Blox

Krevolin

In order to make a movie, and therefore a screenplay, compelling, is having numerous twists and turns the suprise the audience and keep them engaged with the plot throughout the story. I felt that this really tied into Multiple, because this allows for, and often strongly encourages, many detours in the plot that contribute to the overall work. The work should not be super predictable, because  that would make the audience lose interest, and quickly, while having a few, well thought out and placed twists and turns will keep the viewer of the edge of their seats, wanting more, and that is the success of a screenplay writer comes through.

For my adaptation of Peter Pan, I feel that this is especially appropriate, because it has already been adapted numerous times, and I want to give a good twist to it to make it all the more engaging, even if they have already seen it. This is where Multiple comes in, because I can use these detours to make it different, and have it stand out from the previous movies.

 

Experience

How Multiple connects to Peter Pan is that literature wants to realize the ancient desire to represent the multiplicity of relationships both in effect and potentiality, and that, as people, we are combinations of experiences events, books, and imagination. I believe this is especially true for Wendy Darling, for it is her stories and the fact that she is female that gets her and her brother’s whisked away to Neverland, filled with things that are right out of her books. But, while she is in Neverland, a place where she can never grow old, she begins to have feelings that are a lot more than just plain affection for Peter Pan, and is then faced with the choice of whether or not to return to the real world or stay in Neverland forever. Wendy is facing multiple decisions for what she wants to do: remain in Neverland as a girl, and never grow old, but also never feel the warmth of another person’s love, or go back to her home in London to grow up, become a woman, but have all of the joys of family and life.

Peter himself has the choices as well, but ultimately decides to stay in Neverland because that is where he knows he belongs, even though he loses almost all of his companionship. The Lost Boys return to London with the Darling’s. and are adopted into their family, giving them family that they never had before because of their time on Neverland as well as being orphans before hand. And, as Peter watches through the window, he see’s what is beyond him forever, and that he has made his final choice.

There could not have been a lovelier sight; but there was none to see it except a little boy who was staring in at the window. He had ecstasies innumerable that other children can never know; but he was looking through the window at the one joy from which he must be for ever barred.

 

 

Cornell

For Multiple, I made a Blox where I illustrated the choice that Wendy had to make: stay in wonderful, colorful Neverland, filled with wonderful creatures and awesome adventures, or going back home to London, with it’s rainy days, and parents that are forcing her to grow up. I was really inspired for the Blox, not only from Wendy’s choice, but also how Cornell chose to work on his Blox’s: he would do numerous ones at a time, working a little bit on each one as inspiration touched him, and I think this is important, especially in my work because it is important to take your time with each work, and this allows for a good train of thought, while also juxtaposing the two choices Wendy has to chose from.