1st hw favorite movie/ good book for movie

"What is you favorite movie?"

One of my favorite movies is Bandits. The movie is about two long time criminals that develop a new, seemingly flawless, way to rob banks. This involved finding out who owned the next bank that they planning on stealing from, then going to the persons house, and letting them now that they they were going to sleepover for a day then rob the bank the next day, this way it would look as though the bank owner was willingly handing them money, hence not looking suspicious. Because of this the two main characters became know to the public as the "sleepover bandits"

Throughout the movie the Two main characters, Joe and Terry, tell the story of how their new bank robbing method made them famous criminals on a tv show that is similar to shows like "American's most wanted". This makes things interesting because this makes it obvious to the viewer that Joe and Terry have survived everything they've been through, but sometimes it seems so utterly impossible that they would survive the situations. The movie starts when Joe and Terry escape from jail and hideout for a while. They eventually come up with their bank robbing scheme in order to try and finance a new more legitimate life. However they are joined by a housewife named Kate when she accidentally hits Terry with her car. She instantly becomes fascinated with them from then on. They are also joined by a stunt man who was a friend of Joe and Terry's from before they when to jail (i forgot this characters name). From here on out they start robbing the banks with the same routine every time. joe handles all the aggressive parts of the plan, terry the more intellectual and the stunt man (and sometimes kate) is the getaway car who drivers them away from the bank after the owner hands them the money they need. But somewhere along the line they stop agreeing with each other and start constantly fighting and arguing until it gets to the point when it seems as though they might stop working together to kill each other.

I think the theme of this movie if any is that a good plan need perseverance. This is just because although they are on the wrong site of the law the reason why everything works so well for them is because they stay true to what they say even when it might seem as though times are rough for them. I think they pace is the same throughout most of the movie and starts to speed up at the end, which is interesting because there are sometimes when it seems as though the pace would speed up to show the pressure the main characters are dealing with but instead it stays the same as though the situation were no big deal at all.

"What have you ever read that you think would translate into a good film?"

10 things to do before i die by Daniel Ehrenhaft is a story that i think is worthy of being a great comedy movie. The main characters are Ted Burger his friend Mark, Marks girlfriend and Rachel (Ted's "supposed" girlfriend). The story starts when Ted, Mark and his girlfriend are hanging out at their favorite fast food place and find out that one of the fry cooks went crazy after being fired and secretly dumped blowfish poison on the last batch of fries that he made. However only Ted was poisoned out of the three because of the simple fact that Ted had gone to eat alone when that specific batch of fires were served to him. To see if he really was poisoned he googles blowfish poison, avoiding going to the doctor because he feared the doctor might not believe him just like Rachel didn't when he told her. He finds out that he has two of out three of the major symptoms of blowfish poison which include, but aren't limited to, vertigo and nausea. the site also tells him he only has a few days to live (about 2 if i remember correctly). Since Mark and his girlfriend are the only ones that believe him they tell him to at the very least "go out with a bang" and do the things he's always wanted to do. Ted decides to to follow their idea and come out with a list of 10 things to do before he dies. The major twist in the story is that at the end Ted finally passes out, but ends up waking up in the hospital where the doctor tells him that he wasn't poisoned to begin with but rather that he was having a nervous breakdown from being in so many stressful situations.

I think if I were to make it into a film I would make it almost like the book but making certain scenes more dramatic (like all the scenes when Ted experiences vertigo for example). I picture this being a short movie of at least 90 minutes but I would want it to be very fast paced. The only times that should be slow paced are the beginning before Ted finds out he's been poisoned and the end when the doctor tells him that he was having a nervous breakdown all along. The film will be dark mostly since a lot of the story takes place at night and I feel that it would be appropriate to add blurring effects in the times of dire situations. Not only that but the usage of effects and and camera angles sound reflect Ted's emotions at the time, especially since most of the action in the story is driven by either Ted's emotions or his reaction on other people's actions. For example the movie will mostly be fast paced but if the mood changes abruptly so should the pace. Also the scenes when Ted experiences vertigo should mostly be first person (perpetual) view. My idea is that depending on what he's thinking and experiencing at the time of the vertigo should be used as reference to strategically toggle between first persons and third person camera views. The sound should be as realistic as possible but should be slightly slowed when blurring effects are applied. The speed of the sounds would be determined by the amount of blurring used. In other words the sound should only be as slow as the screen is blurry. Also the setting would be the same as the book which if i remember correctly is upper Manhattan. The rest of the Burroughs of New York should be depicted in the movie depending on Ted's opinion of them.