The Help

BOOK 2, The Help Some challenges the filmakers would have include casting, making the movie authentic to the time period, and filming a movie with such controversial issues. In order to make the right casting, you would have to choose people that can do a great southern accent, specific to Mississippi. I think it would probably be best to find actors and actresses from Missippi to get the most authentic accent. It's also hard to adapt a movie from a different time period because you have to get the details right. I think the most important part is that they have a good wardrobe and make the houses appropriate to the time because that is what people will focus on the most. It would be essential to keep the scenes that focus on how Mrs. Leefolt is a bad mother. It really characterizes her and the other women of that time that hired help. The scene where she smacks Mae Mobley would be the most important. Another important scene would be when Ms. Skeeter asks if Aibileen would change things. That sets the stage for what will happen between them throughout the book. The last important scene is where they discuss the issue of the bathroom for the help. That also sets the stage and sort of fuels the fire for Ms. Skeeter and Aibileen to change things. I would cut some of the parts that are purely descriptionary and don't add to the plot. The scene where it discusses the garden that Aibileen gets from her neighbor and the scene or scenes where Aibileen spends time with Mae Mobely that where nothing really happens. It's important to make sure a relationship is built between the two, but film time shouldn't be wasted on uneventful things.