What Is The Difference Between The Help Movie And Book

In Jackson, Mississippi, 1962, life is not “all that” for the colored woman and men living there. In the New York Times bestselling novel and movie, The Help, many stories is told about what it is like to be a working colored maid for a white family. Skeeter Phelan, a white daughter of a rich white family, seems to be the only one who thinks the point of view of the maids should be shared. Skeeter decides to interview these maids and turn their tragic, funny, worth sharing stories to the public.The hard times these maids go through is very realistic and dramatically shown in both the movie and the book. Although, they both share many genius differences. The biggest difference that stood out to me is the Character changes shown from the book
Further into the book, another maid, Minny is applying for a job for a woman named Celia, when Celia first hires Minny, she tells her that her husband must not know she is bringing in a maid. One day, Mister Johnny comes home while Minny is working in the house, and Celia acts like she is scared for both Minny and herselfs life. In the movie, Mister Johnny comes home while Minny is working in the yard and kindly re-assures her that he is okay and happy to have her working for him. The character change here is how the viewers think of him before he is actually brought into the story, in the book he is said to be more of a mean man who Celia seems to be scared of. In the movie, Celia talks much less of him and it's more of a mystery to the audience what kind of person Mister Johnny really is. This was added to the movie because it gives the viewer something to think about. In the book Skeeter's father has a much larger part in the story, he is mentioned qutie often, especially when Skeeter found out about
I learned that there is a lot more to filming and putting together a movie than just getting some actors/actresses together and telling them what to do and say. There are a lot of small things the director can do to a specific scene or line that can change the viewers whole perspective. The dramatic lense is something that I think is underlooked by viewers. I Know it was underlooked by myself at least. I Have never really thought about how the characters really become themselves by their clothes, hair, makeup and other props. The cinematic lense seems a little more complicated and a lot more important. The cinematographer is in charge of the angles, lighting, sounds and other important things to make the set and the characters fit the storyline. Lighting is insanely important to shape the mood of a scene, and it's used a lot more than most viewers will notice. It most definitely has affected the way I look at movies now. I am constantly going to be paying attention to the camera angles and the lighting and the ways the set is put up. I look forward to looking at the costuming and makeup on a character that I have never payed much attention to. This project has changed my view completely on how and why directors put together a film. Its truly amazing to see something put together so perfectly and have a specific reason and