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PhoebeGonzales
Mr.KoreyBradley
English11
28May2015
Level26:DarkOrigins
Creatingamovieproductionofyournovel.Thiswouldincludeamovietrailerandan
essayinwhichyouchoosewhichactors/actresseswouldplaytherolesofthecharacters
inyournovel.Thereshouldbeanessaywithanexplanationforwhyyouwouldcasta
particularactor/actressbasedonevidencefoundinthebook.Thisoptioncanbe
collaborativewithoneotherstudent.
Ichosetotacklethenovel
Level26:DarkOrigins
byAnthonyE.Zuikerforthis
project.ThisbookisprobablyoneofthemostgraphicIhaveeverread.Youcannotfully
graspthisnovelwithoutreadingit.Horrificmurdersarefoundinthesepages.Iwas
challengedtoputtogetheramovietrailerthatwoulddoZuikersworkjusticewhile
keepingitschoolappropriate.
Thisnovelclaimstohavecoinedthetermsdiginovelandcyberbridges.
ThroughoutthebooktherearelinkstoacyberbridgeaYouTubevideothataddstothe
novel,suchasToseetheinterrogation,logintoLEVEL26.comandenterthecode:
violated(Zuiker195).Ifthereaderdoesnotwatchthevideo,nothingislost,butifthey
dowatchthevideotheirreadingexperienceisenhanced.Inmymovietrailer,Iusedthese
cyberbridgestocreatesomethingIfeelshowsoffZuikersworkwhilekeeping
everythingappropriate.

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ThevideoopenswithSqweegelsface.Thisisthefirstglimpseyouhaveofhis
murdersuit,whichisessentiallyabodycondom.Thisopening
suits
thebookbecauseit
iswhatSqweegelisknownforadefiningcharacteristicofthispsychopath.Theelite
taskforcethathasbeenresponsiblefortryingtocatchhimhasneverbeenabletofind
anyDNAthatwasnotleftbehindonpurpose.Sqweegelisthesuit,thesuitisSqweegel.
Throughoutthevideo,textshowsonthescreenfromthefollowingpoemwrittenby
Sqweegel:
Oneadaywilldie,
Twoadaywillcry,
Threeadaywilllie,
Fouradaywillsigh,
Fiveadayaskwhy,
Sixadaywillfry,
SevenadayOh,my.
Thispoemisahugepartofthebook.Eachlinerepresentsamurderthatoccurs.Inthe
video,theline,
Threeadaywilllie
ismostobviouslyemphasizedwiththeclipsofthe
threeboysininterrogation.Theyclaimtonotrememberwhathappenedtothem,asthey
areashamed.Sqweegelhadkidnappedthemandsexuallyassaultedthem.Theboyswake
upinafoulroomonconcretewiththefreak.Sqweegelhashisbodycondomonwith
theflyunzippedandiscarryingabroomandabaseballbat(Zuiker188189).
Whatareyougoingtodotous?Robasked,immediatelysorrythemoment
thewordslefthismouth.

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IthinkyouknowwhatImgoingtodotoyou,thefreaksaid.ButIwantto
giveyousomeoptions.Theoptionsareme.Thisbroomhandle.Orthis
baseballbat.Youthreedecide.Bywhoorbywhat.OrshallIdecideforyou?
(Zuiker189).
Obviously,Icannotincludewhathappenstotheboysinthevideo.Itwouldbe
wildlyinappropriate.However,theinterrogationalludestosomethinghorrifichappening
tothosekids,whichiswhyitisnecessarytoshowit.Towardstheendofthevideo,you
seeSqweegelwithawomansheispertinenttothestorybecausesheisprotagonist
SteveDarkspregnantwife,Sibby.Sheandherbabyarethelines
Oneadaywilldie,two
adaywillcry
.Afterdeliveringherbabyyes,Sqweegeldeliversherchildmotherand
daughtercry(
Twoadaywillcry
).Sibbyendsupasthe
Oneadaywilldie
,unfortunately.
(Therearefullcyberbridgesforbothofthesescenes,andIrecommendgoingto
Level26.comifyourinteresthaspeakedinanyofthis.Nothingcomparestothebook
though.)
Fortheprotagonist,SteveDark,Iwouldcasteither
TracyLaurenMarrow(IceT)
orGarySinise.BotharephenomenalactorsIfeelwoulddothisrolejustice.IceTis
prettymuchperfectfromhisroleonLaw&Order:SpecialVictimsUnit.Heis,forlack
ofabetterterm,atotalbadassasSteveDarkisintendedtobe.GarySinisewouldalsobe
greatasourprotagonist.Heisanexemplaryactorandisverycapableofplayinga
brooding,damagedsort.
Fortheantagonist,Sqweegel,IhonestlyhavenoideawhoIwouldcast.Afew
peoplehavesuggestedAndySerkis,butasIhaveneveractuallyseenTheLordofthe

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Rings,Ifinditinappropriatetocasthim.Sqweegelisdifficulttocastinthatheis
supposedtobethemosttwisted,worstpersonthereis,almostnonhuman.JimParsons
maybeabletopullitoff,andIsaythatonlybecauseofhisphysicalshapeandsomeof
thequirkymovements(whichdonotevencomeclosetohowSqweegelmoveswatch
thecyberbridges)hedoesontherenownedshow,TheBigBangTheory.Themaninthe
cyberbridgesisDanielBrowningSmith.Heisacontortionist.Thatiswhatmakeshim
THEguyforthejob.Onlyacontortionistcouldgetthisgiganddoitjustice.Iam
supposedtorecastpeoplebutinthiscase,Iamdeviatingfromtheinstructions.Daniel
BrowningSmith.Hestheman.

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WorksCited
Zuiker,AnthonyE.,andDuaneSwierczynski.
Level26:DarkOrigins
.NewYork:
Dutton,2009.Print.