Fiction Adaptation Unit- Story development (New Ideas.)

My original idea for my war-poetry film was to simply re-tell the poem from a modern perspective, but having a modern day soldier in a modern day war while the poem "Anthem for a Doomed Youth" was read aloud in the background. I was never 100% happy with this idea however, as it seemed very simple.
When I returned home however, I began to think about how I could develop this idea further. I was told during the ideas lab for this unit at Maidstone Studios that the best films in the Fiction Adaptation Unit are usually those ones that try to be unique and different from everybody elses films. With this in mind, I decided to think about what I could do to make my film different.

When we came up with our original ideas, I found that a lot of people at the studios were focusing on the violence and horror that happens during war. I don't really blame them, as this is emphasized heavily in almost all the poems about the first world war that we have looked at in this unit, but this gave me an idea about how I could make my film different to everybody elses.

In war-torn countries there do exist normal, everyday people simply trying to live out their lives, despite all the death and violence happening around them. I am thinking of having my film about those people. Storyline-wise, I was thinking about having an English speaking soldier injured in some kind of war, and him being rescued and treated by some of the countries local people.
Obviously there would be a language barrier between the local people and the soldier, but that is the point of the film. A man bleeding to death with a bullet wound, or broken bone etc is a universal sign that this person needs help. This can be understandable by all. Therefore, with this in mind, I am hoping that I can show that despite language barriers and despite being on the side of opposing nationalities two people can in fact help each other to survive.
I believe this would be an interesting set-up for my film, and with all the positive things happening on-screen, it would contrast greatly if I had the "Anthem for a Doomed Youth" poem being spoken in the background due to it's graphic content and suggestions of violence and death.

I think I may be on to something with this story idea, and I will continue to develop it as I progress with this unit.