post 4: book 2 adaptions

American Sniper will be a book that everyone will remember. As a filmmaker for this book would have to be very careful about how they would depict the life of Chris Kyle and be respectful since he is now gone. The type pf adaption would be best off as a movie. This story can not really split up into different pieces to be a TV show and as far as a play goes, the battle and action scenes would be nearly impossible to perform on stage.
A lot of different event occur very quickly in the book and time moves fast. Before you know it, it's three years later and Chris is being diploid to Iraq. But some very essential scenes that must be kept when turning the book into a film is when Chris first decides that he wants to be a SEAL. Along with that, is his dedication and hard work that it took to get him there; BUDS training camp, SEAL training, sniper training. The next very important scene to have in the movie would be when Chris meets Taya for the first time at the bar and their conversations they have about being a SEAL and her sister marrying a SEAL. The battles in the middle of the book, from the time 9/11 occurs to the end of his last tour, are all important. But as a filmmaker, you have to pick out what is more important for the audience to see.
A sensitive part of this film would be casting. First off, it's a very demanding film with a lot of action and very serious roles to play and shoes to fill. Also, you would need to keep in mind that this is a very true and very real story so the family will be effected by the film you create. You have to keep in mind that Taya is a widow and now a single mother. As you compose the characters of the book you should keep in mind Taya's feelings and that one day her kids are going to watch this movie and get to see the story of their father. Whoever plays the characters in the film would have to be well respected actors who can perform their best work in front of the camera to truly portray the characters that were developed in the book. Having it be that American Sniper is already a movie, I agree with the casting of Bradly Cooper. He is an amazing choice, someone who would take the role to heart and perform it with grace and honor. That's what is important about casting for this movie, since it is a very touchy and also very real story that is being told.
For this film, it would be hard to create a soundtrack that would fit well with everything. The movie is so serious and so real that you almost can't add music to it. Yes, music makes things more dramatic and helps set the mood. But for American Sniper, the scene itself will set the mood. The battles themselves will give the feeling of intensity. There is almost no music that could be added to a scene that would make the audience feel more than they already just because the story is so real.