Blog Post 4: Adapting My Book

•  I would want to adapted The Maze Runner into a movie because there is a lot of action in my book and it wouldn't make sense to make it into a live musical. There is also too much action in the book for it to be separated into 30-60 minute shows one day a week.  I also feel like a TV show would just draw out the book and make it seem less suspenseful than it actually is. The movie isn't too long either so a season would be really short. They could do a series based on all of the books in the series but I think people would just get bored. A movie will give you all the action of the book while still being relatively short and it wouldn't stop in the middle of a crucial moment like a episode would.

• The most important part of the story is Thomas realizing he remembers stuff about the Glade. Most people think it's about the Maze and I think that it plays a very big part, but if you leave out Thomas remembering stuff then it won't make sense. People wouldn't realize why Teresa is so important and why the Gladers are so distrusting when it comes to Thomas. I feel like if that was left out of the movie people who haven't read the book would be confused. The audience would see why it's so important Alby remembers stuff about Thomas after he goes through the Changing. The thing that's so interesting about the book is that Thomas does remember things  which adds a little mystery to the book and I don't think I would like the book as much if it didn't have that and the same thing goes for the movie.

• I think if you cut out some of Thomas' thoughts about being a runner it won't impacted the movie too much. I would cut out the long scene where Thomas sees the Maze. If you have a movie you don't need to describe the Maze in as much detail because they can just see it for themselves. There are many characters that I think don't impact the book that much so you could take them out of a movie. Some examples are: Ben and Frypan. The part where Thomas is just sitting in the Maze listening to the Grievers could also be taken out. I personally would take that out and just skip to the part where Thomas is pushing Alby up the wall while climbing it.

• If I was making this movie I would change it a little. Instead of making Teresa in a coma I would just have her wake up a few hours after she gets pulled from the box. So far in my book Teresa hasn't played a big part and I think if you had her wake up sooner you could get to know her better like you did with all the other characters. It would be beneficial to me if the characters were a little older. I like how in the movie in the actors are a little older so the characters are portrayed older. It would make them seem a little more mature and more capable of handling the Maze and figuring it out.

• In my soundtrack for the movie I would definitely want Maroon 5 to be on it because I feel like they could create some fast pace beat and lyrics that would add suspense during the movie. I think Ellie Goulding would also be good on the soundtrack because she is always coming up with some haunting melody that also isn't too slow so that would be good to place in the movie when Newt and Thomas go to visit Alby after he's been bit by the Grievers and gone through the changing. I think Skrillex would sound good on a soundtrack because they make really intense music which would be good for an acute scene in the movie for example, like when Teresa arrives in the Box.