The Graveyard Book Analysis

As the director for the proposed film adaptation of The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, my intention is to embody the essence of the original award-winning novel in a cinema masterpiece. In order to fulfill this goal, there are several treatments that have to be satisfied. Beginning with the setting, a majority of this film will take place in a graveyard. The benefit to this will be keeping location cost to a minimum. There are over 120,000 graveyards in the United States alone, so finding a site to film should not be too much of a struggle. It is important this graveyard is larger in size. We want it to be convincing since Bod lived there his first 15 years of life. Sticking to the source material, the storyline takes place in England. We know it can get cold and snow in this setting. Since our production company is based in the U.S., I have staked out locations in the Northeast in states like Vermont to New Hampshire that can closely match the geographic qualities of the book. With a plentiful amount of small towns in those woodland states, we will have easy access to nearby communities that were briefly explored by Bod in the novel. Expanding beyond the location, I look to employ
Frost, I would cast Health Ledger. With consideration of Health’s role in The Dark Knight, I believe he can convey a realistic villain and nice-guy persona in the same movie. It is critical that the man who plays this role is convincing with both roles (essentially playing a Jekyll and Hyde role). In one regard, we have to see him as a cold-blooded killer with no remorse for his actions. On the other side, we need to see a somewhat awkward, but friendly guy that at times could imagine as your next-door neighbor. This dual-personality is important so the audience can believe Scarlett and her mother genuinely like Mr. Frost. From Health’s previous acting roles, he can shift from one personality to the next very convincingly. That is what makes Jack