For our fiction adaptation assignment, we had to choose a poem to create an adapted video from out of a set of 20 or so poems. We would add our own thoughts and show our perspective of what our poem means to us as individuals. I chose the poem 100% by Michael James Parker.
The poem itself is about the unity of people and how despite our differences, we are all one. At first glance it became an obvious option to match words to pictures, there is a lot of imagery in the poem about people coming together and unifying as one. However I decided to go in the opposite direction and show the poem in a different light, look away from the 99% unifying together and look at the 1% that are still on their own.
The idea is to create a story through imagery about a young lad who seeks to be accepted into modern society despite his differences. I felt this was a good path to go down as it is an image that a lot of young people can relate to. Despite the character failing in his attempts to be accepted into other peoples friendship circles, the audience will empathise with the character and will wish to unify with him themselves.
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