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A Discussion Of Two Film Treatments Of The Opening Of " Lord Of The Flies ".  

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A Discussion Of Two Film Treatments Of The Opening Of " Lord Of The Flies " I will now talk about the opening of Harry Hooks second screen adaptation of William Golding's cult novel about a group of British school children that revert to savagery when marooned on a deserted island. The new adaptation replaces British school children with a group of American military cadets. Harry Hook is also a very effective professional film director who employs a wide range of camera techniques. At the start of Harry Hook's version of Lord Of The Flies we see a blank screen for about 10 seconds, we also hear very strange electronic music, which gives a strange intriguing effect. This also gives the audience no idea about what is going on this is very similar to Peter Brooks first shot in his screen adaptation of Lord Of The Flies only Brook has a bell...

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