NewsWorld

The symbol that is used in this story is their theme park NewWorld. It's something that the boys have grown up with, they love it and they are used to it, they know it, but not it feels as if a part of them is missing without it. Even once they get inside the park they notice how the illusions of their childhood park are just so obviously fake, even things they wants to visit are no longer accessible to them, they are literally blocked from the places that the want to go to.

And element of ht story that i was able to connect with on a personal note was the amusement park. I grew up in New ORleans and for a period of time, before they turned it into a Six Flags, we had a themed park called Jazzland. It was a major part of my childhood, everyone went. But as you know New Orleans had it's own tragedy, going on it's ten year anniversary this August. It was something that we are still not allowed into in this day. Another part of my childhood not accessible to me.

If I was adapting this story I would turn it into a short film. I would used real new footage from when the planes hit the towers to give that impact and remind everyone the gravity of the situation. Then I would have my actors breaking into the amusement park, using either their mobile phone cameras or a night vision handy cam so that it would have the feeling of authenticity and it wouldn't be over glorified with lighting. The simple camera choices would help to show the theme park for what it is, just a facade like how the boys see it, a shattered illusion.