Fiction Adaptation: Idea Development (Feedback)

On Thursday we had a group meeting to discuss our ideas for our fiction adaptations. I had brainstormed my ideas, exploring a few possibilities for location and the narrative. However, I think that I had been thinking a little too literally about how to interpret the poem. I had written in my notes that I would use a coastal location as the poem takes place in Brighton. However, after feedback from Helen and the group, who suggested I think more creatively about lation, I have decided to exclude this as a possibility and to only hint at this, possibly through sound design. The narrative of the poem comes across as very abstract and subject to interpretation, with plenty of visual description that I think could be pictured in many different ways. Therefore, I have decided to choose my own narrative for the poem, retelling the story in my own way. It is clear in the poem that it features two sisters, however, their reason for being at Brighton in unknown to the reader. There are also mentions throughout about a 'mannequin'. We are told that he is naked and being asked to leave the beach, however, we do not know who he is or what he is doing there. Therefore, I have decided to give him a motive and connection to the other two characters, incorporating the memories of him from one of the girls' point of view. In terms of location, I will be using a bedroom where the two sisters will be when the poem starts, I may then plan to include a few other locations as the poem progresses. I think that the meeting was very useful and allowed me to broaden some of my ideas and think out of the box a little more in terms of character development and location possibilities.