Fiction Adaption (Initial Idea 10)

   I have looked into how I can still use my plot without offending victims of sexual assault. So the way I am going to show it is that instead of the woman killing sexual predators because of what happened to her, I am going to make her do it for everyone who has been a victim as well as her. I have decided to portray the story like this so that it will not offend anyone in real life who has been a victim of sexual acts. This way it will show the character more stable and not 'mentally ill' which it may have come across if I filmed the adaption the original way I planned to. I am visually going to show this by the main character going onto web chat sites that victims can talk about what happened to them, to look at news stories where the sexual offender either went to court and received a not guilty verdict or was never caught, news stories where the victim was killed or was drawn to suicide. These sites and news stories will be created by me and will not be real. This is to protect real life victims and will not offend them either. I will also have a disclaimer at the end to say that they are not real and that this story is not based on real life stories. I do not know if anyone in real life has done what my main character will be doing but this will cover my back just incase there is. I will need to look into this further to ensure that I am doing everything I can to make sure I do not offend anyone at all.

Fiction Adaption (Initial Idea 9)

   I have decided to include the use of a Polaroid camera into my film. The use of the camera will be for the main character to use to take photographs of her victims with, and create a collage/portfolio of. This collage/portfolio will be the physical representation of the cenotaph which is mentioned in the poem. I have decided to use a Polaroid camera instead of a modern digital camera because with digital cameras the image is either on the camera screen or the screen of a computer before it is developed/printed. While with a Polaroid camera, you get the image instantly. The photograph is a physical object which to me makes it seem more personal, which adds to the effect of how her killing people is a personal matter, a vendetta to those who have committed these sexual acts to her and people like her. Also when you take a picture with a digital camera, usually people have it on their computer or laptop, which could make them easier to find. So the use of a Polaroid camera could also be used to help her cover her tracks.
   The use of a Polaroid camera will also give off a vintage feel which adds to her character and vaguely relates to original theme of the poem as well as highlighting her characteristics (which I have an idea on what it will be like but not 100% certain yet).

Fiction Adaption (Initial Idea 8)

   I have looked further into the clothes the main character is going to wear. I want her to dress alternatively (vintage clothing, Urban Outfitters, ASOS Marketplace). I want this to be a factor of my film because firstly I want to have references to WW1 in it, to relate it to the original subject of the poem. These references could be her dressing in clothes similar to a Victorian London style (possibly like a 'dandy' as I have spoken about in my 'History of Charlotte Mews' blogs) or just a simple war jacket. I am also planning to have one of her victims to be wearing dog tags, that she removes and wears throughout the film. Also it will highlight her characteristics more. I do not know how I want her characteristics to be yet, but hypothetically if she is dressed as a typical girl the audience may not be interested in her at all.

Top photo- Military style jacket from urban outfitters
Bottom Photo- 50's style dress from ASOS Martketplace

Fiction Adaption (Initial Idea 7)

   I have been looking into character development recently to try and decide what my character will be wearing. In the past I haven't put too much thought into this when making films, but it is a very important factor to film making and letting the audience immerse themselves into the story. As the poem is about innocence being lost, I wanted the main character to wear white first of all. She will wear this before during the shots of her sexual assault. Then afterwards she will wear colours that are dark and dirty looking, or just a dirty looking version of the white. Then slowly the colours she wears will get darker and darker up until she decides to go and kill the sexual predators which will be where she starts to wear more colours, slowly getting more vibrant in tone. But she will still wear a bit of black which symbolises the fact what happened to her will stick with her for a very long time. The vibrant colours will symbolise her confidence coming back as well. This is an initial idea about what she will wear but more development is needed in this area.