Still fine-tuning some of the scenes. One of the problems with this kind of story idea is that it's primarily conceptual. A lot of the "exciting" moments involve reading or doing research--thrilling only if you're an academic. So a lot of fine-tuning has to do with making the ideas more visual (or audible) creating moments specifically for the medium.
That was the idea of putting the shrine in. It's more interesting to visualize history by seeing someone ripping through layers of a shrine rather than just seeing a dusty old gravestone.
My son had "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas" on this morning. They do a nice translation from print to screen at the end. In the book, we are told that the Grinch has a change of heart. But in the video, we SEE the transformation. The Grinch becomes Super-Grinch and holds up the sleigh above his head while he beams. A good video moment created specifically for the medium and not found in the book.
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I was laughing when I read your notion of an "academic action film"...that's funny... but there really are many films that have generated excitement with scenes of reading and other nerdy activities. well, for one remember the Antonioni
film I brought to class, Blow-Up? That film introduced the thrill of mystery-solving scenes with no dialog or action, just studying pictures. Those scenes play out viscerally somewhat like actual action scenes such as car chases. On the other hand, Blow-Up counters each "academic action" scene with a genuine sex, drugs, and/or rock n roll scene, but they are (intentionally?) boring compared to the "intellectual
action".
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