Post 4: Adapting Book 2

Some specific challenges that a filmmaker would encounter in adapting Perks of Being a Wallflower include how the movie would be structured because the book is a series of letters. I feel like this may be difficult to translate on screen. A scene that I believe is important to the story is when Charlie first meets Sam and Patrick at the football game. This scene would need to be in the movie because it shows how Charlie felt alone before he met his friends. It is the first time that he felt he belonged somewhere and it is an important starting point for the story. Another scene that I thing needs to be in the movie is the ride through the tunnel. This is an important part of the story and it captures the mood that the book conveys. This scene is the chapter that ties the book together. A third scene that would be necessary to include in the movie would be when Sam kisses Charlie at the Christmas Party. I believe that this is a strong scene in the book because it is emotional and truly displays Charlie's relationship with Sam. This is an important part of the story because it is Charlie's first kiss and it explains Sam's childhood.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a very short book and most of the plot would be able to fit into a two hour movie, however two parts of the book that could be cut out are his sister getting pregnant and Charlie's lunch with Bill. I feel that Charlie's sister getting pregnant would not be important enough to keep in the movie because it was not a necessary plot line in the book. Another part that could be kept out of the movie is when Charlie goes to Bill's townhouse and meets his girlfriend. I feel that filmmakers would see this scene as boring and not important enough to stay. 

Book 1 Project: Fan Experience

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Attention all John Green fans. We are offering a unique opportunity to enter the world of The Fault in Our Stars. John Green has written another amazing book, An Imperial Affliction. He has agreed to share this story with his devoted fans.  For a limited time only we will be selling copies of An Imperial Affliction, the wonderful novel referenced in The Fault in Our Stars, at John Green’s book signings. One lucky reader of this book will also have the opportunity to meet with John Green and discuss the future for the characters such as the Dutch Tulip Man and Sisyphus the Hamster.

In The Fault in Our Stars Hazel and Augustus read the novel An imperial Affliction written by Peter Van Houten. They love the book and even have a chance to meet the author himself. With our offer we will give John Green’s readers the chance to experience Hazel and Augustus’s favorite book and the winner of the trip to meet John Green will be able to travel to Amsterdam and spend the night in a luxurious hotel just like the characters in The Fault in Our Stars.  In the novel, Hazel explains how she feels about An imperial Affliction by thinking “I didn’t like to tell people about it. Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book. And then there are books like An imperial Affliction, which you can’t tell people about, books so special and rare and yours that advertising your affection feels like a betrayal.” However Hazel shares the book with Augustus and it brings them closer together. Augustus falls in love with the book and describes it by saying “Reading it, I just kept feeling like, like… like it was a gift? Like you’d given me something important.” An imperial Affliction was a very important connection that Hazel and Augustus shared. Both characters were fighting cancer just like the main character, Anna, in An imperial Affliction. In An imperial Affliction, Anna leaves off her story in the middle of a sentence, either because she dies or is too sick to continue writing. John Green created this idea because “It portrays death truthfully. You die in the middle of your life, in the middle of a sentence.” He wanted to show readers that a story is never really finished; it is stopped short before you are ready for it to be over. Idea is shown in The Fault in Our Stars with Hazel and Augustus’s relationship.

We believe that this idea of John Green writing and selling An imperial Affliction will bring in a lot of money. This is because it will add more attention to The Fault in Our Stars and other John Green novels and thus increasing his fan base. This idea will also generate positive publicity for John Green. With the book signing opportunities more people will buy copies of The Fault in Our Stars and An imperial Affliction. Many of John Green’s readers will be excited for the chance to see the author at a book signing and read the book that came from one of his novels. Also, the opportunity to go on a four night vacation to Amsterdam to meet John Green would be a very thrilling experience for his fans. The experience of reading An imperial Affliction would allow fans of The Fault in Our Stars to stay connected to the book and help to add loyalty to the author.