The Art of Adaptation: Turning Fact And Fiction Into FilmHenry Holt and Company, 1 apr. 2011 - 256 pagini Adaptations have long been a mainstay of Hollywood and the television networks. Indeed, most Academy Award- and Emmy Award-winning films have been adaptations of novels, plays, or true-life stories. Linda Seger, author of two acclaimed books on scriptwriting, now offers a comprehensive handbook for screenwriters, producers, and directors who want to successfully transform fictional or factual material into film. Seger tells how to analyze source material to understand why some of it resists adaptation. She then gives practical methods for translating story, characters, themes, and style into film. A final section details essential information on how to adapt material and how to protect oneself legally. |
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... follow several characters and get involved in several individual lives. But film audiences can get confused if they don't know whom to root for or are unsure as to who is the main character. Although there are occasional ensemble pieces ...
... follow the original. In fact, if adaptors have an exaggerated respect for every word, comma, and turn of phrase in the literature, they will be unable to re-form the material into drama. Many successful films have used the original ...
... follow every clue, to watch it unravel, and to clarify some of the parts of the book that I'd forgotten. When the film worked well, the story was clear and involving. At other times I was confused and bewildered, which lessened my ...
... follows its thematic line by building up detail after detail, page after page, about the manners and rituals and parties and hierarchies of the South. Even the characters reinforce the theme. In passages such as the following, the ...
... follow the action. If the narrator talks about feelings, then we focus on the feelings. We can receive only one piece of information at a time. A novel can only give us this information sequentially. But film is dimensional. A good ...
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Part Two Creating the Second Original | 75 |
Part Three Twice ToldTwice Sold | 175 |
Afterword | 219 |
Winners of the Academy Award for Best Picture 19301990 | 221 |
Winners of the Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries and DramaComedy Special 19771990 | 224 |
Bibliography | 226 |
Index | 229 |