Fiction Adaptation Unit- University Return and Poem Selection

I have recently returned to university and have been assigned with a new unit to complete. This unit is "fiction adaptation" and I have been provided with a series of poems written about the events of world war 1. My job for this unit will be to create a short film in which the poem of my choosing will be adapted for showing on a screen.

 When I was first presented with the poems we could choose from for this unit, one immediately stood out to me as a suitable candidate. The poem "Anthem for a Doomed Youth" by Wilfred Owen details the horrors of war using very creative and interesting language. It also (aside from the historic wording of the time the piece was written) is written in such a way that the situation could very well relate to todays climate in regards to war. No specific events, items or people of the time are mentioned in the poem, and as such the entire poem could very well be speaking about a much more modern war, minus the historic choice of wording. 

A key theme in some adaptations such as the re-imagining of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock is taking a story which is set in a particular time period, and re-telling it in a modern-day setting. This makes the piece timeless, and easier to relate to for a modern-day audience. This was an idea that immediately sprang to my mind as I read this poem.

 I believe an interesting idea would be for me to re-tell this poem from the point of view of a modern-day soldier, or possibly a war mercenary. This could allow for some interesting comparisons of todays kinds of wars and World War 1. It would also be more practical for myself as I am unfamiliar with the basic operations of the armed forces during world war 1 and costumes and such from the World War 1 era would be quite expensive for me to get a hold of.
 There are also a lot of interviews and videos from a first person perspective of todays soldiers available through online and offline sources however, and as such background research on this subject would be quite simple.

To the left here are just some brief notes I took when I was first presented with the poems I was allowed to choose from for this unit.
At the time, I had a vivid picture in my head of a modern-day character preparing to go into battle in some faraway land (possibly dressed in some kind of modern-day war apparel such as a bullet-proof vest and cargo trousers etc.) and seeming quite cocky and proud, only to be unexpectedly killed.

I drew inspiration for this idea by comparing World War 1 with some of the more modern-day wars and army operations we have nowadays. It is common knowledge that both World Wars were terrible, and mentally and physically scarring for everyone involved, and the men that would usually be sent to fight in these wars would be young, naive and very scarred.
A sense of pride and a need to serve and protect the country seemed to drive the soldiers of the World Wars.

I personally have quite a few friends in the army, and some of them are not motivated by a need to serve the country at all. They are instead fuelled by the want to better themselves, become stronger and also earn money at the same time. This is a sign of changing times, and new motivation in our ever evolving youth, and I believe this is an interesting concept which I could possibly reflect in my film.