Do the film makers focus on the boy's face or on his character?
It would almost make sense to photograph him without prosethetics, showing the facial issues only wwhen viewed from an antaginist's pov.
In the book, we focus on Auggie as a character. He is a regular kid at heart and at the story's heart. Character, not facial features, speak to the reader.
So... how does a visual film maker reproduce that experience and convey the heart of the book?
A film maker has to show Auggie's face. It's how he's experienced life and it has shaped him.
Yes, Auggie is just a regular ten year old with an extraordinary face.
It's part of who he is and to not show it doesn't convey that he's just a kid, but that his face is somehow unacceptable as opposed to different.
The Wizard Has Spoken
It would've been so nice if the filmmakers and directors could have created the movie in a way that avoided seeing his face until we're introduced to it in the way we are in the book. I think the author's choices regarding the gradual introduction to Auggie's appearance made for a much more interesting and thoughtful use of imagination and understanding on the reader's part.
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