"Book to Movie" Plan

Authors veiwpoint and thing.
             "Chasing Lincolns Killer," by Jamesl Swanson was written to inform people of the events leading up to the capture of John Wilkes Booth after the assination of President Lincoln.  This book was writen in a chronological order which helps the readers better comprehend the events leading up to Booths capture. 
Because this book is very informative, all the events explained in the book are used to support the authors purpose.  However, because this book was written to inform people of a period of history, there are no conflicting veiwpoints being discussed.  From the sidenotes throughout the book, and the authors personal history, we can infer that the author had a very strong connection to Lincoln and thought of him as a great rolemodel.  However this is not shown in the book which maintains an objective style that does not favor either side.

Casting
Nararrator- Morgan Freeman
John Booth- Johnny Depp
Lincoln- Jim Carry
David Herold- Leonardo Dicaprio

Sound
Pirates of the carribean music while Booth is running
Voltair violin during assination and when Booth is trapped\
The music will only play very softly unless there is no dialouge

Set/ Costume
Set must be re-created to look like the area would have looked like during this period in time.
The people will have to be dressed in period clothing that matches what their historical figure would have worn. -Booth and Herold should not bath to more accurity re-create the dirt that they had build up during their escape

General Director/ Editor Things
Very little time spent on the events before the assination-could occur at the same time as the opening credits.
A fade away to black after the bullet was fired. (Could hear the gunshot and people screaming while the screen in black.)
Alot of time needs to be spent on Booths "running from the law"
To show transitions there need to be creative ways to link the two areas, such as a zoom in on one horse, then a zoom out on a horse of the same color in the new area.