2. A03 – My Adaptation:
Person Of Interest
Sundeep Singh
3. My Adaptation
• I am going to adapt ‘Person of Interest’ an a American science fiction crime
drama television series that was created by Jonathan Nolan and this series
revolved around John Reese, who is a former CIA officer and Harold Finch who
is a mysterious billionaire and recruits him in order to prevent violence and
extreme behavior in New York City.
• I am going to adapt this TV series in to a high budget Hollywood film, as this is
a strong concept idea and I believe it would be successful on the big screen as
similar TV series have been made and produced into films such as ‘the
Equalizer’ and ‘the X Files’.
4. Genre and Narrative
• ‘Person of Interest’ is an action, crime, drama and science fiction show. This TV
show is about an ex-assassin and a wealthy programmer who saves lives via ‘a
machine/artificial intelligence’ and sends identities of civilians that are going to
be involved in a crime or going to commit the crime and this turns into a mystery
on whether or not he or she should be saved.
• The narrative structure of the film will full of substantial flashbacks and a
complex resolution for the two main characters Harold Finch and John Reese,
and it would ultimately leave them it to a better situation but still mean that
would be hiding from the law, and live as a ghost.
5. Budget
• The budget of my new adaptation is £30 million, this is because it is a big
blockbuster Hollywood scale movie that is similar to films such as ‘The
Equalizer’ that had a budget of $55,000,000 and also similar to ‘The Girl with
the Dragon Tattoo’ and the budget was $90,000,000 and both of theses movies
are similar to my Hollywood adaptation of ‘The Person of Interest’.
6. Constraints and
Opportunities
Constraints
• This could be a relatively successful adaptation of the original TV series but the
budget could become a problem due to the cast and also the TV series which the
movie is based on has been adapted from the original source material to be much
more for a live action audience and both the scale and the stakes have been
increased to make it a realistically a much better story.
Opportunities
• To make this a success my secondary audience will be much more interested as
the key roles are given to actors who are very successful actors and this increases
the audience. The technology will be used in this new adaption is real 3D which will
be converted and filmed using the EPIC IMAX 3D cameras and Christopher Nolan
the director is known for his work in introducing new pioneering techniques in film
so he is the perfect director to bring this vision to life with integrity.
7. Target Audience
• My audience is 15-25 year olds who have a disposable income and they are interested in
the thriller, crime and drama genre with a social-economic group of ‘E’ and are interested
in the writer and enjoy his style, this is the primary audience and the secondary audience
are young adults who are interested in the stars and have a deeper interest in the genre.
• My new adaptation for ‘Person of Interest’ is very similar from the original adaptation with
the addition of new fan base with the director and the cast of ‘Person of Interest’.
• My mass audience are interested in science-fiction genre is still consistent and present
through the show even though many of the events that take place are currently unfolding
the world and this applies to the core target audience.
• My secondary audiences is primarily male who are aged between 14 to 17 and they are
generally interested in action and this film will be influenced by the original TV show which
means that it will generally follow the same principles.
8. Cinematic Ideas
• The look and feel for my new adaption for ‘Person of Interest’ is a traditional
modern crime and thriller, very similar from the original TV series but brought up
to a modern cinematic audience by increasing the action sequences, making it
much bigger scale as it is a high end Hollywood film, and it is all based in New
York.
• My adaptation is distinctive as it it is has a clear connection with the mass
media for information, entertainment and opinions that are clear cut and
interesting. My film is connected with popular culture and quite negative at
times with an overtone of realism and this can be seen in the main characters
and the relationships they build.
9. Storyboard
A Significant Scene
This first shot is a
close up of the
scene, where John
Reese in in the
train and looking
depressed as he is
thinking of his past
life.
This shot is
a side shot
and also
established
the rest of
the rest of
the train
and it is
still
focused on
Reese.
This is a
close up
shot of
Reese
putting his
hand over
his face,
trying to
forget his
past and all
the people
This shot
explores his
current state of
mind, when he
realises he can’t
take any more
and the
audience can
clearly see that
from the facial
expression.
10. Feasibility
My new adaption is very easily achievable as similar big Hollywood movies have
been made, on the same scale with a similar concept, which have been successful
at the box office. This new adaption is very achievable and affordable for movie
studios are buying in to this idea especially if they have been very successful early
on and have a strong audience as long as they keep the integrity of the original
series it can definitely be accomplished.
