Adapting I Am Number Four

Challenges a filmmaker would face is that they would have no description for the Main character, John Smith or number four.  Also the character gives little in the way of precisely describing the characters.  He also does not describe important objects in much detail. 

Scenes that must be kept:

·         The fight with mark in the woods during the Halloween haunted forest maze thing.  This seen is important because it shows John’s willingness to save his friends Sam and most importantly Sarah.  If anything it shows how strong their bond is.

·         The scene where they have to go rescue Henri from the magazine writers.  This is an important scene because John gets his second Legacy and has to use it to get needed information from the magazine writers.

·         Also the house fire scene should be kept because it is the reason that Henri and John are discovered by the Mogadorians.  Also it is another example of how strong John’s bond with Sarah is.

Scenes that would have to be cut: 

·         John’s visions from the past could probably be cut because they are more confusing at first and might be frightening for younger viewers.  Besides that they don’t really play a major role in the story and could be replaced by Henri explaining how things worked on Lorien.

·         The training that John under goes can be left out also because it doesn’t really do anything for the story other than shows how John advances his skills in using his Legacies.

·         The scene where John thinks that he wasn’t in the paper.  Though this shows his relief it eventually proves to be false.