreciate the contrast. I will also touch on a history of the house and an explanation of why the bed has straps on it and why the windows are barred. This also has the potential of being turned into a flashback or a horror twist.
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