The Flowers of Evil (film)

The Flowers of Evil is an idea, by Noah Flores, of a live-action adaptation of the manga of the same name.

Synopisis
After a boy takes his crush's gym clothes by impulse, he is emotionally abused and tormented by the weird girl in his class, in hopes of believing he's a pervert. With this, his mentality changes, and affects his choices in life.

Development
Screenwriter, Noah Flores, came across the manga, The Flowers of Evil, one day, and fell in love with the series, calling it a "masterpiece." It was not long before he thought that it could be a great movie. He even watched the anime to see how it can be interpreted. Flores then thought of "unique ideas" he can use, in order for the movie to have it's own mark. To fully capture the scene, Flores re-read some scenes, with a "soundtrack" playing in the background, which includes music scores from other films. Flores also noticed that most of the manga is visual, so he chose Zack Snyder to direct, as he is Flores' favorite director, for being good on visuals. Inspirations in visualizing the film features Snyder's films, as well as non-Snyder films, including Raw, Moonlight, Death Note, and It (whom the cinematographer, Chung Chung-hoon, also worked on). To further diverge from the manga and anime, Flores wanted some parts to be darker, and others to be lighter, to an extreme