Blog Post #4

Big Fish has already been made into a film, but Big Fish created into a TV show would be so much better. The major overview of the plot is Edward Bloom and his extreme exaggeration for his life events that he's lived through. Each story though has a unique twist to it that makes it more interesting then the story itself, but also there is more to it. Edward Bloom tells the story as a younger version of himself. You're introduced to the old Edward but then the rest of the show would be young Edward living out his life of fairy tales. The best part about the TV show is that each episode would relate to a new story of Edwards, so no two episodes would be the exact same. I personally don't really like when creating a book into a visual display that people can watch, change dramatically. Casting out the roles a see Edward be a very suburban type of man, very scrawny, with more mental strength. The biggest scene that would stick out to me to keep the same is the day that Edward was born. It's really the beginning to all this madness but also I feel like this was the part that I felt was best described. Obviously this would have to be the first episode, but on a good note the attention of the audience would be huge. The actor I'd like to see play Edward would be Jake T. Austin because he's a great portrayal of what the character is imagined to be. After having a role in Wizards of Waverly Place I feel like Jake embodies what the character of Edward is. Ashley Tisdale in my head is the perfect casting role for the character Rosemary. When I hear the name Rosemary I just think of a pretty blonde girl and with the characteristics described for her fit the characteration perfectly. I'm not a supporter of the kind of person who changes the setting or the story at all but I feel like Ashland is too boring of a place for the story to take place at unless we created the back drops and props for the overall theme. Some characters I feel like we'd have to take out because in a TV show you don't want the boring parts to care over to a boring story line. Unlike a movie, in a book you have to read the boring parts no matter how lame it may be so that you can fully understand what you're reading because no one really likes to skip pages. Over all Big Fish is a build story line to deal within itself but definitely as a TV show I feel like how could ratings not go up?