Nathans Run
Nathan's run, published in 1996 used themes and issues, which are present in past and contemporary affairs of society. Juvenile detention, killer teenagers justifying their actions, police corruption, these are all issues found in news and current affairs. Using familiar issues, ideas and themes John Gilstrap creates an attraction between the reader and the story line, producing an interpretation, which could be transferred to a screenplay.A part of the book, which can be, classed as the climax of the story holds the reader in a way a film would use action, conflict and resolution. It could make a very powerful scene in a film. Scenes are the change of action or setting in a film, the change of emotional and physical actions presented by the actor while in
The meaning of this scene, in relation to body language, will show how truth can not only be heard in a person's voice, but how it can be seen by the way we interact with another person. Using conflict in the storyline to create confusion with the audience, but not too powerful to lose the meaning of the scene. This will create the boundaries for how the characters will act and react with each other, without creating a static performance in relation to these issues and representation of ideas. In staging the scene I would re-create the previous scenes with both setting and character styles. The setting holds a lot of information about previous action in the storyline with a hit man being show dead next to Nathan. The run down inner-city road surrounded by po
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Approximate Word count = 514
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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